Chapter 19

UNKNOWN

Wind whistled through the air, cutting through it with sharpened precision. The smell of blood and death hung all around me, causing a pleased grin to form on my face.

This area had once been a safe haven, a dedicated sanctuary for the lost and alone. It was a place that anyone could go to in order to find peace. I wanted to laugh at the irony. Now, it was a place that only offered pain, death, and destruction.

I basked in the screams that echoed down the corridor. Pain, fear, and hopelessness accompanied it.

“Sire,” someone called from behind me.

I turned around and saw Gixin standing there with his eyes lowered in submission. He might be my second-in-command, but even he knew his place. It was my prerogative to rip his life from him if I chose to do just that.

“Do you have news for me?” I demanded to know.

He nodded his head and handed me a file that contained photographs.

I smirked, seeing the chaos that was painted with blood and body parts. Perfect. My children were doing