Chapter 252

Still Dante Point of View:

He told her what he had witnessed: her final explanation, the binding and the purpose, the exam, her freedom at the end.

He recounted how the chains had broken, how light had swallowed the place, how Sorana’s form had been a thing of sorrow and release. He did not spare his own rawness — the way it had felt to tear free and be called back by her name.

She listened with a