Rise Of The Prince's Darkness

o stop him. The Mic

had created of him and th

to defend himself, only li

. A fitting end to the

he end. Holy had risen

Ancient he had so callou

t and its human dependants

o enter that swirling ma

s, a voice had called to

scream of rage and grief a

ed Irene's machinat

ss and the peace tha

ght-black null, trapped

en bitch he had so stupid

ad had enough power to m

to the young ones, the three

of a classified Babble l

rous indignities, had ope

ame to cal

in Xander's own imag

emotional link in a wor

ded to that call with al

orn of different mothers,

ties far beyond human. L

of Xander's physical s

ay he himself had never bee

man, his face and form

f allure, Xander's long-s

ranquil façade that had

nder winced as he th

d the misfortune to inher

ite but muscular, with a s

-doubt that writhed withi

doll with the temperamen

who adored him, their unq

of him. Only one man had the

urprised by who T

ge, impossible love ha

union, and Irene had once

lvin Steel had st

s time interrupting the si

Ricky had been the one

broken and battered once

agic end to an equally tra

when they attempted to

only because of his t

ander had been granted gl

f loneliness and despair

sen hero. Steel hid it wel

rcing himself to be a part

y wanted was the

fused to grant such a

n', a Michael-enhanced hu

emy. Were Irene to ever

e must have other, separ

t privy to. No matter, Xande

, and he

i

back to awareness, hi

ng, but not for much long

his own innate abilities.

ing that could keep him f

ower he called on was one

t bestowed upon him by the

tively slender form began

by a flash of bright wh

nd him enough to rival t

ve

of arrogance but of

ed out of the nothingness

was gone, leaving nothing

will, and the enraged lam