Chapter 58: Chains and Trust - Chris

We follow Nuo into the palace, weaving down corridors before entering a large, two-levelled throne room, with two large royal seats up on a large platform. A throne room should feel inviting, maybe even opulent, but this feels more like where you come to receive sentencing before being sent to the gallows.

Nuo slithers to the centre of the room opening a large trap door, “The dungeons are down here,” she informs us.

A see a blur of something just as the trap door snaps back shut with a loud slam. I look and see a young woman, who, for lack of a better word, looks like utter shit. Her hair appears as though she’s been yanking it out at the roots, mascara is streaking her face, her skin is sickly pale, and her eyes are glowing a reptilian green.

“Shi…” Nuo breathes looking the woman over with shock. The woman begins shouting something in Mandarin before launching herself at Nuo. Nuo dodges her and wraps her tail around the woman to restrain her. “I’ll handle her, go, and get as many han