"Did they see you?"
"…"
Maxim repeated his question, now staring at Taras's back as he stood facing the window. "Did the Awakening people see you, Tar?"
As the shadow power building up inside him clawed at his insides, desperate to be released, Taras let it out. His body expelled the darkness, and the floor of the room filled with a dense, pitch-black mass of shadow.
Maxim was the only person who knew that Taras's shadow power had evolved and fully merged with his body, allowing him to move entirely in shadow form. But tonight, those who had used snake-like shadow powers in an attempt to kill Le An had seen the one who stopped them. They had seen the full shadow form. And they knew. It was Taras.
"This is a huge mistake," Maxim said. "What you've done… It's a colossal mistake, Tar."
"Our unit is the largest and most extensive one here, Maxim," Taras replied, his voice freezing calm.
