The Return of the Emperor
Do-won said softly, almost conversationally, “do you practice dark arts? Occultism, perhaps?”
Zane blinked. “Excuse me?”
The words were ridiculous, but his heart jolted anyway. Dark arts? What is this, Mogwarts? Is he going to wave a wand and shout Mexpelliarmus at me? Zane mused.
Do-won’s eyes didn’t budge. They only grew sharper with his lack of response. He moved slowly, deliberately, around Zane, gaze lingering on the scar that carved over his right eye. “I know almost everyone in this castle. Their histories, their families, their debts. They are clean. Predictable. But you—” he stopped, lips curling into suspicion, “you don’t belong here.”
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