Chapter 249: Duty

The Prince had been silent, watching Sado Veri take his leave after he gestured a bow. 

Thanatos broke the silence. "You're playing with fire if you don't believe some branch of Genesis won't retaliate." 

"I'm quite aware. But isn't that a good thing?" Altair smiled, his palm lightly beating against Tasha's bottom. "War, Chaos, and Strife will make us strong. There is much I need to tell you. Athena will be joining us soon in a few weeks, maybe days. I will also be meeting with Father to discuss my revenge. I'd like you beside me then." 

"A king commands," said Tasha. "They don't ask." 

"Thanatos is both my mentor and friend. But his council is something neither an enemy nor a king can command." 

"I am here when you need me, " he said, and in a gale's roar, he was gone. 

Altair counted this a partial victory. Thaan was a man of duty. A man whose sense of duty was rivaled only by the pride he took in his work.