I summoned a spell to temporarily restrain the angel guard, fully aware that it wouldn’t hold him for long.
With a trembling breath, I pressed a sharp nail into my palm, feeling a shiver of desperation running through me.
“Liam, please lend me your strength,” I muttered as I carved a demonic rune into my palm, my blood slowly filling the grooves. I had always dreaded this day, the day when I would be desperate enough to resort to using demonic runes.
“Descenarmus Annoeom,” I chanted, and a shadowy energy enveloped my hand. A sharp, biting pain coursed through my veins as I felt every drop of my angelic blood consumed by the darkness.