Chapter 33 - Where Righteousness Fails

The world around me was unclear, shadows clouded my vision as I struggled to focus. The shadows that had seeped into my veins during my last shadow dance seemed to imbue themselves within me, crawling across my body like writhing tentacles or living vines, twisting with a life of their own. My hands trembled, and the blood both flowing through them and coating them felt cold as ice and it reminded me of the void between shadows. I looked up to meet the oncoming threat and though I could feel the rage within me, and the muscles tensing in my face, I was paralyzed. My mana was gone, I had health to spare, but my stamina had taken a hit over the course of the night.