Chapter 29
Rasa is furious, raging, wrathful when he hears the words come out of his son’s lips.
“You want her?” He spits. “No. She is mine. She is a weapon for the village—“
His son’s eyes flash a heavy yellow-gold and the words stutter in his mouth. Fear, sharp and hot rises in his chest and for once, he wonders just how many monsters he has raised for this village. How many cruel, selfish creatures he’s fashioned with vicious words and brutal upbringings that some no longer view him as a leader, instead, as a foolish little man.
“I want her.” His son growls low, his voice throaty with rage. “You will give her to me or I will take her.”
Think, he shouts furiously in his head, think, think, think, think—
“My Lord?” Chiyo interrupts, her wizened face popping out in the doorway. “You have called me?”
A smile curls his lips.
There is a way he can win. There is a way he will win.
He turns triumphant eyes towards the monster-son.
“Very well. You may have her.” Rasa tells him. He misses the heady flash in the boy’s green eyes.
Staring straight at Chiyo with a sly smile he beckons his advisor closer. “I trust you are familiar with sealing?”
“Of course, my liege.” Chiyo’s eyes flash excitedly.