Chapter Five
The Shandrigal’s Temple occupied a spot so close to that of The Malykt, Konrad marvelled at himself that he should never have set foot in it before. Both constructs were given prominent positions at the very heart of Ekamet, and a mere two minutes’ walk carried Konrad out the grand double-doors of the one and into the equally majestic entrance of the other.
He entered cautiously, not for fear of the malefic leaping out at him from some shadowed nook, but out of a feeling of wrongness. He was the wrongness here, a creature belonging so utterly to The Malykt that he could have no business placing himself under The Shandrigal’s roof. This was why he had never come here before, despite Nanda’s influence over his life. He was the opposite of everything her Mistress stood for.
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