Chapter 72

Looking down at Toban with a suspicious look, her eyes travelled back upward, “He is not dead, Kealy taught me a way to render him unconscious. I may have used a little too much force, it was my first time trying the technique.”

“Well Dilo, why does Rex want to see me?” Rosie asked, her stance faltering for a second as her mind raced with possibilities as to why she was summoned.

“He wants to offer you a way to change your allegiance,” Dilo replied, her tone barely containing any of her usual growl.

“Why would he do that?” Rosie asked, her rapier tip falling slightly, she had thought Rex would find her distasteful now seeing what trouble Brend had brought, so she had given Emanuel the information to pass onto him.

“Actually, it was not his idea,” Dilo replied with a smirk.

“Whose was it then?”

“Mine.”

“Why…” Rosie stuttered, her eyes widening in shock as her mind went blank, “Why would you give him that idea?”

“He offered it to me when I didn’t think I even needed it, and my choice to