Chapter 236

I was no longer alone. I could feel her presence in my mind, even though I couldn't see her. She was like memostly. Cold, lonely, confused. "Who are you?" she asked, her voice sharp, accusatory to a degree.

"A friend." I hope she'd understand. "I'm like you. I need to find him."

A flicker of memories flashed through my mind's eye, disturbing pictures of a dark alley and a shadow filling up all the space between this woman and the closest streetlight. It wasn't Gibbon she was showing me, as I was certain the memory was much older than his short life as an undead, but she was presenting me with the story of how she became what she was nowwhether voluntarily or not.