Bab 42: Quitting Guarantees Failure

If he could recover his balls and stick, he'd let her cut them off all over again? With a smile? The madness in Gaiseric's words took Mithras by surprise. But judging from the smell picked up by his Exalted Sense, Mithras suspected the king was likely not in his right mind. 

When Gaiseric resolved to give up his late wife to the Dark Preceptor in exchange for Lysander's future, he didn't expect he'd incur the wrath of someone just as terrifying: Elektra. 

Not only did Elektra find out about and ruin the ritual, preventing the Dark Preceptor from collecting the late queen's body, but she also used a rare ability to multiply the dishonest feelings Gaiseric already had towards her a thousandfold. Now, the king lived and died for Elektra, doing whatever she asked even at the risk of death. 

As long as Gaiseric clung to his lust for Elektra, the spell couldn't be broken—not even by his mother. But how could he let go?