Chapter 491 Parting, Life and Death

• As the young fortune-teller traced his sigil, the world around them seemed to tilt out of shape. The noon sun that had been beating down suddenly warped, like heat bending glass. And above the monolith, faint images flickered—ghostly scenes skimming across stone.
• Perched atop the boulder, Chester Newman trembled with excitement. He knew that view—the grand courtyard of the Lu estate. If he could see the Lu estate from the edge of the monolith... didn’t that mean the seal was finally breaking?
• The fortune-teller, meanwhile, stayed calm, steady as still water. He’d been waiting here for Chester for days, turning over everything in his head. Things that made no sense had slowly clicked into place.