Chapter 121

• Carter's POV
• Carla sitting here was of no worth, in terms of relationship terms to me, she wasn't an issue, I could discard her easily especially as we had nothing to keep us together unlike her sister.
• "Come see us at the monastery today." They all lived here to pray and from here go out to religious functions, since I was an Alpha King and the administrator of the state, I couldn't live elsewhere, from the official state house. My legs began to shake, I felt sweat on both palms. "Was it punishment I was going to receive, was it excommunication?" I asked myself. I didn't really spend the time learning much about the Brothers of Venice, nor did I join the meetings soon after consecration which I'm sure would earn me a lot of knowledge about the group. Now I would tell myself I didn't join because I received a divine call but because I felt I was pressured. Carla's rejection and being separated from Serena without the hope of communicating with her sent me more trauma than I could bear, so I had to take refuge in the group, they were so happy to receive me.