Chapter 155 - Death's Whisper

The revelation of Dante's true nature hung between them like a physical barrier, transforming the ruins of the golden palace into something even more oppressive than before. The shadow creatures had withdrawn to the far reaches of the great hall, but their presence remained palpable, a constant reminder that they existed in a realm where loyalty and betrayal were merely different flavors of the same cosmic joke. Selena found herself studying every shadow twice, wondering which ones might be natural darkness and which might be alive with hunger for the symbolic power that still clung to her mortal form.