Chapter 310: Ascension XI
Some things were beyond description. No spoken word would do them justice. Even the casual distance induced by memory orbs had a way of blunting seeing a thing in the flesh.
So, bearing that in mind, I gathered them all. Everyone I trusted. Thaddeus led us to another entrance located within the basement floors of the castle itself, far less likely to invite discovery than the one in the dungeon had been. I heard quiet whispers behind me as we wound through the tunnels, traversing the smooth hallways, and approached the central passage, pushing the doors open, leading them all onto the catwalk in the darkness.
Just as before, the lights flipped on, one after another.
A collective gasp came first.
Then mutters of anger, expressions of rage and betrayal.
Mari and—surprisingly—Zinn were among the first to vomit. Sevran just stood there, fists clenched at his side.
Sera and Annette looked as stricken as I'd been, eyes widening in the realization of what had existed beneath their feet the entire time.
"Is… there anything we can do for them?" Annette asked.
I shook my head. "They're already gone. Their bodies just don't know it yet."