Across the battlefield, several people felt his presence vanish.
Draco stopped his fight. The High Elven King looked toward the sky. Zelpher froze upon the palace wall. The white fox inside the Dark Elven palace raised its head and screamed.
Lilith didn't breathe, she couldn't even if she wanted to.
Fire pulled his hand free and Atheline fell.
"No."
Lilith caught him. Blood covered her hands as she tried to cover the wound.
"Atheline."
No answer.
"Atheline."
His core cracked, she felt it.
"No."
Another crack came, then another. His elemental core evebtually shattered. All of his elements disappeared, one after another, the elemental presences she'd always associated with him vanished.
Lilith held him tighter.
"No."
Fire watched, his eyes filled with amusement.
"Mortality."
Lilith's Darkness began spreading.
"You..." Her voice shook as she spoke.
Fire smiled.
"Always ends."
