Chapter 99

"Look closely at the steps I'll take from here to reach the truth that you so much desire, so you'll know how to cross this on your own."

-Dante Alighieri, The Divine Comedy

"Darkness, I don't see anything beyond that," I said, feeling nervous moving across. The Watchers were taking their time and that wasn't something that I expected. Maybe no one had thought that Julian could actually help me.

"Probably a way out to another circle," he said, pacing around the wall and rubbing his jaw nervously. I hated that he was as scared as I was. The tiny voice of reason told me that maybe it was better to stay in here. After all, the Circle of Greed didn't seem that bad.

I was born on earth, but everything that I knew and cared about no longer mattered. Hell followed its own set of rules.

"I think you should go first," Julian said. "Your demonic energy is much stronger."