Chapter 176 The House Of Shadows

• Ellerei hadn't seen the house in years. The ornate black gates creaked open as Donatello's convoy rolled up the long drive. Her skin crawled the moment she stepped out of the car and her boots hit the stone path. Everything looked the same. The ivy-covered walls. The heavy shutters. The silence that clung to the air like a noose.
• The place she once dreamed of burning to ash.
• Donatello stood behind her, and for a long moment, he didn’t say a word. Then, softly, he murmured near her ear, "Welcome home, my pet."