Chapter 305 Chapter 305

GRAND LORD ZAIPER

Grand Lord Zaiper lounged in his living room, his boots propped comfortably on a velvet footstool. A goblet of ale rested loosely in his hand as he watched the fire crackle lazily in the hearth.

After leaving court, he had spent hours downtown, carefully avoiding his home until well past midnight. All to escape facing the Oracle. Zaiper needed time to decide his next move, to strategize how best to dea And today, he had succeeded.

Absently sipping his drink, he smiled, his eyes tracing the flickering flames.

A knock shattered his peace.

Frowning, he tilted his head slightly. There were hushed murmurs outside.

Scowling, he set his drink down with a thud, pushing himself up. "Where the devil are all the servants and useless slaves?"

His mood was quickly souring as he strode to the door, throwing it open.

The Oracle stood behind the door.

He barely had time to take a step back before the old lady stormed inside.

"You impertinent little child!" Fury radiated from her like an erupting volcano. "How dare you break this kingdom? How dare you!"

She stomped her staff against the ground.

An unexpected force slammed into Zaiper, lifting him off his feet and hurling him across the room.

He crashed against the far wall, pain flaring through

his back as he hit the stone floor with a brutal thud.

What the fuck!?

Zaiper groaned, rolling onto his side. Wincing at the sharp pain in his tailbone, he gritted out. "You should not abuse your powers like that, Oracle." She stepped forward, her golden-

streaked eyes dilated, burning. "If you can abuse yours the way you have, then I shall do the same with mine."

Raising her staff, she wrapped her

so hard. "How could you do something so despicable?"

some darker than I would have liked. But none as vile as

her staff again, and this time, Zaiper flew across the room, colliding hard

Ffffuckk...!

ribs at the impact, his entire body

itself. How could you do this to your kingdom, to your fellow Grand Rulers? How

the righteous outrage," he

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him for looking at what

into something so dark it sent a chill down Zaiper's

She lifted her staff.

of unseen force

split second before his entire body seized in agony. A few of his bones had shattered

through him like fire

agony. "This

but never have they stooped to such despicable acts to

blood again. "One day,

into something colder, deadlier. "Come clean to the kingdom. Confess

does 'never' sound?" Zaiper

you

out a bark of laughter, ignoring

stab of pain it sent through his

allowed

can, and I will,"

twin

restraint for

spawn. I would

life to

you have wrought.

land

Surely,

don't mean that," but his voice

first pages of The Gods and Their Servants will tell you an Oracle does not speak idly. Every word I

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