Page 215 of Of Sins and Sacrifice

One brother is going to be king. The other is going to be a Supreme. To say I’m jealous would be an understatement since my only role will be that of a wife and broodmare.

Unacceptable!

“The possibility to return to Aperion was presented to you. You refused,” he points out.

I shrug.

“And what does that tell you? If I’d rather be powerless in a strange world than go home?”

He doesn’t answer.

I move past him. He follows.

With him on my trail, I cannot return to the cabin and risk him seeing I’ve been sharing a living space with another male. Instead, I head to the abandoned field a distance away where no one can spot us. The last thing I need is for someone to see Kai and think him the enemy in his strange attire.

Once we are far enough and with no possibility of anyone spotting us, I face him.

“What is the purpose of your visit?” I ask, still maintaining an otherwise calm appearance. Inside, however, I’m panicking.

Is he here about what happened in Aperion? About the death of the general? Have the truth diviners been called?

The death of a general, especially one in charge of a special unit, would be immediately noticed. Commander Azerius would be informed and asked to investigate.

Do they know I was there?

Molokai’s expression is clouded and inscrutable. I cannot tell what he’s thinking, but him coming to see me before my punishment is over can only be a bad thing.

Not only did I witness a demon—or whatever that creature was since it’s unlikely a Son of Tenebreis would not only escape Tartareia but would enter Aperion—I didn’t report it. The first thing I should have done was to ring the alarm and inform my superiors. Instead, I ran away from the scene. With a mortal in tow.

Molokai doesn’t speak for a moment, and my mind runs wild trying to count all my transgressions. If they know the full extent of everything I’ve done… Actually, the punishment for that would be nothing compared to what would happen to me if they even suspect I shared blood with someone, a mortal.

That has a definite punishment. Death.

A shudder goes down my back.

Truth diviners aren’t called as such for nothing. Part of the House of Psyche, their abilities allow them to reconstruct a scene or an event from any trace evidence.

I scanned my energy signature when I entered the military compound.

I squeeze my eyes shut and berate myself for having forgotten that little detail. If anything, the fact that it took this long for Molokai to come for me is a wonder.

I should have been arrested and sentenced immediately.

“I have heard what happened at the base,” he finally speaks.

I hold my breath.

“You’re here to arrest me, aren’t you?”

He narrows his eyes at me.

“On the contrary. Commander Azerius has decided to award you for your accomplishments.”

“My…accomplishments?” I ask with a frown.

He takes a deep breath. “Perhaps I shouldn’t have dismissed you so easily when you called on me. But you handled the greed demon spectacularly. Without powers, too.”

“The greed demon?” I repeat. “How do you know about that?”

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