Chapter 144: The Chase

Hem'ran turned and flapped his wings with vigor. He had to get as many demons as he could. The dark wizard wasn't easy to handle and he didn't know to what extent the fae princess' magic had started working. Gusts of wind coming from behind him meant that the others had entered the cave. He hurried to get reinforcement.

Anastasia ran as hard as she could to cover the maximum distance between her and the demons. However, she knew that once she reached the end of the cave, where would she go. It was so dark in the cave that she had stumbled twice and fallen on the floor, bruising her knees and hands. Slowly as she moved forward, her eyes adjusted to the darkness. Panting heavily, she looked back as she ran forward, narrowly missing a stalactite jutting from the low ceiling. The path became narrow. This meant that it would slow for the demons to come after her. But what was she going to do in that much time? Where was Ileus?