Chapter 96. She Is the Key

Maya’s POV

I watched, a combination of awe, excitement, and a little fear, as the massive fire sizzled in front of us. Nyx hummed and whispered in a foreign tongue, a strange language consisting of as many guttural sounds, clicking with her tongue, and horror-like sounds from deep down in her throat as words.

It all contributed to a mythical, almost magical night—dark magic, that is. The sun had long since set; instead, the full moon cast a cold, white light down at us between the thick clouds.

Nyx was an incredibly beautiful woman, but now her eyes were almost black. She stared straight into the dancing flames, which reflected in the endless, deep darkness of her eyes. Her facial features seemed to change, twisting into something unearthly, as if she had taken on a different being. Some creature I’m not sure I should be scared of or fascinated by, but I was not so surprised; I didn’t even feel a little piece of that jealousy I felt towards her ear