Chapter 40

"ENOUGH!" Queen Nuli screamed to the top of her lungs, veins bulging from her porcelain neck. "If he says one more word, Zed, kill him."

Inside the tense cyclone forming around us, while everyone looked at the standoff between Zed and Blayse, I kept that promise to myself. One down.

"Ok, wait a minute now," Scarleth's diplomatic side came out. "Let's all...just sit, and drink. We don't kill our own. He is Viper, but he is also Nuli."

"A toast," I awkwardly suggested, raising my cup, pouting my lips to the brim. Zed's eyes sent me a message 'Don't get involved.'

"CK's got a point here, Queen Nuli, I humbly request that we sit, drink, and discuss more. I vouch for this man...not child-killer, but Blayse. He can be hard headed, but he's got good instincts."

"What is this man's role within our organization?" Queen Nuli asked.

"He is a curator, your grace," Scarleth answered.

"Obsidian, you've always wanted to travel the flatland. Is this still correct?"