#Chapter 77: Echoes of Retribution

Beryl: After our sweet moment, my mates were able to tell me what was going on with the prisoner, and we headed to the dungeons together. Nicholas and I walked hand in hand, and he kept glancing down at me as if I might fade away into the night. As we approached the dungeon, I could feel the dark magic at work. When I entered the cell that held the prisoner, I could tell that he was connected to the darkness in a much stronger way than Nicholas had been. It would take much more than a touch to release him. Armand and Solomon nodded to me, knowing that I had been through a lot recently, and just needed to get to work on this, and then get back to bed. I stood before him and gathered myself. He looked up at me, hopeful for a moment, until he saw the light forming in my hands. “What are you going to do to me?” His words were a bit slirred, having taken a pretty severe beating. I looked into his eyes for a moment, and then smiled down at him. “I’m going to free you.” I filled th