Chapter 388 (2/2)

"What a load of—" Read first at ReadNovelFullco Ademir's curse "My decrees are not subject to discussion, even ah the roo's Force "You are dismissed, for the moment We will reconvene when te…dramatic"

The sudden disuard, but I didn't wait for Indrath to repeat hi quickly, but not so quickly as to draw attention to uards heaved them open Both snapped into quick salutes as I moved past

I took the first side hallway, then turned again, and then again, losinghot, and I had no desire to be drawn into the indignant debates that were certain to follow such a heated conference

I hadn't gone far, though, before I beca my own At the next corner, I took a careful look behind uards? I wondered Or perhaps Kordri, or some other member of my clan sent by Lord Thyestes to track me down

Despite my desire to stay away from the well-trafficked areas of the castle, I took the ates, which stood wide open A cool breeze blew in, carrying little eddies of cloudy fluff that dissolved almost immediately The sun winked off the translucent, ap between the two peaks of Geolus

I hesitated before stepping foot on that bridge

"Where are you going, General Aldir?"

I resisted the urge to sigh deeply and turned to face theme "Windsom I didn't see you at the council"

"I hardly stand out a me a small, humorless smile "You left very quickly"

"I've decided to return ho up my mind that I would do so in the moment "I will be away from the castle for some time"

Windsom's brows rose "And have you informed Lord Indrath of this leave of absence from your duties?"

I didn't reply We both knew full well I hadn't

"I have beco facts, Aldir, which is why I sought you out" He gave ain, and I felt an incoon, but he'd spent his long lifethe lessers He was no threat to me

So why do I feel so threatened?

"When I returned for Taci, I discovered that the lessers' sanctuary was empty, but a tomb had been left behind A tomb for one of the Lances, who you were meant to have killed"

I felt for the threads of ht "That is because I let theression frohtly "I know I appreciate your honesty, though I should expect nothing less"

"And what is the second interesting fact?" I asked, unsure what ga

"There was a certain ae left at the lessers' sanctuary," he said, his nose wrinkling "A large number of Alacryans were brutalized Based on what I saw there, I am certain that Arthur Leywin has returned to Dicathen, and that it was he who killed Taci Additionally, I believe Arthur to be the same person as this rona's Victoriad"

"You believe quite a lot," I said, crossing e of thebut an endless sea of clouds below Read first at ReadNovelFullcom

Windsom took a step toward me "Aldir, come with me to Lord Indrath Throw yourself on hishis words carefully "Offer to go to Dicathen and co the asura"

"When did being a leader a lessers…people who once relied on us, called us their allies," I said, trying to sound , but my words came out hard even to my own ears

Windsom waved a hand dismissively "The lessers of Dicathen only exist because of Lord Indrath We both know very hat he'll do if it becoain What is a handful of lesser lives when held up against the well-being of all of Epheotus?"

Windsoate in my mind It blocked the way forward…or rather, the way back This i acceptance that Kezess could determine which lives had value and which did not, and that ere expected simply to be the tools of his will, was too much I couldn't accept it

"Anyone capable of labeling one group of lives as unimportant can just as easilyuntil the dragons determine the phoenixes' lives do not matter, or the titans', or the pantheons'" Windso, dis's Force "The asura have lost their way We have been led astray by the corruption and selfishness of Kezess Indrath"

Windsoes of his true form flicker around hi into so only barely controlled "You knohat this will h clenched teeth "Do not expect that Lord Indrath will tolerate such seditious speech just because of your long service to him, Aldir"

"I hardly expect loyal serviceon e

The colors flared whereverIt hardly mattered He would not make a scene here, now, not with Lord Thyestes and so many of my kin in the castle No, he would wait until ahappened as I crossed the long bridge I had hardly stepped off it when a figure stepped out fro for Silverlight, but did not suy, are we?"

I felt the tension ease from me "Wren Kain It's been a while"

The frailup to the na down over his face, which was covered with uneven stubble But I knew there was a steel-hard core to his outwardly feeble appearance

"Lover's quarrel?" he asked, looking pastthere

I grunted, una"

Wren chuckled and scratched his chin "Is it, Aldir? Or is it you who has changed?"

I bent down and took up a handful of soil It was dark and moist, full of potential Full of life I'd never noticed before I hadn't looked

Maybe I had changed But…I didn't understand what that meant If I wasn't General Aldir, keeper of the World Eater technique, then as I?

Wren wiggled his fingers, and the soil ca a small ith dusty clouds around its neck and tail "Did you know that's the for, huh? Heard fro withhere?"

He tutted, rolling his eyes and crossing his arms as if I'd offended him "Just because Lord Grandus didn't see fit to invite me to the party doesn'tinside"

The animated wolf in my hand ers "Windsom believes Arthur killed Taci," I confided, curious what Wren reat clans to assure everyone it was a fluke, a trick"

Wren whistled, a low sound thick with disbelief "What are you going to do?" Read first at ReadNovelFullcohtened, careful of each word and movement Wren had never been sychophantic in his service to Kezess, but this was a dangerous moment for both of us "I believe my service to Lord Indrath has ended"

Wren's nose twitched "You'll go to Dicathen, then? To Arthur? Try to teach the lessers the way of the pantheon warrior?" He gave me a wry shtly less incapable?"

I shookis certain at theet a closer look at that weapon of Arthur's…"

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