Chapter 28
‘Wake up, Tyler. You must wake up. We need you.’
I came to with a start and instantly retched as the emanations from the door hit me anew. I wanted to sink back into unconsciousness, escape the torment of being this close to Demania.
Pale mist swirled above me, and I welcomed the thought that Grimm had come back to collect me so Almorthanos could batter his way into my head. At least then I might get out of this chasm and away from the soul-destroying door.
Faces appeared in the mist, insubstantial and transparent, but nonetheless familiar. They were the souls of the people that had been stored in my necklace. They floated above me, constantly moving, whirling as one face was replaced by another, until I had seen all of their faces, except one.
That one was Sarah, my former
