The demon general’s hand tightened around the broken stone.
Dust fell in slow streams as the creature pulled itself higher from the ancient chamber beneath the cathedral. The chains wrapped around its arms glowed faintly, their holy inscriptions flickering as if struggling to remember their purpose.
Panic spread across the sanctum. Knights raised their shields and priests intensified their chanting.
Eron stood frozen beside Kael on the balcony.
“What did you mean,” Eron whispered, “a general?”
Kael did not answer immediately because the creature below was looking directly at him.
Not at the knights.
Not at the priests.
Not in the city but at him and tecognition burned in those ancient eyes.
Kael’s mind raced.
If the general fully emerged, the Church would be forced to unleash div
