Shadow Slave novel Chapter 2981

Sunny stared at the last string of runes, waiting to feel something.

The sight of it...

He still remembered the deep well of complicated, irreconcilable emotions that seeing it had made him feel. Anger and indignation mixed with love and longing... pain, resentment, fear, hope, comfort. And numerous other things he could not quite name. They had been potent enough to make him feel like he was suffocating, at times, so he expected to sense the familiar ache.

But no matter how long Sunny waited, it did not come.

He did not feel anything special. Looking at the runes did not move his heart, and he remained at peace.

That was because he had made peace with the truth they showed some time ago...

And also because that truth was different from what the runes had meant before. Before, these runes signified something that had been forced upon him in violation of his will — something that he had no part in choosing for himself, and therefore resented with all his heart.

But even though the runes themselves remained exactly the same, the meaning hiding behind their shimmering glow was entirely different now.

Now, they were an expression of his own free will. They signified a choice Sunny had made freely, and so...

Looking at them did not provoke any negative emotions. In fact, Sunny was mostly preoccupied with thinking about the practical implications of what it meant to share the Shadow Bond with Nephis again. He briefly concentrated on her True Name, and her runes shimmered into existence. That was one of the minor benefits of being Neph's shadow — he could check on her whenever he wished.

The runes told him that she was still alive, at least. Although he was not sure if the Spell was telling him that Nephis was still alive in the time period he had ended up in, or showing him her current status somewhere in the labyrinth of broken time.

He believed that it was the latter.

Neph's runes looked like he remembered them. Of course, Sunny had seen them last when both of them were Masters, so there was a lot of new information written in the shimmering runes, as well.

Seeing Neph's name glowing in the darkness made him feel the urgent need to find her. Somewhere out there... Nephis was probably remembering him. Remembering the past they shared, and what they had felt for each other.

She was most likely remembering how he had abandoned her in the depths of a Nightmare, as well.

Were the memories rushing in all at once? Or were they simply there once again, and would only surface when she thought back to those times, as memories did?

Sunny sighed and glanced away from her runes, turning back to his own.

They read:

Aspect Abilities: [Shadow Control], [Shadow Step], [Shadow Manifestation], [Shadow Incarnation], [Shadow Legion].

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