Chapter88. The Battle3

I stood over him as he glared, breathing hard. “No safety net, no coming back from the dead.” I glared at him, and he grunted, getting back to his feet with a scowl. But there was a fear there now that hadn’t been there before. Good. It was how I had come into this, and now that the tables had turned, I knew I had to be done with it. “Kill me and you absorb my shadows—and your brother’s,” he threatened, but I shrugged. “My brother is not dead yet, and yours will be loyal to me,” I said, not knowing if that was the truth but willing to bluff it anyway. I did know my brother wasn’t dead yet, though. His were not a part of the shadows I had pinned; otherwise, they would be a lot harder to hold there. Elias’s were hard enough but not as bad as they were before. They were getting stronger, though, now that I wasn’t distracting Elias. He shrugged and looked over at my brother with a smirk. “He will be any minute, and then this little game will be over. Once he dies, his shadows will be mine