Chapter 497: The Way That Should Not Exist
Orion did not answer immediately.
He leaned back slightly in his chair, one arm resting along the edge of the table as his eyes stayed on Sophia.
"A Trihydra nest is not simple," he said at last.
His voice was calm, but there was a weight behind it.
"It never is."
The others nodded. They were used to things like this, and they had had members die from being in a Trihydra nest too, but Sophia was still new to this… a bit.
Sophia's shoulders lifted faintly as she drew in a breath.
"The place you woke up in," Orion continued slowly, "was not the full nest."
Sophia frowned.
"It was the inner chamber," he explained. "The place where the eggs are kept. The most protected part."
Ronan shifted beside him.
"The heart," he muttered. "It is built to look like a dead end on purpose."
