Chapter 3“You have learned about Second Esperah Annika Dorrado’s dilemma?” Morrim Pomodore said. I had requested a meeting with Morrim Pomodore after hearing about Second Esperah Dorrado’s upcoming marriage. I met with Diakono Copperwith later that evening, and he had set it up. It took three days for the meeting, and she had kept her interaction with me formal since her confession. Now, facing the morrim, I realized he wasn’t surprised that I was here. In fact, I had the sudden sense that he had planned this. “Is that why you let Second Esperah Dorrado attend to me? Instead of a first esperah?” I asked. Seated behind his desk, Morrim Pomodore stared hard at me for a moment. “Diakono Copperwith was right about you. You are perceptive. If you are the one to fulfill Oscar’s prophecy, then

