The Price of the Divine Witch

A vast golden pillar of light, like the birth of the universe; two brilliant golden eyes burning with eternal flame; and an ancient divine voice that echoed directly within the soul—all proclaimed that Ra, the Sun God, had truly revived.

Yet the words that followed immediately tore Ian from his shock and plunged him into an even deeper bewilderment, one that nearly overturned everything he thought he knew.

"Descendant of the Prince family, your arrival was no coincidence." Ra's grand and majestic voice clearly spoke that surname.

He had heard the name Prince again.

Who could have possibly expected that?

"?????"

Ian's thoughts froze instantly.

Ian Prince stood rooted to the spot, his mind nearly ceasing to function. Prince—this surname had been mentioned again, and by Ra, the Sun God himself.

It was difficult to ignore what that implied.

Prince. Prince.

The name struck through the fog of his memories like lightning.

Not long ago, when Osiris, the God of the Underworld, had revealed the secret of the Primordial Cellar to him in a soul-whisper amid the storm of gods and demons at war, after saying "a traveler hidden in the shadows," hadn't he also mentioned Ian's family? At the time, the roar of divine war and the wailing of space had shaken Ian's mind to its core.

But the circumstances had been too urgent then, and Ian had had no time to question Osiris further. He had almost put the matter out of his mind for the time being. Yet first Osiris, and now Ra—these ancient Egyptian deities seemed to know the Prince family inside and out.

"What exactly is going on?" Ian could not help but ask, his voice trembling slightly with shock. "My family... how could it possibly be connected to ancient Egyptian gods?"

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