The blood drained from Razay’s face as if it were being leached. He sank to his knees, holding his hands out in from of him, palms upwards. ‘How...how could you possibly know about her?’
‘Kai just told you. We met her – or her memory, at least – on our travels. She showed us what you did. You stabbed her, even though she was carrying your child. And then you fled,’ Xanna said savagely.
‘No! It was an accident,’ Razay pleaded. ‘It was meant for the king, but she switched places with him at the last moment.’
‘Yet you might still have stayed to save her and ready yourself to face the consequences of your actions,’ Kai said. ‘But you could not, could you? At that point, the demon’s hold on you was too strong for you to disobey it, as it is now.’
‘You do not know of what you speak,’ Razay s
