Bab 1911: Skywarp (Part 1)

"If you're thinking of harming my cousin, think again. By now Dyta should be safe in Valeron. The Royal mages couldn't wait to have a blood core to study.

"Thanks to the first willing Thrall ever, they'll find a diagnostic spell that can identify your servants even without the help of the Awakened Council. As I said, every single one of your brilliant moves was just a small part of my plan." Jirni said.

Seeing his months of careful plotting and efforts unraveled in a few sentences, made Orpal's guts turn into a knot. Maybe it was the shock from Jirni's words or maybe it was just his mind playing tricks on him.

Whatever the answer was, Orpal found himself on a huge chessboard as a pawn, while the small woman in front of him had grown to gigantic proportions and was the only player in that game.

She moved both his pieces and her own, slowly setting up for a checkmate.