Chapter 65
Kael absorbed this. "Is that a problem?"
"I don't know." Lilith's honesty was rare. "A monster I can control. A god..." She shook her head. "Gods don't take orders. They give them."
"You knew this was possible when you summoned him."
"Possible, yes. Probable?" She laughed, and it sounded tired. "I gambled that he would play the role long enough for us to stabilize. That he would win battles and secure territory while remaining fundamentally human underneath."
"And now?"
"Now I wait to see what walks through my gates." Lilith turned from the window. "And hope that whatever Liam Cross has become still remembers who gave him the stage to perform on."
She moved toward her private chambers, then paused.
