Impressed, he continued. "Years ago I was a tyrant. The ruthless prince who wore the mask of the blazing sun and burnt to ash everything he touched. I was beyond powerful, beyond feared. People believed that I was the wrath of the sun-god, unleashed upon Sun-World. Then I met her; Martha.
Martha changed me, she made me see the error of my ways and made me a better person, and so I gave up my dream of ruling all of Sun-World. She caged an uncontrollable monster, and every time I saw her smile it's bounds grew even tighter… I grew even weaker."
"Her death released the monster," Amerith said.
King Japhet got up from his seat and walked to her end of the table. He sat on the table by her, and said. "It did more than release the monster, it filled it with rage, and that rage has fuel
