Shadow Slave novel Chapter 2903

The other Mordret — one that was far nicer, safer, and more hollow — glanced at Cassie with a hint of surprise in his mirror-like eyes.

Or at least that was what Cassie imagined when she heard his voice. She couldn't place a mark on him, after all, so all that faced her was endless darkness.

“Lady Cassia? It is nice to make your acquaintance."

Cassie felt like she knew him very well, but she still nodded.

"Yes... likewise."

She lingered for a moment and then said in a neutral tone:

“I wanted to thank you for keeping Rain company these last few... however long it has been since we arrived. She doesn't show it, but you must know how awfully lonely, anxious, and afraid she is.”

The other Mordret must have nodded.

"Yes, naturally. Those feelings... I know them well myself."

A pale smile appeared on Cassie's lips.

"Really? Because I... I am not sure that I even know what feelings are anymore."

She inhaled deeply, then sighed.

“I guess with everything coming to an end — one way or another — I wanted to have a conversation with somebody, as well."

Mordret remained silent for a long while.

“Am I the only option?"

Cassie smiled.

"Perhaps he was right about you. About people feeling nice in your company because all they see in you is a reflection of themselves. But what to do? I cannot even see. I wouldn't recognize my own reflection even if I were standing right in front of it."

She raised a hand to wipe a drop of blood from her cheek, then lingered for a moment.

"I get it now, I think. Why Ki Song wanted to explain herself to me. There is a kind of solace in being witnessed just before the end."

Mordret — this Mordret — would not know the context. But he seemed to have still understood what she meant, or possibly even what she felt.

“And you want to be witnessed... by me?"

A bittersweet smile twisted Cassie's lips.

"No. Far from it. To be honest, I'd rather be forgotten altogether. I do not want your solace... solace is a sin, anyway."

Coming from the darkness, his disembodied voice was hiding a hint of surprise now:

"Then what do you want from me, Lady Cassia?"

She pretended to look around.

"Who knows? Maybe I am simply here to see if there is a way to kill you, somehow, in case I need to get rid of the King of Nothing in a hurry."

He chuckled.

“l am not actually here, so that would be a challenge. Besides, you must know that he is watching your every move and listening to your every word. Is it really wise to say these things aloud?"

Cassie shrugged.

"What can he do? He needs me."

She remained silent for a moment, then added:

"Yes, I know that he is watching me closely, and that nothing escapes him. It would be quite difficult indeed, to do something that goes against his will.”

The other Mordret asked:

“But why would you want to kill him, anyway? I thought that you were allies."

Cassie smiled faintly.

“We were allies. I needed him as well, you see — to buy time for Changing Star and the Lord of Shadows. That time is running out now, so he is of no use to me anymore. On the contrary — by all accounts, it won't do me any good if he does too well in the final battle. What if he wipes out half of all Awakened?"

She shook her head.

"At this point, it would be better if he suffered a swift and overwhelming defeat. More people will survive that way for longer, at least... a drawn-out battle is the worst possible outcome. So, I might betray him after all."

There was a long stretch of silence, and then the other Mordret said: 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺

"I don't think that you will, though."

Cassie raised an eyebrow.

"Why is that? I am known to be a traitor."

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