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Chapter 177 - What Manifested

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(Adelaide & Apollo)

“What is that?” Adelaide whispered.

Apollo’s shoulders went rigid.

The hollow in her chest yawned wider.

Adelaide moved before fear could organise itself. She turned sharply, scanning the chamber as if the answer might be hanging on the walls. Stone. Pillars. Torchlight. No mirrors. Of course there weren’t. Hell did not invite reflection.

Her pulse began to race anyway.

"What is that?" she demanded, louder now, the question flung at the room, at her own body, at the dra
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