Chapter 583

• There weren't nearly as many demons as in the spire, but far more than the tunnels Vin and Mia had only recently escaped. Running into a random vratorin made her freeze, but the vrat only grinned at her as he walked past. It happened again, with a gargoyle, and the lady licked her teeth as she looked Mia up and down before she too walked past. Maybe they had orders to leave Mia alone. Probably.
• It took a bit to get to the second left, but she found it, and walked along the tunnel with peeled ears. There was talking in the distance, around the curving path. Yosepha's voice.
• "I should kill you!"