10 - The Tower & the Star: The Arcana Glen Major Arcana by Tara Maya

Author:Tara Maya [Maya, Tara]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: The Arcana Glen Major Arcana#10
Publisher: Misque Press
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

John had not only inherited the crown of the Jotun and the Storm Dragons, he had also inherited his grandfather’s human corporate holdings. His days were busy because he had to assert his dominance over his subjects, and yet he still had to also fulfill the obligations his grandfather had undertaken to complete the tower for his Azir allies.

He wondered if he would eventually meet the infamous Dark Triad, the trio of adepts who were responsible for the execution of the war. Their existence was only whispered at. Most of the soldiers in the war were involved only out of loyalty to their immediate rulers. Although they were aware of the alliance with the demons, they didn’t know the details of the secret treaties that the top three dark leaders had signed in blood.

No one even knew for certain which rulers of the many kingdoms involved in the war had the top positions. It was assumed that the winter king must be a member of the dark triad. One of the Seven Kings of the Demons must also be part of it. But even those identities were uncertain. Talking about it was considered a violation of wartime secrecy and could be punished by curse or death.

And John noted with disgust that even in the Citadel of the Jotun, who were supposed to be a free people, who fiercely guarded their independence, mirrors hung everywhere. This was something new since the days of his childhood visits to the Citadel. He knew that the mirrors were not simple vanities, but the eyes of the Dark Triad. They were always watching and always listening.

He had insisted that the mirror in his own chambers be removed. The Elves were annoyed but didn’t dare protest, because to do so would reveal the true purpose of the ubiquitous mirrors. Part of their game was to always deny their own espionage.

A part of him would’ve liked to have a mirror of his own to keep an eye on Lyra while he wasn’t in the room. But he knew she would hate that, as he would if their positions were reversed. So he did not hang a mirror there, not even one he controlled.

Instead, his mind created a picture of her on its own, fretting over whether she was miserable, sorrowful, angry or hurt. After he had found her trying to take her own life, she had promised him she would not kill herself, but how could he believe her? She did not owe him the truth about that, or about anything. She despised him, and rightly so. He still held out the hope that one day she would forgive him and recognize he was no more able to control the situation than she was. The best they could do was accept things as they were and trying to find some happiness within the system as it existed. She was intelligent. Sooner or later, she would come to that conclusion, as he had been forced to.

He worried about

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