Lucius’ POV

As usual, the Prophetess didn’t say anything of interest, just the usual yapping and something that I didn’t understand. We talked about it back and forth and put it everything to a small ritual that we'll be doing at the Cave.

“What time will the ritual be?”

“When the moon is at the zenith of the night, that is when the ritual will be conducted,” she answered, not looking at my direction. I knew that in the whole of the kingdom, no one disrespected me more than this old woman.

“Can I go to the palace and be back? I didn’t prepare for all this.”

“You really want...