He laughed, shrugging. "It's not exactly lava. Caera once told me there's a lot of similarities between it and hellfire, but it's not like demons are going around doing experiments to find out. Maybe in False Gate. Maybe once upon a time."

Once upon a time. What a strange sentence to hear in Hell.

Hannah patted Mia on the shoulder. "We're only a few hours out from the spire, far as I know."

"When's the last time you saw it?" Mia asked.

"Long time ago, not long after Adron first gave me some of his blood. I'm... pretty scared."

"Yeah? Of Zel?"

"Sure, of Zel, and of... the place, really."...