My Blood Wizard System
Then he steps back, turns, and walks into the dawn.
He doesn’t look back.
He doesn’t need to.
Because the sky just changed rulers, and it did it without a single drop of our blood spilled after the fight was over.
Remy pulls me close, mouth against my temple.
Remy (soft, proud):
“Coyote Club rule number eleven:
When the old kings kneel, you don’t take their throne.
You make them regret they ever needed one.”
I laugh until I can’t breathe.
Above us, the new constellation pulses once (like a heartbeat).