Chapter 181: Dissecting the Parasite
THUD.
A heavy body hit the floor of the Ash Caverns. A thick cloud of gray dust plumed into the stagnant air.
Nyx stepped out of the shadows. Lucien materialized right behind her. The swordsman brushed a speck of soot from his diplomatic uniform.
Cole Rust and Bram Stoneheart walked over from the campfire. They stared down at the bound and gagged figure writhing in the dirt.
The captive was a human man. He wore the fine silk livery of the diplomatic sector. Black veins pulsed violently against the pale skin of his neck. His eyes rolled wildly, showing nothing but pitch-black voids.
"We intercepted him near the lower courtyard," Nyx reported softly.
"He is one of Lord Lionel's personal servants. He was carrying encrypted missives meant for the lower armories. The corruption took him completely."
Draven sat against a jagged pillar of black slag.
