Chapter 104: In exchange

A great surprise upon awakening. Normally, surprises consist of simply opening your eyes again… in fact, that is the greatest reward one can have: waking up alive. But looking at it that way, dying in your sleep could also be considered a great reward—a death without pain, agony, or despair. The perfect death. So, right now, I find myself at a crossroads. 

The first thing my eyes see upon waking is not the bright sunlight. Instead, it's a sun far more terrifying… a woman far more terrifying than the sun itself. Hair and eyes so golden they seem to emit light even in the darkest of places. Her eyes are even more frightening than Lilith's—no pupils, just a deep, radiant gold staring right at me, as though trying to pierce my soul and uncover all my secrets.