Incubus Reborn: Sleepless promise
“Then I will remind them who feeds them, who clothes them, who keeps the walls standing when enemies circle. She is a spark. I am the hearth. They may dance around her flame for a night, but they will always crawl back to the fire that warms them.”
The assassin studied him for a long moment before inclining his head. “Then I will set the smoke, Chancellor. And we will see if the flame endures.”
When the chamber was empty again, Malrec returned to the window. The chants had faded, but the glow of torches still lingered.
He placed one hand on the glass, his reflection overlapping the city below. “Dance, little flame,” he murmured. “Dance while you can. Soon enough, you will learn whose fire bu