Semua Bab Incubus Reborn: Sleepless promise: Bab 111 - Bab 114

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

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