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Kiriona looks over the map of the Ninth House as Harrow stares at her. “So what type of wards are guarding the Tomb?” Harrow asks and Kiriona tells her, one’s made of the Emperor’s blood. She bites her lip and goes over the layout that Kiriona told her about, all the while wondering what Kiriona could be planning. “We would need a sacrifice to have enough thanergy.”
“You can decide who but more importantly we need to figure out when. Is anyone guarding the Tomb or…” Kiriona questions and Harrow shakes her head. Kiriona chuckles and Harrow decides to ask what is inside the Tomb. She does and Kiriona smiles at her, “Well you’re going to hate this but here we go. It’s hard to exactly explain who she is but her name’s Alecto and she is my father’s cav. I think that she’s still alive and that she can help save the houses,” she explains.
“What would be saving the empire from?” Harrow asks and Kiriona reminds her that the Emperor does have enemies. The Cohort has a reason to exist after all. “We could do it tomorrow I suppose. I will need time to prepare.” Kiriona stands up from the desk and walks towards Harrow, grabbing the other woman’s hand and smiling.
“You know, I’m glad that you're the Reverend Daughter,” she compliments before kissing her hand. Harrow stares at the other woman in confusion, every time she thinks she has Kiriona figured out she does something else that makes everything worse. Sometimes she almost finds her wife charming, rarely but it still happens.