FIVE
Loyalty
‘Nathaniel, please open the door.’ said Marcus firmly once more.
A sense of dread crept over him. For countless passes both he and Marcus had worked towards the same end, their agendas aligned. However, in his heart he knew there would come a time when their paths would diverge, forced by the actions of another. That moment, which he had feared for so long, was now finally upon them.
‘Are you sure this is what you want?’ he said, turning to Kirika, who tried her utmost to remain calm.
‘This needs to happen. Neither you nor I can stop it, so let it happen on our terms.’
‘But what if you are wrong? We will have lost one of our main pieces.’
‘Trust me Nathaniel.’
‘I do. Nevertheless, you cannot scry the outcome given Rayna’s involvement in all this.’
‘You know as well as
