Knocked through the air and vomiting blood, he was still faring better than the soldiers being crushed and ripped apart by the rabid behemoth. If I fail in stopping them, I pray that the old alliances are honored. To Lady Valia Zodiac, I extend the same offer and ask that you once more aid my country. Elisandra was likewise dumbfounded by the gem, running her hands across its pristine surface, so smooth and flat that it seemed to mock the chaotic will of nature. I’m going to have to choose between standing beside my brother in exile, or abandoning him and being your concubine, and you know what my decision will have to be.”
“We’ll find him, and we’ll find a way he can atone for what he’s done. Its skin looked molted like necrotic muscle, and each limb had a different bone structure, but, looking at the head, it was clear this thing was human at one time.
