Outside the Nightmare World fragment leading to the Kronos plane, two figures hovered in the void.
One was Oubrian, the Domain Master of the Shaping Domain.
He wore a dark magic robe embroidered with the silver-gray, circular sigil of the Shaping Domain.
His features were stern, with a high brow and deep-set eyes.
Opposite him stood a young man in a deep purple magic robe, his eyes a brilliant emerald green.
He was Vito Douglas, a member of the Douglas Clan from the Clock Tower.
Oubrian gazed at the passage to the Kronos plane. "Douglas of the Clock Tower, the infighting within your clan is as messy as ever."
Vito said coolly, "This isn't infighting. It's a trial. Once Cheris passes it, she will naturally receive everything she is due."
A flicker of mockery crossed Oubrian's gray-black eyes. "A trial? And how many have died in these 'trials' of the Douglas Clan?"
Vito didn't respond.
