Her Enemy, His Curse
Her golden eyes were open now, watching with an unsettling awareness that belied her age.
“She’s a symbol,” Irena said. “A reminder of what could be lost.”
“A reminder of what could be saved,” I corrected.
The council murmured in disagreement.
“Symbols don’t win wars,” the gaunt man said. “Only swords do.”
I met their eyes, all of them — the broken, the bitter, the wary — and felt the flame inside me flare.
“We don’t have swords. Not yet. But we have a spark.”
A silence fell.
Then Saga stepped forward from the shadows, her green cloak whispering as she moved.
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