Someone Dangerous?
Chapter 278
As the ashes of the serpent drifted around him, Oliver stood motionless, [Neglegentis] still clutched tightly in his hand.
His grip on the weapon was unyielding, knuckles white against the dark hilt.
Then—
He smiled.
A small, unnatural curve of his lips.
It lacked warmth.
It lacked joy.
It lacked humanity.
It was wrong.
Sera's stomach churned violently, a twisting sickness unfurling in her gut.
His eyes—
No longer sharp, no longer calculating—
But something else entirely.
An eerie gleam.
Something dark.
Something that should not be.
Her breath hitched.
To anyone else, it was a slight, subtle smirk.
But to her—
It wasn't a smile at all.
It was the grin of a devil.
One that had already claimed her soul.
Her blood turned cold.