"Hold on! We can't give up now! If we can just hang in a little longer, Jeremy will make it here to save us!" Despite the desperation creeping into Ritchie's heart as he hid within the shadows, he refused to show it. In fact, he was doing his best to encourage Bonnie to keep fighting.
Bonnie remained silent, focusing every bit of her strength on sustaining the shadow around them. Though both of them were pushing themselves to their absolute limits, the shadow continued to crumble irreversibly, slipping further into collapse with each passing second.
Suddenly, a beam of light pierced through the darkness. As soon as Ritchie and Bonnie caught sight of it, their hearts sank. They knew all too well what this meant; the appearance of the light marked the final collapse of their shadow.
