Chapter 52

The man looked at Ardala and then at Vajra, eyes narrowing as he gave them both assessing looks. “And he is pacted to Chaos?”

“He is,” Marcus said and stood to the side as another man stepped forward until he was nearly chest to chest with Vajra.

“Hi?” Vajra backed up slightly, that jumpy nervous energy suffusing him again. “How are you?”

“My name is Aarav, I am pactbreaker to the High Court.” The man’s voice was a lilt and totally at odds with his body language. “If you will permit me to, I will sever the pact between you and Chaos.”

“I need you to explain the whole thing first.” He backed up a little further, keeping an eye on Ardala who was standing in front of Lord Ren and from the looks of it was being interrogated rather severely. “I need to make sure Ardala’s ok.”

He went to step away, but the other man’s voice cracked through his head like a gunshot. “Show yourself, foulness.”

Vajra staggered, almost going to his knees as his head rang. “What are you-“