'As for the orcs, I'd say she put them on my road to show me exactly how far Sianna's loyalty runs. Or to find out what I turn into when survival is the only thing left on the table.'
He looked out at Sianna, fighting shoulder to shoulder with his students and Rora.
'Look at it. Everybody out there is fighting together. The magic tower, who have been at the academy's throat and Claude's for longer than anyone can remember. The assassin guild. Clans and families who wouldn't have shared a table an hour ago.'
'And none of it happens without her. They won't be the last either. More factions will come the day they work out that their missing people, the husbands and daughters they've spent years mourning, were dragged up there and put to work as slaves.'
'A war that was supposed to be mine alone, and now every one of them will be pushing at my back for my own goals. Even after the truth about me being a champion comes out.'
