#Chapter 229: End of the Road

Third Person POV

Azrael Ashen tried to keep his breathing steady as he stood before Steelmaw. The dimly lit chamber was suffocating, the air thick with the scent of damp stone and something more metallic—blood, perhaps.

His palms were damp, but he refused to let his nerves show. He had dealt with dangerous men before, criminals and rogues who commanded fear. But Steelmaw was something else entirel