Ronan found himself in darkness again.
The same void that swallowed him when the Demon Leech first bonded.
No body.
No breath.
No heartbeat.
Nothing.
Just his own consciousness suspended in complete and utter darkness.
I'm here again.
This time, however, his thoughts remained clear. Not the confusion he felt the first time.
He remembered everything.
Mesmer's black tendrils.
The serpent tearing through his chest.
His heart crushed between shadowy fingers.
He killed me.
But what happened after that?
The memory cut off the moment his vision went dark.
Ronan tried to piece together the timeline, but nothing came.
Am I still alive?
Ronan wasn't sure what happened after death.
Whether consciousness persisted, whether transmigration happened twice, whether he would simply vanish.
But being here – in this separate dimension again – felt wrong if he were truly dead.
