Chapter VII. ution
VII
EXECUTION
YOU REMEMBER MY chess lesson from Cairnhaem? The Rousseau Gambit?
Of course. Draw your foes out of position by feigning weakness. Then, strike.
You almost killed me.
But I didn’t. I spared you. And while you’re figuring out why …
Maybe my wisdom hasn’t been totally wasted on you, vampire.
The cup is broken. The Grail is gone.
Every breath Celene steals is drawn only to lie.
Gabriel’s greatest love has never been liquor, nor licentiousness. It is lying.
Flattery will get you everywhere.
Do you ever wonder where this ends, Chastain?
It could not have been easy to lure those flies into her web.
One wonders what bait the Empress used.
Who the fuck told you I was a hero?
A clever lion feigns weakness to draw out his prey.
And while you’re figuring out why …
By the blood of the Five was it done.
By the blood of the Five shall it be undone.
You know all this is a waste of time, don’t you?
A clever lion.
The blood of the Five.
While you’re figuring out why …