Chapter 64
“Go ahead, try and throw a lightning bolt at me. Call down fire from the sky. Direct the winds. Make the elements obey you.” Judas paused. “You can’t, and you know you can’t because you’ve already tried.”
“I thought it was the atmosphere here,” Lupercus said softly. “I thought all the good in the air was making me weak. I thought…” His evil gaze cut toward Judas. “All right,” he said, “maybe my powers are gone, but even without them I know enough of the gods’ secret incantations to control her. And who knows, after her will be another, and another, and another!
“You’re willing to become a runaway god to serve this evil master? Tell me, Lupercus, why her? I’ve seen you play with many in your reign as the Wolf God. What’s so special about this one?”