Chapter 41: "Satan[,] he who envies now thy state, who now is plotting how he may seduce thee also from obedience, that with him, bereav’d of happiness, thou may’st partake his punishment, eternal misery[.]"

“NIHIRA!”

Startled, she almost drops old Nicolas, but manages to keep him steady by shoving him against the wall.

“Lane!” she yells back, annoyed. “I swear to g—”

“Don’t go outside!” they call back, coming to a ...