"What IS that?" she breathed.
"It looks like the summoning circle of the Sand Eater. We…we have uncovered the one link it has to our world. It can't be reborn if we destroy the circle. However…"
"What is it, Daniel?"
"I have to be the one to do it. Your light is feeding it, look! It is almost strong enough to be reborn already. I need my darkness to drive it away and destroy the summoning circle for good before the beast gets out again."
"But you just said that you are tired," Mariana said. There was an ominous feeling in the air. She didn't know what it was, not yet, but the lines on the bottom of the hole were almost touching each other and that had to be bad news.
"Yes. Yes I am." He sighed. "I just need to do more evil and demonic things to gain my powers back. I used them up when I lit the unholy flame that you made holy…"
Mariana felt sick.
