The First Wife’s Revenge
One in Lagos, one in Tokyo, one in Rio, one in Dubai, one in Toronto, and so on, thirteen points on a map, forming an old pattern that had once ruled empires.
They came.
Not by teleporting.
Not by flying.
But by stepping through their own private portals: a mirror, a flame, a shadow, a dream.
When the last one arrived, a ring of women surrounded Olivia on the monastery balcony.
Thirteen leaders.
Thirteen empires behind them.
Thirteen reasons to fear what came next.
The highest among them, the Arch Priestess Zara of Marrakech, CEO of a multinational conglomerate by day, keeper of ancient rites by night, folded her arms and said bluntly,