Chapter 69: So Cautious

The room was cold and claustrophobic. On a long platform bed, Dante Easton, Raven Takon, and the rest lay lined up with unnerving precision. The timber pillars creaked. A shaft of moonlight cut across the gloom. A large spider hung in that beam of light, sinister and glossy black. Its many eyes glimmered as it lowered itself on a thread from the rafters, drifting toward Dante's face. "Easy, my dear. In a moment, his brains are yours." The old crone smiled, her withered features wavering in the...