He inclined his head slightly, as though in greeting to an equal. "One of the three Supreme Gods."
Arabella froze.
"…Huh?"
The words took a heartbeat to sink in. Supreme God?
Her crimson eyes narrowed, the faintest ripple of shock flashing across her usually unreadable face.
She knew gods existed she had dealt with many of them before. She even had a son with one, the Sun God himself. That much of divine politics she understood well. Gods were prideful, arrogant creatures who toyed with mortals and considered themselves untouchable.
But Supreme Gods? That was new.
She'd never had heard any of them.. not in any scripture or any divine she'd ever met, not even from the Sun God himself. Yet the way he said it… the stillness of the world around him, the faint hum of unseen power in the air.. it all felt real. Terrifyingly real.
And then another thought struck her.
A Supreme God… having a conversation with my daughter?
Her expression darkened.
