The Knight’s Gambit

Chapter 93: The Knight's Gambit 

The demon inside Meylo seethed. 

Its black eyes narrowed, moving in circles with an anger that had no place in this world.

Lirian barely held onto consciousness, her breaths ragged, her vision swimmed. 

Her body was spent, her mana drained, but something inside her had pushed back. 

Something had stopped the demon from consuming her completely.

But she didn't know what.

Neither did the demon.

And that terrified it.

"What did you do?" Meylo's distorted voice crackled through the chamber, sounding more with something close to desperation. 

His body twitched, dark veins pulsed beneath his skin. 

"What did you do, little bird?!"

Lirian tried to move, tried to push herself up, but her limbs refused to obey. 

She could barely keep her head lifted, let alone fight back.

The demon snarled, raising its clawed hand again, preparing to rip into her soul a second time—