Kethseia's eyes burned with fury as she stared at Lord Shadow.
"What are you doing here?" she demanded, her voice sharp. "This is none of your business, Ruler of the Shadow World."
Lord Shadow still had the grin on his face. "It is every bit of my business if you're trying to take a world where I have sent one of my shadows."
He was referring to the shadow creature currently in Aiden's possession.
Kethseia's expression darkened. "You would stop me because you have a creature of shadows in there?"
Lord Shadow's grin widened, and his tone gained this dangerous edge to it.
"You know the truth, Kethseia? I need no reason. If it is what I want, then it is what it shall be."
Then his aura erupted.
Darkness exploded outward from his form, flooding the void in every direction and consuming everything in its path.
The stars were swallowed, the distant galaxies vanished. Even the faint light from Kethseia's green mist was snuffed out entirely.
The void became absolute darkness.
