'Caden!', Maya called through the mind-link when Damon disappeared from her line of sight. 'We have a problem!'
'Now what?', Caden asked anxiously. 'The ceremony is almost done. Don't tell me that you couldn't remove dark magic from Damon.'
'It's the opposite.', Maya said. 'The runes are gone, and Damon now knows how badly he treated Talia. Actually, he added to his endless list of offenses. Talia left, and he went after her. What should we do?'
After a few seconds of cursing, Caden responded, 'You are asking the wrong person. Don't you have a genius there next to you?'
James was looking at his chocolate-skinned Goddess who was collecting energy crystals from the ground that Talia left behind, when he felt hairs rising at the back of his neck. James turned in slow motion to see Maya looking at him with sparkles in her eyes. He had a bad feeling about this.
"What?", James asked.
"We need your brilliance.", Maya responded.
