[A/N: This bonus chapter is thanks to LordEnigma!!! I'm really grateful man. Thanks so much!]
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The hall was silent.
'For me?'
Simon stared at the man on the horn throne. Before he could open his mouth, Lilith spoke.
"…You knew my condition," she said slowly.
It wasn't a question.
"A soul without a body," the Abyss Sovereign said. "Kept alive by a sword and nowhere near whole. I've watched you since the night you stepped out of his chest, Empress. It wasn't difficult to see what you needed."
He turned the black jade bowl slightly between his fingers.
"And I knew what was sitting in Vhal-Sar. Treasures that could build a body strong enough to hold a soul like yours. So I sent him there, knowing you would go with him, and hoped you would find them."
"And I did," Lilith said.
"You did." The golden rings in his eyes turned slowly. "But the body you came out with isn't the one I saw."
Simon's eyes narrowed slightly.
'Differently than I saw.'
