is enough? Too bad he’d have to wipe that gleeful look right off his son’s face, but then the lesson was more important than happiness.


    always more important. That was the duty of a king to his family and those within his kingdom. But he paused in moving his next piece longer than normal to give Callus a few more moments of that wonderful feeling of victory. It was important to know how to feel good too. That was a lesson as well.


    Let you win? Why would I do that? If you can’t win on your own, then why should I allow it?”


    will explode. It will leave Raga Nine and everything on it space dust.”


    Stolen from its rightful place, this narrative is not meant to be on Amazon; report any sightings.


    especially if the odds were against him. Rainus knew, he might not have talked to Markus in far too many years, but he certainly had his spies keep a close eye on the lad. They might be at odds, but Markus was still his son.


    would win if it came to an all out brawl, but Zorren didn’t play that kind of game. The ex-Ascendant was like a spider on a wall. He watched. He waited. He might spin a small web here or there. In a corner where no one could see, or maybe the web would be more obvious, but everyone would be too busy looking somewhere else to really notice it.