Chapter 65

"Death could scarce be more bitter than that place! But since it came to good, I will recount all that I found revealed there by God's grace."

-Dante Alighieri, Inferno

I instantly noticed that there was something wrong with Alexis's face. It was burned, melted and deformed. My mind spun out of control, and the whole thing became suddenly very clear. Of course she was behind this whole thing. I couldn't believe that I didn't figure this out sooner. She certainly looked like she had been to hell and back, thanks to me.

She had escaped the pits. I guessed that from the very beginning, but I never thought that she would trick me and make me look like a complete fool. She knew about Nameless, and she must have caught him when he was trying to escape with the letters, but how?