Chapter 60
Zeth stood in the entrance of his underground lair, dozens of feet underground. The stone floor was covered in Hellfire Ritual circles, and the walls had lines of their own drawn across them, these ones merely existing to light up the area with their faint, otherworldly glow.
Normally, he was alone down here, only ever occasionally accompanied by a demon.
But today, he wasn’t alone.
Sophie stood on the bottom step, gazing down at the ritual circles he was just working on.
“You’re that Blood Mage everyone was looking for!” she said. “That’s so cool! Can you show me your magic?”
“D-don’t move,” he said. “This place is extremely dangerous.”
“Why?”
“There are traps all over. They’ll kill you.”
“Did you put them there?” She leaned forward. “What do they do?”