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The Fresco of Saint Agnes

Author: M-writez
last update publish date: 2026-09-03 22:33:01

"Lila is dead because of me."

The words scraped past my throat like broken glass as I stumbled back toward the church. Dante caught my elbow, steadying me, but I pulled away and kept walking. My hands were still stained with her blood, still shaking from the moment her fingers went slack in mine. Somewhere behind me, Marco was shouting orders to his men. Enzo and Elara flanked the church doors, their faces carved from stone. And Valentina stood at the top of the crypt stairs, her eyes wide with
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    "You thought the First God was the beginning. It was the end. The thing that created it is still out there. And it's been waiting for someone to defeat its sibling so it could finally be free."The voice in my mind was cold and ancient, older than the First God, older than the primordial darkness, older than anything I'd ever faced. It wasn't the First God. It was something else. Something that had been hiding in the shadows of the shadows since before time began.Dante was at my side in an instant, his hand on my shoulder, his gray eyes searching mine. "What is it? What's happening?""Something spoke to me. Something older than the First God. It said it created everything. And it's coming to collect.""Collect what?""Everything. Us. The children. The city. The world."Dante's jaw tightened. "Then we fight it. Like we've fought everything else.""This isn't like the other enemies. It's not a person. It's not a creature. It's a force. A primordial darkness that existed before light. B

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