"One has to be more than strong as a royal. One has to be…skillful. One has to know…how to clutch the hearts of his subjects…and squash it. One has…to be his people's god to be King."
Damon could never forget the words of his father. He had never truly known what it meant to be a child. From the very first day he was born into the world, he was taught responsibility and leadership.
From the moment he could walk without stumbling, the palace halls had already begun to shape him into something else. Something harder and manipulative.
"There are laws of power…and when you are conversant with those laws," his father turned to meet his gaze and he stared back, unflinching, "you will be unstoppable, son." Damon had looked at his father with all hopes and admiration to be just like him. Unstoppable.
He was taught that the Kingdom of Askye didn't raise princes. It made…Men.
