Of course the emperor wants to destroy her. I don’t serve him because he’s a good man, Kamali thinks. I serve him because he has power that could wash the jungles of the Yontai in blood, and I want to stop him from doing so. “Kamali, look at me.” Ayana has come close enough for him to see the specks of gold and silver in her sunlit irises. “Look into my eyes and see the truth of my words. If your duty is to the people of the Yontai, then you have no greater enemy than the man you serve. Even as we speak, his new ally seeks a key to a gate they wish to open; should they succeed, what you saw
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