Chapter 50 – Submit or die
Leona froze. Her thoughts went blank for a moment—but only a moment. She wasn't ordinary. Her instincts kicked in immediately, her lips parting—
"Beibei, come—"
"Shhh."
The sound was soft, almost tender. But the effect was instant.
Leona's body locked in place. Ice surged over her mouth, silencing her completely before she could even finish the summoning.
Noah stepped forward, eyes calm and disarming. "Nice work, Ester. Your shadow binding's getting better."
From Leona's shadow, a wisp of darkness detached—amorphous, fluid—and slithered back toward Noah, curling at his feet before merging with his own shadow, which until that moment had been… absent.
Leona's eyes widened.
How didn't I notice that?
But it wasn't just her. No one paid attention to the fact that sometimes, under direct sunlight, Noah cast no shadow at all.
