This was it…there was no turning back now, not that there was ever any sentiment to not go through with this on Kysenia’s part, but Daniel felt the weight of the ordeal really settle on his shoulders as he followed Kysenia into the amphitheatre. The full moon shone brightly above.
The amphitheatre was lit up like a stadium and the ambassadors from the other Houses that had journeyed to pay witness to the event were sitting around the stone steps that served as terraced seating, like they were about to merely watch a football game.
Daniel wondered if this was what it was like all those hundreds of years ago when gladiators would fight with lions…
He felt Kysenia’s whole demeanour tense and looked up to see Dimitri, closely followed by his father and brother and a couple of guards, walk i
