Chapter 132: Cain.

“You took me to an Oracle?”

Adelaide’s voice rises steadily as anger courses through her and I stand, conflicted and unable to think of what might calm her down.

“You would have met him one way or the other, Adelaide. Trust me, this was the safest way.”

“You could have fucking told me!”

Her words lash out like a whip and I recoil.

I could have.

I could have told her Alizadeh would search her the moment he saw her but what good would that have been?

“If I had told you, you’d have tried to guard against him and that never ends well.

Alizadeh would kill you on the spot and how do you even guard against such power? He didn’t read your mind, Adelaide, he did something much more intricate. If he saw something that didn’t satisfy him in your future he’d have killed you. It was either you meet him now, in the presence of Lyros and Rafie and me, when we could watch for his reaction and protect you if he deemed it fit to kill you, than meeting him in the hallway or in the library. He’d have k