Aiden glanced at Thera beside him. She was still watching the battlefield, but she hadn't reacted to the strange fellow at all.
Which is how Aiden knew she and the rest of the other gods hadn't even noticed him.
Without a word of warning or consent, Aiden extended a small fragment of his consciousness and slipped it into Thera's mind. It was the subtlest form of possession, so gentle that even the Archon herself didn't notice.
This was part of Aiden's power over the Authority of Mind, his dominion as Lord of the Mind Sea. Through her eyes, Aiden looked at the battlefield again.
And in Thera's sight, the strange fellow wasn't there at all.
Where Aiden saw a flickering figure, Thera saw nothing but empty space.
Aiden withdrew his consciousness from her mind and whispered, "That's strange."
Thera didn't react. His influence over her awareness had been so light that she remained unaware of what had just happened.
Aiden narrowed his eyes at the flickering figure.
