"Primordial Transcendent God Kronos, whom the Orphic Mysteries worship, performed a miracle?"
"He told Alix to go to Sicily and find a Golden Apple?"
"It was a gift from the god?"
The light that had appeared above the temple alerted the Intelligence Department. Agents caught Alix just as he stepped outside, and after a round of coaxing and threats, their account of what had happened at the temple reached Cornelius.
As he read the report, his heart stirred.
Had the gods finally blessed Greece?
Primordial Transcendent God Kronos had performed a miracle when God caused the universe to collapse, and Zeus had appeared in Egypt. But this was the first time a god had blessed a Greek and bestowed divine favor upon him.
"Did any of you go too far with him?" Cornelius asked.
Before Alix received divine favor, Cornelius had not cared who he was. He had been a nobody. Now he was a Priest of Primordial Transcendent God Kronos, a God-Touched man and a wielder of supernatural power—their best hope of gaining a voice in international affairs, and Greece's greatest trump card.
They had to stay on good terms with a man like that.
"No." Mizokis, director of the Greek Intelligence Bureau, hurriedly shook his head. Before they learned Alix had received divine favor, an agent had indeed considered torturing him if he refused to talk. But the agent had only threatened him, and Alix had promptly told them everything.
Once the agents learned he had received divine favor, none of them would have dared torture him.
"Good."
Cornelius had planned to hand over anyone who had tortured Alix and let him vent his anger. Apparently, that would not be necessary. "Have him come see me... No, I'll go see him."
If he wanted to show Alix respect,