The magic within
The Guild fighters stared at him, a ring of faces caught between awe and fear.
No one moved.
Then the murmurs began.
“He’s not one of us.”
The words came from a young soldier, blood across his face, his pike trembling in his grip. His eyes were fixed on Killian, wide, almost wild.
“I saw it,” he said louder, voice cracking. “The mark. It wasn’t a wound. It burned. Like it was alive.”
Another soldier shifted uneasily. “Without him, we’d be dead.”
“Without him, we’ll all be dead when that thing inside him breaks loose!” the boy snapped back, his voice shrill with terror. “He’s no commander. He’s a curse.”
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