Page 135 of Dark Angel

“Never. You’ll have to kill me to get it,” Kora splutters angrily.

He snickers at her. “You know I can’t do that sister,” She frowns at him before he continues, his smirk growing wildly. “But I can hurt you.”

Kora’s teeth grind as tendrils of darkness reach for her like fingers sliding along the garden ground. As soon as it touches her light, she hears the fizzing sound. His shadows can’t touch her.

“Is that all you have?” she snarls.

He bares his teeth like a wolf. His demonic weapon coming at her, and she throws Uriel’s blade up to defend.

Light against dark.

Brightness against Darkness.

They push all their strength against each other. Despite his wavering shadowy figure, he can still summon enough strength to fight her off. Kora grunts as he pushes her backwards. Her back collides with the dirt. Colton’s on top of her in an instant, pinning her down against the earth. His blade comes down in a sweep and she moves to one side as it embeds into the ground.

He growls as Kora rolls out from underneath him.

Uriel’s energy flows through her as she lunges at him. Colton yanks his weapon from the ground and swipes at her. Kora ducks as the blade passes over her head. Spinning on her heel, she brings Uriel’s blade around.

Colton moves quickly, pushing against her. They’re locked together again, their energies are battling like two opposite forces fighting for victory.

Kora lets out a scream as she pushes him backwards. Colton stumbles momentarily before he regains himself.

Jordan grabs one of his daggers. Arching his arm back to release the weapon, Colton’s shadows flow towards him, wrapping around his throat. Choking, Jordan’s lifted off the ground as his hands claw at his neck, his legs flail around in mid-air.

“Stop!” Kora shouts, racing towards Jordan. Breaking through the shadows, they decimate, ebbing back to Colton’s side.

Jordan falls to the ground, coughing and spluttering loudly.

Kora stands in front of him defensively as Colton just chuckles. “Don’t you dare touch him!”

His face levels. “Then give me the blade.” He seethes out.

“Never!”

Colton’s nostrils flare as he lashes out, the demonic blade swiping at her. Kora feels the stinging flourish along her side. Agony rips through her insides.

“KORA!” She hears Jordan shout out behind her.

Fiery, blinding pain shoots through her. Poison seeps through her bloodstream. She coughs out blood, falling onto her knees. “You won’t finish this. I won’t let you.” She rasps out.

Colton chuckles at her, yanking his weapon out from her side, and sliding it into his sheath. “I’ll see you again soon, sister, when I return with all of my power, and take what is rightfully mine.”

Kora’s illumination flickers off like a dying candle as the poison spreads through her body like lava burning up her arteries. The wound on her side fails to heal itself, the poison is too potent for her body.

Clarence dives for her, but Colton’s shadows flick him off effortlessly. He lands in a heap in the grass.

“Clarence!” Kora croaks. She grunts angrily, rising unsteadily to her feet to drive Uriel’s blade into Colton’s side. He’s faster than her, knocking the blade out of her hand, but the tip manages to slice through his abdomen.

Colton cries out, swearing colourfully as the blade lands on the ground, and his hand holds the dark liquid dripping from his wound.

Kora crumples back to the earth, her strength dwindling with each passing second.

With a gruff snicker, Colton’s ominous eyes narrow onto hers before striding over to Daisy’s unconscious body.

“No!” Kora gasps out, agony burns and throbs through her body.

Jordan is holding Kora seconds later. “We need to get you inside.”

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