At this moment, Isabella broke free of Edward’s grasp and made a beeline for Darius. Unfortunately for her, Darius had expected this and was on his guard—he didn’t believe for a second she would agree to end her life so easily. As expected, he was right.

Darius raised an eyebrow at the black sphere that was zipping toward him and smiled mockingly. “You’re dumber than I thought.” He started channeling his life force to form an enormous web in mid-air that emitted a faint, gold glow.

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