Chapter 22

The Kingdoms of Darkness had gotten used to Daemon’s absence. They were already used to his self-banishment to the deepest part of hell.

In his absence, things had continued in the realms like he envisioned everything would be. The realm of light and the realm of darkness had not had any war in five thousand years, the same time span between when Daemon fell in love with Eos and now.

It was already five thousand years of staying away from everybody and mourning a love that lasted so briefly but left an unending scar. He had also wondered about the fate of his son, Lycanthropos, whom he would have wanted to stay with, but who was a chimera that could not quite fit into the spiritual realm.

And so, representatives of the realms were surprised to see Lycanthropos in their court meeting. As usual, it was being chaired by the supreme leader of the Universe, Eos’s sister. The last time the representatives had seen Daemon, he looked pale and uncared for.

But this ti