Chapter 72 Shadows Of Redemption

• Every step I took reverberated in the eerie calm as I made my way down the torchlit hall. Like some harsh test of my resolve, it appeared to go on and on. However, the heaviness in my chest was regret rather than terror. The decision I had taken, the cost of abandoning him; I could still hear Sebastian's voice, his words like broken glass.
• But now there was no going back.
• Something evil and familiar began to permeate the air as I stepped into the open chamber at the end of the passageway. Once, when I was a different person, I had encountered this presence. And now here it was, waiting, alive, but twisted.