Chapter 126
It had been a week since we dragged His Royal Whininess back to the palace, and I'd spent every single day since waiting for the world to end. Not metaphorically. Not in the emotional, "I got one day of rest and now I have to fight cultists again" kind of way. No. I was quite literally waiting for the apocalypse.
Because today was the day of the eclipse. I had never trusted eclipses before, but this one quite literally was a celestial death warrant.
I stood alone on the ramparts of the capital, arms crossed, Moodrender strapped to my back and humming softly, like she, too, was waiting for something dramatic to happen. It was noon, yet the sunlight seemed rather dull and depressing. A few thin clouds drifted across the sky, but I could already see the outline of the moon creeping toward its destined path slowly.
