WE ALL STARED AT HIM, as I tried to process just what he thought he was doing. And why.
He tilted his head to look at Matten. “That was the original plan, no? I was to be this rogue agent, your scapegoat so that no one would suspect your daughter?”
Matten remained silent.
“It is clever, I admit,” the Hercules continued. “My House is also known for a certain amount of water manipulation. No one knows the true extent of what any legend can do. As an outsider, the House of Anna may cut me loose with little cost to itself. And of course, the humans would easily believe it of me. In your position, I would have done the exact same thing.”
I shook my head. “Hold on, I’m confused here. You want to turn yourself in to our government? After everything you’re already guilty of?” And everything he
