Chapter Six
Let the Games Begin
As he was escorted from the Guild’s chambers, Duvät Gok tried to look contrite, but the welling gratification of a move well played was hard to repress. However, satisfaction dimmed when he saw Lucaät of Faytha’s tame troop of Ashik awaiting him in the foyer. They were clad in the black leather of Imperial ashessé, but Duvät had no doubt who they were really working for.
He looked into the hard-eyed gaze of the troop leader. “I don’t think we’ve been introduced.”
The Ashik replied calmly but firmly, “This way, if you please.”
“To Lord Lucaät of Faytha?” Duvät asked.
He was answered with a grunt.
As Duvät hurried along beside the hard-muscled soldier, he hoped he looked more like an important archangel with an escort than a prisoner. He saw someone in
