A Promise to the Dead

Sloane stood impassive, looking down imperiously at the suffering Dante.

Even as he clutched desperately at her ankle, his terrified face full of pleading, her icy gaze made it clear that she was perfectly willing to just stand by and watch him succumb to his attack.

Images of Kael's dying moments kept flashing before Sloane's eyes. Every time she recalled the bitterness and disappointment when he