Before their journey back to the fortress to resume the subjugation, Soren never once tried to seek an audience with the High Priest not because he lacked the desire, but because he feared what such a meeting might expose.
He did not want his status to be known within the temple walls because the truth of who he was felt like a fragile secret, one that could shatter the moment the wrong eyes looked too closely at him.
It may have been the prince and the duke who decided that his identity should remain hidden, the ones who instructed him to play the role of a noble for convenience's sake. Yet Soren knew better than to believe that protection equaled loyalty.
If something were to go wrong and if suspicion arose or blame needed to be placed, those two would not hesitate to cast him into the fire to save themselves.
He would be the easiest sacrifice.
