The high priest briefly mulled over his options. “Are you telling me that my son has been kidnapped?” Please tell me how this… break-in relates to me?” “I am sure you see where I am going with this.”
The unspoken accusation hung in the air between them. Someone clearly has no fear of the Goddess of Order and her clergy. Of course, this is a blasphemous act of unprecedented proportions that should horrify everyone. Evidence points towards outsiders breaking in, very well prepared outsiders. Someone disappeared from the heart of our temple, without trace and this despite fully intact wards. “I have called you here because a mysterious incident happened last night. The thing was, Sangor looked like he was ready to bite the hook, the line, and also the fishing boat for good measure. Actually, this was a private meeting so maybe nothing was out yet. Viv didn’t expect him to act so soon or so brazenly. He was the same one who officiated the summit. “Thank you for agreeing to see me,” the high priest said. In front of them, the High Priest of Maranor glared.Įxcept for the three of them, the room was empty.
Only Viv’s own achievements protected her soul from its dominating presence. As the undisputed king of one of the major powers of the continent, one who’d gained that right through blood and guile, his presence weighed with an intensity that bordered on the physical.
He made no effort to hold back his tremendous aura. Maybe it was his impeccable doublet, maybe it was the bloodshot eyes, or maybe it was the fact his scarred fist clenched and unclenched like a beating heart or like a sword half-drawn. Sangor sat by her side in a state of apparent relaxation, though there was something very contained about his posture that evoked the calm before the storm. She’d been terrified, because she thought the police might be involved. As in, when she’d beaten someone in the changing room with a piece of soap wrapped in a nylon sock. Viv felt very much like her young self sitting before her high school principal the day after the soap incident.
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