Thursday: Shared Triumph

The final push, and he has come. The mortal doctor catches him, pulls him clear. The mortal begins performing the routine tests under the watchful eyes of the demonic underlings. The child shrieks throughout, and one remarks, "His lungs are strong." Tests concluded, the doctor asks, rather cynically, whether there will be a birth certificate, and if so what name he should put for the child.

Almost as one, they turn to her, even Cole. "Ask the witch." Scapegoat, as ever. She lifts her chin. "William Victor". And as ever, the maker of kings.

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