Chapter 24: Harsh Words and an Unwelcome Visitor

That night, Alix dreamed of her castle in ruins again. The scent of demons and brimstone hung heavy in the air as if the border between this world and Hell was particularly thin there. That or a lot of demons were present and bled there. The scent of death was underlying all of it, so strong it almost made even her want to be sick, maybe because she knew all the bodies personally. A crow cawed and Alix heard the flutter of many wings so she looked up to find a murder of crows so many they blocked out the sun.

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