(Zorya)Unlike my name, which meant fiery and strong, I was neither. I couldn't protect my home, my village, and my sister when they came for us. “No, no, please stop,” I begged, my hand clasped, but the weak had no say. They had already burnt my home with my sister inside. The blazing beams and logs tumbled to the ground, the smoke making me cough and my eyes water. The screaming had clogged my throat, and tears blurred my vision. The pillagers burnt everything to the ground, killed the elderly, and kidnapped girls and boys to be sold in underground slave markets. That was how the Kingdom of Dhura was run. The weak human settlements had no say or security in this shifter kingdom. They dragged out our chief and his wife. Tied him in the centre of the village gathering ground and burnt them alive. Their excruciating screams made our hearts tremble, and our souls weep. Their daughter and my best friend, Samana, was made to watch. I held her trembling, shaking body as she begged th
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