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Chapter Hundred and Seven: The Fire in the East
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The safehouse trembled with voices before dawn. Word of the council’s decree had not silenced the streets; it had woken them. Saraphina sat by the window, cloak wrapped about her shoulders, watching shadows flicker as if the city itself breathed with unrest.Below, people gathered — fishmongers, smiths, women with their children, men still smelling of smoke from their ruined shops. They carried nothing more than torches and scraps of paper, copies of the ledger Mirielle had scattered through the wards. Their voices rose, unpracticed but fierce, echoing up the narrow street.“She saved us!” one shouted.“She stood in the fire!” another cried.“They want her blood because they fear her truth!”Saraphina’s chest tightened. She had expected whispers, not this. The tide of faces carried both desperation and devotion. And she knew tides could turn as quickly as flame.Lucian came to her side, gaze sharp as a drawn blade. “They’re choosing you,” he said softly. “Even before the trial, they’r
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The square had not yet emptied when Saraphina’s knees nearly buckled. Lucian caught her by the arm before she stumbled, his grip firm but gentle. The smoke from the slain beasts still lingered in the air, acrid and sharp, clinging to her throat with every breath.“Phina,” he murmured, low so only she could hear. “You’re spent. We need to get you out of here before Malrec sends more.”Kaelen wiped blood from his blade with the hem of a fallen guard’s cloak. “He’ll send them, no doubt. The bastard doesn’t know when to quit.” He looked around at the swelling crowd. “But right now, they’d riot if anyone laid a hand on her. Look at them.”And indeed, the people pressed close. Not with stones or curses, but with outstretched hands and tear-streaked faces. Some touched her sleeve. Some reached for the hem of her cloak. One older woman pressed a trembling kiss to Saraphina’s soot-streaked hand.“Shield,” the crowd murmured. “Our shield.”Saraphina drew a breath, the sound rattling in her ches
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The bells tolled at dawn, not with the measured cadence of worship or council summons, but with a wild clamor that scattered pigeons from the rooftops. Saraphina woke to it, her body stiff from the floor where she had finally collapsed. The others stirred around her, weary from long hours of watch.Lucian was already at the window, pulling the shutter open to catch the sound. His face was shadowed. “That’s not council bells. That’s alarm.”Kaelen swore, dragging his boots on. “What now? Another fire?”Mirielle sat up, hair tumbling loose from its braid, and rubbed her eyes. “No smoke.” She paused, listening. The bells carried on, frantic, urgent. “This is something else.”Saraphina rose, every muscle aching but her resolve harder than bone. “We find out.”⸻The streets of the east ward were already alive with whispers by the time they reached the corner square. Men gathered in clumps, women held their children close, and youths darted between alleys spreading rumors faster than truth
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For the first time, Malrec’s decrees met not silence, but defiance.The roar still reverberated in the air when Saraphina lowered her hand. The crowd before her surged like a restless tide, half fear and half fury, voices tangling in a hundred tones. Some shouted her name as if it were a shield, others muttered curses as they turned away, but the balance had shifted. For the first time, she was not a lone figure standing against the storm. She had pulled the storm into her favor.Lucian leaned close, his voice pitched for her alone. “You hear it, Phina. They chose to speak. That’s the beginning.”She nodded, though her throat felt thick. Her palms still tingled from the fire she had shown them, from the truth she had laid bare. It was not victory, not yet, but it was momentum.Kaelen prowled at the edge of the gathering, scowl fixed as his sharp eyes scanned for danger. He returned to her side, jaw tight. “The louder they shout for you, the sooner Malrec’s knives will come. He will no
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The Chancellor’s chambers were dark but for the light of the hearth. Shadows clawed across the walls as Malrec hurled the goblet from his desk. It struck the stone with a ringing clang, wine spattering like blood across the floor.“Useless!” His voice echoed, sharp enough to cut glass. “A single ward, a single fire, and they let her turn it into theater!”Two advisors knelt at his feet, heads bowed low. One dared to speak. “My lord, the people—”“Silence!” Malrec’s glare was venom. “The people were meant to see a witch. Instead, they cheer her name as if she were a saint. Do you know what that means? It means I lose control of the streets. And if I lose the streets, the council loses the city.”He paced, boots grinding the spilled wine into the rug. His cloak trailed like a shadow, heavy with the scent of smoke that clung to the city.“She is fire, and yet she does not burn. How am I to hang her as a monster when she plucks children from the flames and the rabble calls her savior?” Hi
Incubus Reborn: Sleepless promise Chapter Hundred and Seven: The Fire in the East
The dawn over Duskmoor should have been quiet, but the air already carried a restless hum. Smoke drifted faintly in the distance, curling above the rooftops like a warning.Saraphina pushed open the shutters of the safehouse. The gray morning light spilled over her face, but her chest grew tight at the sight of the rising haze.“Lucian,” she whispered.He was already there at her shoulder. “East ward,” he said, voice flat.Behind them, Kaelen cursed under his breath. “So this is it. The demonstration.”Mirielle stood from the map table, her expression grim but sharp. “He’s framing you, Phina. He’ll blame the smoke on you before the flames have even touched stone.”Saraphina turned, fire stirring in her veins. “Then we go there. If he wants to write the story in blood, we’ll tear the quill from his hand.”Kaelen grabbed her arm. “Think for once. Walking into that blaze is exactly what he wants.”“And doing nothing?” she snapped. “That’s what he counts on.”Lucian’s hand brushed hers, s
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