283 Dearest

Ever since Azy's tattoos started to appear all over his body, the boy's power had grown even more powerful. So powerful that he could sense and even differentiate anyone's presence including the ones belonging to the animals that were within a wide radius from where he was centered at. 

However, as the boy kept getting stronger, Alicia's condition continued to deteriorate. Even though her hair was silver again, Alicia's power only kept getting weaker by the day. It was as though Alicia and Azy's powers were on an inverse scale. One goes up and the other comes down.

"What is it, dearest?" Alicia asked her son when the boy's dark, demonic power appeared and swirled like a blanket of living smoke all over him. 

Azy looked up at her. 'Princess Elle and Uncle Zeres… they're gone, mom!' He revealed through their telepathy. 'They're no longer in the Black Forest.'