6
THE FATHER
As the crowd went wild, Kerrigan held her breath. This was what she had been waiting for. All these years of her fear over the Red Masks came down to this moment.
Red Masks had almost killed her in the streets. They had protested her presentation in the House of Dragons. Valia had been sent to kill her. Isa had tried to kill her. Basem Nix had tried to kill her. Each and every moment had been traumatic, and yet nothing could have prepared her to finally see the man responsible for it all.
From her vantage point, he looked ten feet tall. His features completely obscured by a lush black cloak that fell to his feet. Underneath was a fitted black suit that Parris could have designed with its sharp lines and perfect fit. The cravat at his throat marked him of the nobility. And
