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Chapter 152 - Love Bombing

The sanctuary smelled of sweat and incense, a mix both acrid and sweet, the way rotting fruit might still cling to its last trace of sugar. The aftermath of the Dog God's death had left everyone raw. Faces streaked with tears, lips cracked from chanting, bodies too drained even to keep the grief aflame.

It should have been the end.

But Leon knew too well that endings in this world were rarely so clean.

At first, silence ruled the cavernous space. The cult members sat slumped against the stone walls, their eyes glassy, their faith shaken. Saluki himself had been reduced to a trembling wreck at the foot of the dais. For long minutes, Leon dared to hope it was all unraveling, that Deus Canis would bleed out here in its own despair.

And then Saluki stood.

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