EVERYONE STOOD SILENTLY for a long time. The quiet was more in the stark reality of what they'd just seen than the actuality of it.
Hel was a hot redhead.
—And you could say that again!
In fact, if Ravenna was been sincere with her racing heart, the scarlet giantess did look a lot like Rafel. Aya and Cora agreed too on this, but in their hearts. Since no one said a thing, Israfel was spared an uncomfortable inquisition. For the life of him, he did not know who the fuck that was. Nor could he hope to answer any churning question as to why they looked alike.
He rubbed his temples and said of the vision, "that was...something." He breathed.