The Cries for War - Part 1

"I believe I can do what is necessary," Oliver said. "I believe there is still more room for progress yet."

"Ah…" Asabel's eyes widened. "Progress. That is whatever haunts you. Your constant want for strength. Your greed eats you alive. There it is – that look in your eye. That little smile, so full of confidence, that all my retainers hate. You say that every logical path points to impossibility, but you do not believe in the confines of logic, do you, Oliver Patrick? You believe in far stranger things – and you believe this strangeness is to your advantage."

"Once more, you see me as I am," Oliver said, his eyes twinkling with gold and purple.

Chapter 2 – The Cries for War