Chapter 72

“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.”