"Ah, so Henry and the rest were deliberately guiding us to the Devourer's nest…"
"How dare he? We took care of him. We protected him!"
"I can't believe such a kind-hearted boy could do something like this…"
"Kind-hearted my ass! He kicked and punched us! He wanted to sacrifice us for their own salvation!"
"He and his men were despicable. I'm glad he's dead!"
Those were the reactions after Gideon revealed the truth. Some of their own members had been willing to sacrifice the others and even hurt them, blinded by their desperate need to survive and by Henry's strange, almost unnatural charm.
"But Scions of the Lord, you said?" the youngest among them asked. "I thought they were just a myth."
"Why would you think that?" Gideon asked, his curiosity clear.
