Chapter 15: "She recognized you,"

"Why did you do it?" His voice was rough. He asked no one in particular but a figure emerged from the wall. The figure moves closer to Dominic who was standing at the window.

It was nighttime.

"She recognized you," Simon countered as he stepped closer to Dominic, he bent his head at him. "Her eyes dilated when she saw you, and the chances of you being her protector were slipping."

"King Magnus wouldn't have selected someone else for the fear of offending the temple of priests, so I had the highest odds." He stopped and turned around to face Simon,

"You're lucky old man Robert wasn't there, that man is always suspicious."

"Who's Robert?" Simon asks. His Master just got here and the likelihood of him knowing people and their attitudes instantly was strange.

"I have my ways," He replied and turned his back on Simon.

"What's happening in the south?"

"Nothing suspicious yet. But Xavier seemed to want the girl urgently, he had been asking around for help, he knew entering the Magnus's Mansi