Who Is Batman?

Fortunately for my sanity, Empress Wu Zetian didn't say a single word to me.

She simply sat back on her radiant throne, resting her chin on one manicured hand while her dark, piercing eyes held me under her silent, imperial gaze.

I breathed a quiet sigh of relief, mentally offering up a prayer of thanks to whatever cosmic forces were listening. If she had actually spoken to me right after Paige started spouting off unhinged ideas about an imperial courtship package and other things, I probably would have choked on my own air.

Seeing that the Empress had no immediate objections, Grandfather smoothly shifted his attention to the fifth balcony, bathed in a deep, bronze-like radiance.

"The Fifth Seat... is the Seat of Law, headed by King Hammurabi," Alistair introduced solemnly. "He oversees supernatural codices, treaties, jurisdiction, cross-faction crimes, high-tier punishment, and inter-realm disputes."