Selena, who was on the other side of the abomination, heard Amon's scream echo through the square.
She turned her head—only to see Jareth's limp body lying on the cold stone ground. A massive hole gaped in his chest, blood spreading around him.
For a moment, everything slowed. The noise faded. The world went silent.
Then she saw the tentacle that had pierced him now curling around his body, trying to drag him toward the main mass to devour him, to merge him with itself.
Selena didn't hesitate.
She vanished in a flash of silver light.
A silver arc split through the air,
Slash!
The tentacle was severed in one clean cut. The sliced piece dropped with a wet thud. The coil around Jareth's body loosened and fell away.
Selena's red eyes fell on Amon's battered figure leaning against a broken wall. His breathing was heavy and uneven. A short distance away lay Jareth's lifeless body.
