There's nothing more terrifying than the smile of a beautiful boy gone mad... and in that moment, everyone in the room understood this was exactly what they were facing.
"No... no!" the cardinal stammered, a sudden realization dawning on his face.
Before he could react, a flash of pitch-black light exploded behind Eleanor, a supernova of darkness. The heat from the searing black flames radiated outward, consuming everything in its path. Eleanor, the cardinal, the padre—everyone in the room was caught in the inferno. Their souls, helpless against the overwhelming force, shattered into nothingness, disappearing into the void.
The explosion that had just annihilated everyone in the room was the culmination of a meticulously crafted plan—a desperate gamble Riley had been preparing for since the moment he noticed something wrong with Eleanor.
