NovelFameChapter 850: Sinai narrowed her eyes as she looked at the door. Zaiper was extremely unstable. She couldn't decide if he was terrifying... or pathetic. Maybe both.
"Is this the man I'm associating with? What the hell was I thinking?" Kady spoke again. "If I may offer a suggestion..." A deep, angry breath-an effort to regain composure.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt"Considering how empty it is up there, go ahead." "I say we prepare for the night of the eclipse," Kady said. "The crescent moon is too frequent; it will cany night. We'll do everything as we did five centuries ago: we'll use the dark wizard to glimpse the night of the eclipse, strike swiftly, steal the Chalice so they can't defend themselves, and then kill everyone we want. All their loved ones. This time, the Great King dies. So does the Great Lord Vladya. We'll finish them off.” Zaiper was silent for a moment.
"There's a problem with that plan, don't you think, Kady?" he finally said. "First, I don't have an army to go to war. Second, I've already exhausted my credits with the dark wizard. It used to be easier to get favors because I owed him my life. We had a blood pact: specific terms and limited favors, all carefully measured based on the cost of his magic. That balance has been fully paid. "Do you know the price of magic for revealing crucial information about the future?" "Blood?" "Blood," Zaiper confirmed. "A noble's blood, to be precise." Kady was silent. "If it had been in the past, when the kingdom was still unaware of our movements, it would have been easier to snatch someone of noble birth." Zaiper continued. "But now? Everything is fortified. All the borders are blocked. The last twe got to Ravenshadow, we had the help of our..." "Spy, help, it's already burned. They must have doubled their defenses. Tell me, Kady, where do you think I'll find a noble to bleed?" Lady Sinai shook her head, standing straight. Without her title, her army, her gold, or anything-disorganized. Powerless. And clearly slipping.
Read new content at galShe should have left as soon as she felt it. It's still not too late.
Sinai turned and took a single step.
"What about the Lady?" Her foot stopped abruptly.
The soldier's voice was calm as he continued, "She's of noble birth. And frankly she knows too much.
What's to stop her from turning against you tomorrow?"
"She has her reasons for not doing so," Zaiper said with disdain. "Sinai and I have known each other for a long time. She knows better than to contradict me. She knows what I'm capable of."
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