Bishop to Knight One (Diviner’s Game #1)

Matt

The heavy volume of the non-human species encyclopedia sitting on my lap shows me pictures of diverse Chaos Eaters from a variety of ancestries. I’m reviewing the entry on them in the encyclopedia just in case I forgot something while dealing with the one at the mall. The fact that he packed up and left at the mention of the Hub’s owner, Loretta, and her Headsman, the Beast, makes me wonder if I missed something on my first perusal. Chaos Eaters aren’t a homogeneous species, rather they are a class of Prime World Eaters borne from any god or godling of chaos. I already knew enough of this entry to recognize the person at the mall, but I read with purpose now.

I want to know his weakness, why he would capitulate in the face of Loretta, a touch-telepath, and the Beast, who is ostensibly human. Nothing here indicates why he would run away at the mere mention of the Beast. The Headsman is known to be ruthless, but he’s still only human, nothing a Chaos Eater can’t handle.

Loretta and her Headsman both have their own entry in the encyclopedia because the person or people who compiled the book thought some individuals deserved their own entries, specifically people with power. Even Deejay has his own entry, which I thought was funny because it’s under his popular title, ‘Maledict, the’, not his political one; his preferences extend even to the written word.