Chapter 204: The Light of the Bright Realm, The Final Judgment

The hidden staircase spiraled down into the very bedrock of the Santee estate, each step taking Lorenzo deeper into a cold that had nothing to do with temperature and everything to do with a profound, ancient malevolence. The air grew thick, heavy with the scent of ozone and old stone, pressing in on him like a physical weight. The rage that had fueled him, the fiery inferno born of his mother’s final message, was banked to a low, intense hum—the quiet focus of a predator closing in on its...