Chapter 22: "But mercy, first and last, shall brightest shine."

Contrary to her corpse-like demeanor, Lissie isn’t dying. Well, she hadn’t been.

Truth be told, it’s just freezing down here. Everyone thinks hell burns hot, but it’s quite the opposite.

The deeper she’d sunk, the colder it’d gotten.

Around her, the impenetrable dark had been alive, so to speak, with voices and movement. She’d fallen too fast to make out much of ...