"I'll give you two some time alone. I'll deal with everyone else outside."
"W-What do you...?"
Jayden never got to finish. Shadows slipped over his eyes, stealing his vision for one brief, disorienting instant before vanishing just as suddenly.
And when his sight returned, the chamber had gone silent.
He was alone with the High Priest.
The crowd, the inquisitors, even I was gone, as though none of us had ever been there at all.
"I'm sure you'd want your revenge to be personal. Enjoy yourself."
My whisper brushed against his mind. Jayden smiled, cold and sharp. He would have enjoyed killing the others too, but being left alone with the High Priest was enough.
More than enough.
***
Outside the perception bubble, confusion gave way to chaos.
"Where's the High Priest!?"
"Where's Jayden!?"
The inquisitors and guards shouted over one another, turning in circles as their targets seemed to vanish into thin air.
But they hadn't gone anywhere.
