Binding Contract (Part 1)
The merging process of the crystals seemed far from successful and each attempt ravaged Orpal's body.
"Not necessarily in this order, of course." Orpal panted, the fit of pain was gone and he now realized to have given away too many details of his plan. "I expect you, my brother, and my sister to hide like the cowards you are so it will depend on which one of you I find first.
"I'm giving you this warning not as an act of courtesy, but because I want you to spend your final days in misery like I did while Thrud kept me prisoner. I want you to watch that gods-damned video she released and know that what she did to me I'll return it to you one hundred-fold.
"I want you to struggle, toil, and run, knowing that nothing you can do is going to stop me. I will find you wherever you are and I will kill you!" Orpal's pupils dilated and his lips opened in a crazed smile. "I will wash my humiliation in your blood and dry it in your ashes!"