Chapter 68

"This multitude, their wounds so various, had made my eyes (the lights I look by) drunk. So now they wished to stand there, and just gaze"

-Dante Alighieri, The Divine Comedy

Arthur had revealed our secret to Zachary, but luckily Rodriguez had no idea what really happened between the two of us. Arthur had always said that he didn't trust people that worked in the palace. He must have realised that I was close to Zachary, and he possibly wanted to use our relationship against me.

I had used demonic magic to influence a royal. It was a serious violation of protocol, and now Rodriguez had every right to summon me for questioning. He always suspected that I was hiding stuff from him, things that as far as he was concerned could harm the royal family. I knew that the old nosey bastard set his people outside the station to make sure I would stay where I was.

Zach had given me a heads up, but why?