Shadow Slave novel Chapter 2290

Far away, in Bastion, the morning meeting was wrapping up. Effie shot Sunny one last

withering glare and departed, while Cassie swept Nephis off to fulfill her imperial duties.

This time, he did not follow.

Instead, Sunny closed his eyes and took a deep breath, focusing on his shadow sense.

So, I am finally heading to Ravenheart.

He would not need to cross the Hollow Mountains again to get there, but the journey would

still take time and be unpleasant. After all, he had to return to the waking world and endure its

painful rejection.

Still, Sunny was in a good mood.

He was looking forward to finally exploring the Jade Palace. On top of that, he was curious

about the city itself.

Ravenheart did not quite feel like home, but Sunny had lived there for almost four years,

hiding in Rain’s shadow. He felt a certain nostalgia for many of the places in that stark, severe

city. He was also curious to see how Ravenheart had changed after the fall of the Raven

Queen.

But most of all…

He missed Kai.

Sunny had reconnected with Nephis and Cassie after being erased from the world’s memory.

He had also grown somewhat close to Effie again, first as Master Sunless, then as Neph’s

enigmatic shadow consort.

But he had barely seen Jet or Kai in the past two years. They only knew him as the cold, aloof

Lord of Shadows, a mysterious ally who had joined their cause just before the war began.

I wonder how he is doing…

Sunny knew Kai had managed to conquer Ravenheart without spilling a single drop of blood.

The local populace adored him, and of course they did, but it still had to be difficult, dealing

with the fallout of the Song Domain’s collapse and the lingering influence of the Song sisters.

Well, I will find out soon enough.

As he redirected his awareness, Sunny sensed Bastion teeming with life far below. His

shadow sense enveloped most of the city, allowing him to monitor activity and detect

potential dangers in advance, not that anything had actually posed a threat so far.

Apart from the nights when the moon was full. But that particular danger had been

neutralized.

There were far too many people and too much movement in Bastion for Sunny to perceive it

all at once. He could try, but his senses would be overwhelmed.

That said, his mind had grown exponentially stronger over the years. Partly because he had

ascended so far along the Path, and partly because he had practiced managing countless

simultaneous tasks. He was no longer the same person who had nearly collapsed while trying

to scan the outskirts of NQSC.

He even felt tempted to summon Weaver’s Mask and activate the [Where is my eye?]

enchantment again.

It had nearly killed him the last time, but who could say? Maybe he would survive it now.

What would he see in the infinite, tangled, terrifying weave of fate? Would he see himself cut

away from the world’s thread, separate from all that had been, was, and ever would be?

Would he recognize echoes of the future or shadows of the past within that cosmic tapestry?

Or would he simply die a horrific death, all seven of his heads exploding in unison?

Sunny did not know, and for now, he was not eager to find out.

Somewhere out there, one of the four remaining pieces of Weaver’s legacy awaited him, the

Mind Weave.

He had resolved not to tempt fate before recovering it.

But for now…

Even if he could not actively track everything happening in Bastion, he could still sense

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