The absence of light did not equate to darkness. It was the lack of authority.

When Rhys pushed me down once again, into the chilly, empty abyss of my own thoughts, it was the first thing I realized. A place devoid of shape, walls, and shadows. Nothing at all. A emptiness that would engulf me.

You're becoming weaker, Smooth and poisonous, Rhys's voice reverberated into the void. makes it simpler.

I growled, "I'm still here." "You're not me, no matter how much you pretend. They'll take ...