Chapter 94: Helios Part 2
I thought prison would be stone walls and iron chains.
Instead, it was silence.
Silence that pressed against my eardrums until I could hear every beat of my own heart. Silence that forced me to remember every scream Sunfioree made the night it burned.
The academy kept me in a reinforced containment chamber — not a dungeon, but a warded sanctum underground. A soft light glowed from ceiling runes, nothing more. It was almost gentle.
It made me hate myself more.
Outside those walls, Magus Mundo was rebuilding.
Inside, I was rotting.
Sometimes, I could hear faint echoes of spell practice. Laughter upstairs from students who didn’t know my name or the blood on my hands. Footsteps pacing — guards ensuring I didn’t break loose or decide the world wasn’t done suff
