Almost as much as she hated Sen. Peeking through her sunglasses, Evalle snuck a look at the Nether Realm where Tribunals convened, a neutral zone for all entities who supported the VIPER coalition. A Tribunal was composed of three entities whose pantheons had no direct or indirect relationship to the situation surrounding the supernatural being in question. Decisions could be made here without danger of retribution. Decisions about whether she remained free or not. She kept her head down and held her body perfectly still as though she hadn’t regained her equilibrium yet, but with her insides shaking, that required supreme effort. The last time Sen had teleported her to a Tribunal meeting she’d come to and retched all over his boots. Must be why he’d left her kneeling on a pad of dense grass this time and stood several feet away, glowering at her. He was no longer her major concern. Not here. Power sang through the air from the two gods and one goddess standing on the raised platform of white marble streaked with veins of gold.
