Chapter 209

The corridor inside was wrong.

Not just architecturally. Fundamentally. The walls breathed. The floor pulsed like living tissue. The ceiling dripped something that hissed when it hit the ground.

"Stay alert," Darius warned. His sword was already glowing with protective magic. "This place is alive."

"Alive and hostile." Torin's shadows coiled around his arms like serpents. "It knows we're here."