Chapter 8, Brett Villa:
Brett waited in his room overlooking the back of the house and the sacred tree of Zar. His mother spared no expense with the plans for the wedding. He knew he should be happy for his little sister and celebrate with the city at the end of the conflict with Perdition, but he just couldn’t bring himself to get over the loss of coin he was suffering.
The guests were arriving, all dressed in different shades of light blue finery. Everyone except Zorra, who would be covered in the darkest green to symbolize fertility. Brett doubted she was even old enough to be fertile. Damn religion and all their stupid dogmas.
He hoped his secret friend would be here, he needed to speak with him. His veiled suggestion to clear the way to power made him wonder if it was indeed possib
