Valen.
Nefretiri wanted me to show mercy, but there's a problem with that.
I'm trying to remember how to do that. Yet, her words stirred something within me, and I couldn't bring myself to kill Quinten like I'd planned to. It wouldn't be a wasted death, either. I could channel the energy from the sacrifice and store the magic within me. Not only that, I could also take advantage of Nefretiri's blood innocence and use his flesh and blood to create something that would help me find the veil point. I doubted he had the location, but Quinten's knowledge and thirst for it would be the perfect anchor.
'You can't show mercy to all your enemies,' I warn; part of me hates that I was dashing her innocent belief that you didn't have to kill to win the game. 'Some enemies you can't change back.'
