Ludo
“Have you heard from him?” Father asked.
“Not yet,” I answered not looking up from my book. “His challenge isn’t until tomorrow.”
“I hope he’s wearing the amulet,” he said greedily. “He needs to catch up to his abilities.”
I tried not to roll my eyes. For years I heard about how his heir was going to be glorious and powerful. He was going to be all the horrible things he was reborn in an able body capable of withholding all that power and magic. But I didn’t think Elias was the one true heir. How was he going to take over the world? No. Elias was not the heir. He wasn’t cruel enough. He wasn’t hungry enough. Not like I am.
“Why did you allow him to return, father?” I asked. “We were supposed to keep him here.”
“I thought it wiser to earn his trust,” he replied. “He’d be more e
