章 167: Pledging Loyalty

Kiana wondered what had suddenly happened to Asher. She had not seen him act like this before and the way he controlled the Bore Shrews also seemed rather eerie to him. She knew that beasts could be trained of course, but not in this way.

This seemed too mechanical… too unnatural.

"This… is what you want to do to the criminals?" Kiana asked.

"Well, it's one of the things, yes." Lucius admitted, laying his cards on the table.

His eyes were trained on Kiana the entire time, tracking her every move. Lucius wasn't just revealing his secrets right now, he was also judging Kiana and whether she was truly worthy of staying with him for the long term.

"This is wrong Asher… it's against the church's directives… against the kingdom's rules… against humanity…" Kiana spoke.