Kael felt the change before anyone else in the cathedral did. The moment the divine statue cracked, a tremor traveled through the invisible structure of the world. The seal inside Kael’s chest tightened painfully, as if something above the sky had turned its attention toward him.
Kael did not move. He stood near the back of the cathedral hall with his head lowered like an obedient son while priests rushed toward Eron at the center of the chamber.
Inside, however, Kael’s mind moved quickly.
The divine trial had gone wrong. That fact alone was dangerous enough, but what worried him more was Eron’s final question.
Who is Kael? Kael closed his eyes briefly. “That was too close,” he thought.
The seal around his demonic core pulsed once, reacting to the divine presence that had briefly desc
