AT THE SAME TIME
EMEPEROR LIANWEI POINT OF VIEW:
The first thing I noticed was the change in the air. It grew heavier, charged, like the moment before a summer storm crashes down. My fingers tightened on Mei Shen's pale hand.
"Who's there?" I growled, my voice hoarse. "Show yourself."
And then he appeared. Zeyrith. He didn't arrive in his usual subtle, mocking way this time. No, the god manifested in a swirling cascade of golden threads that lit up the dark room. His long coat fluttered around him as if caught in a wind that didn't exist. His golden eyes glimmered faintly as they fixed on Mei Shen, and for the first time since I met him… I swore I saw hesitation in them.
"You…" My throat burned. "You did this to her, didn't you? You're trying to take her back!"
Zeyrith tilted his head, expression unreadable.
"No, emperor. I am not the one pulling her. You know very well who she whispered before slipping deeper, don't you?"He said.