Page 36 of Dragon Eternal (Dragon Kings 4)
If you succeed, I’ll grant your greatest desire: your freedom.
D
Shaw didn’t need to ask who D was. Obviously, it was the Divine. The bastard knew he and Merrill were there, but how? He immediately called Merrill’s name through the link.
“What’s wrong?”Merrill asked.
“He knows we’re here.”
“Who?”
“The Divine,” Shaw spat. “I’m reading a letter he sent Nia, telling her we were in the city and instructing her to find us. He know our bloody names! Told her to pick one of us and seduce us and make sure we fall in love with her. She’s supposed to bring one of us in to exchange for her freedom.”
“Fuck me,” Merrill said, shock coloring his words.
Anger filled Shaw. He was being used. But, just as quickly, his ire dissipated. Because he was using Nia, too.
“What are you going to do?” Merrill asked.
“I doona know.”
“Well, now you have your answer about the estate and money. It sounds as if the Divine owns Nia.”
“Find out who she is. I need to know everything, and she willna tell me.”
“I’m on it. You may no’ want to hear this, but now that we have this knowledge, you can use it to your advantage.”
Shaw closed his eyes and let out a sigh. “My thoughts exactly. Nia knows the Divine. And the wanker knows about us. We need that information.”
“You focus on that. I’ll pass on this information to Con and the others. Every King needs to know they’ll be discovered if they enter.”
“But that doesna make sense. If the Divine knows when anyone with magic enters the city, then he would know which children have magic.”
“Maybe he does,” Merrill said. “Maybe he keeps tabs on the families to make sure they report the children.”
“That doesna explain Tamlyn. She’s a Banshee and entered the city numerous times to save the children about to be killed. If they knew about her, then they—”
“Would’ve stopped her,”Merrill said over him.
Shaw shook his head as he opened his eyes. “Stonemore is built on a no-tolerance rule of magic. If the Divine has this kind of knowledge, then he would enforce it.”
“You’re missing one important part.”
“What’s that?”
“It also means that either he has magic or is using someone who does.”
“Bloody hell.”
Merrill blew out a breath. “I couldna have said it better.”
