"I'm saying it was inevitable," Kailthrys corrected.
"Power like yours attracts response. Always has, always will. The only question is whether that response is cooperation or elimination. And given your demonstrated capabilities, given what you represent as a force outside our hierarchy..."
Her eyes blazed brighter.
"I've decided elimination is the appropriate course."
The battlefield went silent.
Even Suyajna, still broken in her crater, stopped trying to heal and simply watched with horrified fascination.
The Sovereign Queen had just declared her intention to kill Jaenor Arkwright.
"You think you can," Jaenor said.
Not a question.
An observation.
"I know I can," Kailthrys replied.
