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could bring their dead brother back, even if they did

manage to find his remains. Was there a time limit on

such dark magic?

Yeah, there was. Even if they did find Lokan’s body

parts, they still had to find his Ka and bring it back.

Problem was, the Ka was sustained by food and drink.

Go without, and it withered, maybe even died. They

were racing against time to find him before his Ka partook of the food of the dead. That would seal the deal.

Eat the banquet, pay the price: no way back.

And what would it cost to reanimate him? How

many innocent souls? Was there a price beyond that

which any of them would be willing to pay?

More questions without answers, and he didn’t like

banking on theoreticals. Alastor was the one tasked

with finding the details on the reanimation. He had the

most truck with demons, and they were going to need

demon magic to work this.

The one definite was the possibility for vengeance.

Mal dealt in that, intended to have it. Served cold and

raw and bloody.

He was convinced that Osiris knew something about

Lokan’s death, and he meant to ferret out what he could

while he was there. It actually suited his purposes that

Osiris would be away at the meeting. Osiris was too

savvy to give anything away for free. But he had

daughters. Wives. Concubines. Slaves. And Mal had

confidence in his own charms.

“So I go to Osiris. And he’s sending you…Aset?”

Sutekh shot him a look. “Aset has her own territory. She is a power in her own right. She goes to the

meeting.”

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