How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #7
"The hawk is in the Dark…You can drive us from here no longer. Not with flame, nor force, nor conjoined power. We shall break your Sign of Fire before it can be released, and your Circle will never be joined. It will break in the cold, my lord, in the Dark and the cold." (10.79)
Once Hawkin joins the bad guys, things don't go so well for Will and his posse for a while. They no longer have a helper in Hawkin and they have a tough time withstanding the growing chilly temps the Dark is creating for everyone.
Quote #8
But then a sudden terrible silence like suffocation came, blotting out all sound of the storm. In the moment of its last desperate chance, breaking across the barrier that had been holding it at bay, the Dark came for Will. Shutting out the sky and the earth, the deadly spinning pillar came at him, dreadful in its furious whirling energy and utter quiet. There was no time for fear. Will stood alone. (12.56)
As Will prepares for the Hunter to fight the Rider, he feels much stronger than before; he can't help but feel secure in knowing that he's on the right side—the side of the Light, or good. Check out how the power of Dark and Light are described here as some big spinning pillar.
Quote #9
"The Dark is vanquished, at last, in this encounter. Nothing may outface the Wild Hunt. And Herne and his hounds hunt their quarry as far as they may, to the very ends of the earth. So at the ends of the earth the Lords of the Dark must skulk now, awaiting their next time of chance." (12.71)
Yay. The Dark is finally destroyed—for now. We can't help but wonder how long it will be before the Dark rises again. It's not a matter of if, after all, but when according to Merriman. Fasten your seatbelts, Shmoopers.