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his fist a couple of times. Good as new.

If you can heal like that, heal anything, how the

fuck did the Setnakhts kill one of you?

Mal’s question echoed Roxy’s, and Dagan didn’t

have an answer for either of them.

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Because he could come up with very few possibilities except a traitor in Sutekh’s ranks, working with

the Setnakhts. Who themselves were supposed to be

worshippers of Sutekh. So why would they go after one

of the old man’s sons?

Could they not have known who Lokan was? Could

that be the answer? But then why wouldn’t Lokan simply have revealed his identity? Or annihilated them

all? Either option would have saved him.

And as for a traitor…those closest to Sutekh were

his sons, and Gahiji.

Gahiji? The fucker was eternally loyal to the old

man. Why would he kill Sutekh’s spawn?

But without a supernatural’s help, how could a cult

of mortals have taken Lokan down?

Which circled right back to the possibility of a

traitor.

The worm had uncoiled in his thoughts, and he

couldn’t shake it now. It was no secret Gahiji had never

quite approved of Lokan. Not that he’d overtly displayed it by word or action. It was just something the

brothers sensed.

“You ever find out why Gahiji went for Roxy like

that?” Mal asked.

“Other than the fact that she’s a Daughter of Aset?”

Dagan’s tone was dry.

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