Chapter 168

Behind her, there was a loud snap, as if an invisible wire had been pulled from the wall jack by invisible hands, and she was startled. Diana jumped in response to the boom, fear coiling in her stomach as she waited for the sound to stop. However, she wasn't the only one who noticed it either.

"We have a severe situation on our hands. Diana."

"Oh, my God, I'm so sorry. What was that in the first place? It was like an invisible thing…"

"About that, it's your bond to Naghas... Something akin to that."

Diana was aware of the fact that, in addition to her critic's extraordinary state of consciousness, and what happened earlier, she had also noticed a miraculous recovery from her injuries, too fast to her liking, and which she registered in the back of her mind.

All of her scratches and lacerations had healed beneath the grime and smudged ash that had bound her skin, as well as beneath the dirt, blood, and slimy combination that had accumulated since their earlier