“The Circle is waiting, my brother.”
Judas’s eyes glared at the chiseled face of the Gatekeeper. “I am not your brother, so do not address me as such.”
“But I amyour brother. Illegitimate and unrecognized though I may be, I have your blood flowing through my veins.”
“You lie!” Judas spat. “If you were my father’s son, you would live in the Royal Palace.”