C403 VOW MADE

"Look at them, brother," the 2nd Prince said, his voice a low scrape against the silence. He stood on the edge of the blue fire, his skin charred and bubbling, yet his eyes were wide with a frantic, unholy glee. "The mortals kneel for a child, while the dead rise to reclaim what they lost. You think you can build a kingdom on a drop of gold?"

Elias didn't answer with words. He moved