Chapter 178: Chapter 178: No More Secrets

I left Cadence at her door after filling her in on the rest of what I knew, our conversation about Isis and the persona we believed she carried, her status as Ogdoad, confirmed by the persona of Truth.

"While I don't know more than you," she said, "I fear all you have ascertained is correct, Eve. Though what it means or why I'm so afraid, suddenly, I'm not sure." Cadence hugged herself before dropping her arms to her sides and, with a small smile, extended her hands toward me.

I knew what she wanted, wasn't opposed to it, but that didn't make it easy. If anything thinking about it resulted in a brief and rather awkward hug exchange, though we both laughed about it, tried again. Succeeded in real warmth the second time.