Chapter 416

• The burning bushes brightened again, the fire reached higher, and the roaring sound grew louder. Hot wind cut through the cathedral, and it howled. The runes on the pages brightened too, and Mia winced as the light brought tears to her eyes.
• Zel didn't turn the page. With teasing claws, she teased the dark stone, eyes locked onto the glowing runes she couldn't read.
• "This place," Zel said, gesturing around with one of her other many hands, "was a place of worship. Demons paid tribute to our most unholy here, and to his nine children."