Incubus Reborn: Sleepless promise
“I ended no stability, for there was none to begin with. And if truth incites unrest, then the unrest was yours to sow, not mine.”
A cheer erupted from somewhere deep in the crowd, quickly joined by others. The guards shifted uneasily, gripping their spears tighter.
Corvane raised his hand, demanding silence, though his eyes betrayed unease. “You see what she does. With a word she poisons their minds. This is no savior. This is a dangerous heretic.”
Lucian stepped forward, his voice cutting through the rising tension. “Heretic? For defeating your champion in fair combat? For surviving the gauntlet you set to destroy her? You name justice as crime because justice was never yours to give.”