Sara broke another pen under her teeth. She spat the pstic out and sighed. More coffee was he maids she set up in Arascus’ room were worthless, telling her nothing. The man didn’t even sleep with them! What was that? She had specifically chosen the best whores she could find!

  Her hand smmed the table and looked at the test piece of paper. “Stop Union recruitment, trate all assets onto Epa. You have six months to double our numbers. Do not worry about spies.”

  Essa and Alsaria walked through a marble corridor in Olympiada. They had met bowing servants a mile away, but this area arsely poputed. Humans had no reason to e here, Gods even less so. “Did you meet the Sorceress?” Alsaria asked. She was tall, even foddess, almost as tall as Arascus. A head taller than Essa herself, her hair flowed down past her hips and the dress she wore was a simple white thing going to her ankles, even dressed as pinly as a peasant, her beauty effortlessly outshone Essa. The Goddess of Magic wasn’t stupid enough to pick a fight with Alsaria over it though.

  “First thing I did after the assembly.” Essa said.

  “And?”

  “Nothing. She does not know.” Alsaria took a few moments to respond as they rounded another er. A maid was sweeping the floor, she saw the two divines and instantly bowed. They walked past her without even an aowledgement.

  “Did you mention him?” Essa grit her teeth. What was she? A little girl to be mianaged?

  “Of course I mentioned him.”

  “Or she could be lying.” Essa had enough. Curse Alsaria, the two of them had this versation five times already. She made her voice cold.

  “Do you want to visit her yourself?”

  “Not particurly, I don’t like her.”

  “Then shut up about her.” Alsaria’s chuckle rumbled like thuhrough the corridor. The heat from Essa’s side became almost searing and the aura of the womao her threateo crush her.

  “Dear sister, behave yourself.”

  “I apologize for my ck of de.” Essa instantly replied and Alsaria said nothing, she merely made aurn as the pressure instantly dissipated.

  “What about the Beast?” Alsaria asked.

  “Still iundra, we have drorag her location, she’s doing nothing of note.”

  “Are you sure about that?”

  “I am.” Alsaria’s steps slowed. She actually turned her head to make sure the white marble corridor was empty. In the instant, a sphere of light appeared around the two Goddesses. Essa met Alsaria’s gaze and wished she didn’t. Those bright eyes seemed to cw their way into her very soul, she couldn’t pull her own away.

  “I have siderations Essa.” Alsaria began, her voice was cold. “I want your opinion on them.” Essa tried to say something but her throat was dry, she merely responded with a nod. “I tacted the Artica camp, Olephia has shown ioher, I’ve checked on Kassandora myself and she’s as depressed as usual. If you’re corre Anassa ahen those two don’t know anythiher.” The Goddess of Light took a breath. “One, maybe we could still be uain but how four of them not feel anything? I do not think it is Arascus.”

  “Send Kavaa to check.”

  “Even if we send Kavaa, it would take her a year to make a path through the poisoh. It poisons even stone.”

  “Better than sitting around, isn’t it?” Essa said and Alsaria nodded.

  “I want her here for when crisis does e.”

  “There is no one who harm us.”

  “You would have died at the Godkiller’s hands were Kavaa not there. You want to send her away to the middle of nowhere with no unication?” Essa didn’t like the reasoning. Sending Kavaa was the obvious thing to do.

  “Are you afraid for her?” Alsaria’s face became soft, her eyes lot momentarily lost that strength.

  “I am. What if he is free and she runs into him?”

  “Send Maisara and Fortia with her then.” Essa quickly said.

  “And what if she doesn’t?” Alsaria said. “We’d be simply throwing away our two best fighters for nothing.”

  “So what do you think it is then?”

  “We che Leona first, then I want you, Maisara, Fortia and Zerus to reinforce the gates. You’ll be with Zerus, he’ll probably take Sceo too. Your team will watch the Paraideisius gate, Maisara and Fortia will watch the Tartarus gate.” Essa blinked, her mouth falling open.

  “You’re not saying… You don’t think…”

  “The st time she colpsed, three worlds came together, we had a hundred years of warfare. This isn’t a Godkiller i, this is something else entirely.”