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They hadup candied words when everything else tasted like dirt And what do you know--like the very ic he spoke of, he was approved to take custody of Emery and his brother when they were barely teens, until they could stand on their own To train theuild could use them
It had all been a lie Plotted, planned out They’d been raised to be instruh this lens, the events that had placed Conrad and Emery in Isaias’s custody looked a lot less like fate, and lot more like the contrived circuanization
Emery let out a shaky breath "You told them how to break into Conrad’s andus create, even though we didn’t need you at that point"
"You were scrappy I knew that even if they got in, you’d get away!"
"Just like you probably thought Conrad would get away, too"
A shadow crossed Isaias’s visage, and just like that, Eet away at all He’d knohat the guild would do to him, and he’d served him up on a platter Then he’d sent them after Emery, the flunky, next
Isaias was the reason Conrad was dead He was the reason Emery had no life No future
The kicker was that Eo with his brother The invite to see somewhere new--a distant land--had been extended, and it was only because E that he’d declined
He could’ve helped his brother Given him a much-needed ally
Saved him
It was hard to breathe Hard to think
"And now you’re hiding," Emery said in a whisper "Why is that, I wonder?"
"Because the guild wants hiuild in the Brink are corrupt Everyone knows that If you are no longer necessary, you are executed Although…maybe they left him alive to monitor him in the hopes he’d lure you to him Like he has done"
"They wouldn’t be able to find hi "I could barely find hiuild probably didn’t predict that," Solas said, crossing her ared you horribly Tie it up Send him to his maker"
"The new plan is already in place," Isaias said with adropped away Rage took its place "With Conrad out of the way, the setup was easy The rewards plentiful Dark ic has its benefits And I could’ve stayed and reaped those rewards if Conrad had just listened to h horse and seen as possible You should blame your brother, not me He killed us all" Hisand threw, still fast despite his age Or ht then
A streah the air Emery lifted his hand to shield himself, but he needn’t have bothered
Hot air rushed in front of his body, filling the space between hi up the hex, and then twisted upward, toward the ceiling Plaster and paint flew froroaned
"Shall I end this?" Solas asked with sparkling green eyes So much electricity filled the air that E bolt would be efficient"
"How did you gain the favor of a weather Elemental?" Isaias asked idened eyes He clutched another capsule
"She is muchpower from the mini-storm He pulled eleht weave wrapped around his oldIsaias’s hands to his sides "And I was in the right place, at the right tiuild deal with him however they will"