The Favored Son of Death

Zane thought about Beatrix's offer for a long while. The benefits to Zane, if he were to accept the trade, were an unknown quantity. Even Beatrix herself could not reasonably explain what would happen to Zane if he consumed the object which granted Horde King's greater power.

Nor had she fully elaborated why she herself had not taken it for the benefits it posed to her and her siblings. This entire exchange was one based upon faith, faith that Beatrix, Zane's sworn enemy, would offer him something in good faith. Rather than trick him into consuming a toxic substance.

And even if Zane was naïve enough to trust Beatrix's word, there was still the matter of neither of them knowing how it would affect a living human being. Sure there were promises of greater power, but could such a tempting vow really be reality, especially when Beatrix herself had admitted that she had no idea what kind of effect her item would have on him?