Koshmarnyk regained consciousness soon after the unexpected attack knocked him out, but he knew better than to reveal it. The glimpse of the demon he caught made it clear that Veranesh’s enemies were closer than they all had thought. At first he suspected Mayetti was in cahoots with the creature who carried him slung across his shoulder, but overhearing their conversation had proven him wrong. On the other hand, with all the information Mayetti was sharing with their captor, she might as well have been allied with him. To preserve her own life, the foolish woman was giving away everything the demons needed to see to Kaighal’s fall. Yet he remained motionless and quiet. Fighting one on one with such a powerful creature was wishing for death, and while in the days of his youth Koshmarnyk wou
