Redsand Canyon Empistosýni

Arsenio did not know that his actions made him a good man, but he did not wish to combat the Imperator’s remark. Khalys had been intended to move to the vale, to become one of Epoch. It was a dreadful shame that she had not lived to see that day. It was painful to know that she had only experienced love once, and that she had followed that love into the afterlife.

They will not have a good life under the Pharaoh. They will become like him, or pawns of him.

The redstone wolf frowned.

Perhaps lady Satsu was the fortunate one. Arsenio was not certain that he believed this. He knew that she had been kinder than Ramesses. She had shown the promise of a good heart. Her love to Akashingo’s ruler aside, Arsenio had never thought that Satsu was the enemy. Now he would never know.

What is to be done with the children?