Chapter 86 - Chapter 87

Alistar closed the door to his room, resting his head against the polished wood with a sigh. He and his family had just returned from a particularly zealous session of mass, during which time the local bishop, Bishop Rendel, had dedicated the entirety of his sermon to denouncing the demons that were so universally hated in every household within the county. Alistar had thought it cruel, since Mr. Herst, Ruk, and several other Drunaeda had also been in attendance, all of them drawing negative attention as the bishop delivered one inflammatory speech after another about the deeds of demons past. By the end of the sermon, dozens of the hundreds in attendance had openly harassed the descendants of the Drunaeda in order to have them leave first, lest they all walk side by side down the great flight of stone steps that led out of the imposing, artful architecture that defined the local cathedral.