A Long Path (Part 1)

Yet how and where to procure the fodder to fuel Vastor's Madness would also have to wait for another day, because another unexpected storm was incoming.

"I can't wait to rub this in the face of all those stuck-up nobles who always badmouth you in the Royal Court, Zogar." Zinya chuckled. "Between your achievement and your new training schedule, I'll have to fight to keep other women's hands off you."

"I'm sorry, Zin, but that won't be a problem." He hugged her, losing himself in her warmth.

"What do you mean?"

"Zogar Vastor was sent off with you. I fought as the Master. No one will ever know of my involvement. It would expose my real strength and my affiliation with the Eldritches." He replied.

"Let me get this straight." She pushed him away to look him straight in the eyes. "You put your life on the line and replaced Valeron in the array. I risked losing my husband and my children their father, yet no one will ever know?