Cassian POVThe firefighters were able to put out the fire in the library before it burned down the entire building, but between the flames, the smoke, and the water used to put it out, we lost three-quarters of the books. The head librarian, Marianne, was barely able to hold back her tears at the town meeting when we heard the reports.“We weren’t able to find any source for the fire,” our Fire Chief, Taylor, finished, folding his arms. “No accelerants were found, but the way it spread couldn’t have been natural, either.”At this, Alpha Quinn jumped to his feet and glared at Jessa. “Almost as if it was caused by witchcraft, would you say?”“I know of no other explanation,” Taylor agreed, also narrowing his eyes at Jessa.Jessa shrank into Jarek’s side, her eyes widening. Murmurs swept through the hall, with several angry glances being shot at her. More worrisome were the looks of fear. Anger we would deal with. Fear, though? Fear made people act irrationally. Fear was harder to contr
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