☉FENRIR I was not familiar with the sort of fantasy life that this Finarfen might have enjoyed, but I was not going to endanger myself by frolicking with weaklings. It was beneath me, and even if I was strong—stronger, even—than most of the inhabitants of this world called Cynthros, there was absolutely no point wasting my life over some wretched wench like herself. Life was battle; to live was to fight, and I had trained myself up in the knowledge of battle for too long to suddenly surround myself with death. I was Finarfen right now, prince of Cynthros and Alpha, and after the Battle of Rites which I had already won, I was in line to be coronated as king. Then I would possess ultimate power in this realm. After which I would find a way to return to my own realm, and Tahlia and Archib

