Amrik pounded a hand on the arm of his throne. “It crawls within me and has its own dreams by night and whispers to me when I wish it to be silent. I have two lives inside me! I don’t want to be the slave of this monster!””
monsteKossuth’s eyes flared. He whispered, “You are already!”
“Oh, gods!” Amrik fell back and held the sides of his head with those hands.
gods!”“I have given you empire, Amrik. I have given you armies and power and bought for you your glittering city of the land. And I have not finished with you yet! Do you fear that I control you by this demon that holds you? Even so, reap the harvest of your yearnings. Go forth into the streets as king of the land. Let mortals cower before you and whisper your name in dread behind your chariot. I have given you what you wanted, an
