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It wouldn\u2019t be enough for all of us to eat like kings, but we wouldn\u2019t have to be on such strict rations, which would provide a big boost in morale. In the meantime\u2026 I cleared my throat. Everyone fell silent, their gazes going to me. The council members\u2014not counting Aodhan\u2014looked at me with near reverence as they waited for me to speak. Apparently they had also heard of the ronaigh and would finally give me the time of day. Good. \u201cIt is time for us to come together,\u201d I began.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs you\u2019ve heard, our defenses in Thios are strained. It is only a matter of time before Asmodeus\u2019s scouting parties break through, or he decides to bring his entire army and decimate our wall and all those who are stationed there. We cannot continue bickering. It\u2019s time for us to set aside our differences and come together to defeat him. Which means we need all able-bodied fighters to take shifts defending the city.<\/p>\n

Including\u201d\u2014I leveled a stare at Aodhan\u2014\u201cthe Reyan Guard.\u201d Aodhan returned my stare, his lip turning up in disgust. \u201cThe Reyan Guard is needed here. Without their presence, we would have no one to intervene in the conflicts that keep occurring when the rest of you do not follow our rules or value our ways.\u201d \u201cThose conflicts,\u201d I said, \u201ccould be easily avoided if all factions set aside their differences and came together for a common purpose.<\/p>\n

To defeat Asmodeus.\u201d \u201cWhy don\u2019t you defend the wall?\u201d he shot back, eyes narrowed. \u201cWith your special blessing, you should have no problem doing so. You could even defeat Asmodeus himself.\u201d \u201cAs I\u2019m sure you\u2019re well aware, I don\u2019t have control over it yet.\u201d I tried to keep my patience, but it was quickly unraveling. \u201cWe are currently researching ways that I can utilize it to help. But until then\u2014\u201d \u201cIf you truly have the ronaigh, surely the goddess would have granted you with the power to use it,\u201d Aodhan sneered.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt seems to me that you started that rumor in order to seize power over the Reyans. Well, we won\u2019t be fooled so easily. We\u2014\u201d \u201cAodhan,\u201d I snapped. \u201cShut. Up.\u201d<\/p>\n

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he Great Tree stood like a silent sentinel in the night, guarding the city of Thios from unseen danger. It should have been comforting to sit in the pavilion beneath its branches. Here, I had a perfect view of the cobblestone streets that fed into this meeting place. Only days ago, everyone had gathered here to honor Aki and send his soul into the next life. A group of Fae had since used their water magick to wash away the charred remains of his funeral pyre, leaving the stone dais blemish-free once more, but I still saw it in my mind\u2019s eye.<\/p>\n

I would never stop seeing his burning body or feeling the immense grief that rounded my shoulders and crushed my heart every day. Now, in the middle of the night, when the city was still and silent, my thoughts were especially loud. I had come here to clear my head, but it had backfired in a big way.<\/p>\n

\u201cEverly?\u201d a soft voice whispered in the night. I jolted and glanced up. I\u2019d been so wrapped up in my thoughts that I hadn\u2019t heard Mina approach. \u201cHey,\u201d I said softly. \u201cHey,\u201d she echoed. Her silvery-blonde braid slipped over one shoulder as she settled onto the cobblestones beside me. She peered at me, concern evident in her expression. \u201cI\u2019ve been looking everywhere for you. I expected to find you on the bridge outside your room.\u201d I let out a sound that was too strangled to be a laugh. \u201cI can see Aki\u2019s garden from there.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAh.\u201d Mina nodded. \u201cHow did you find me?\u201d \u201cMy excellent power of deduction.\u201d I raised a brow. \u201cShadow told you, didn\u2019t he?\u201d \u201cOf course he did.\u201d She smiled. I rolled my eyes and made a vulgar gesture at the darkness across the pavilion where Shadow was no doubt lurking in wolf form, keeping watch over me like he had been since we\u2019d returned from the forest.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s just worried about you.\u201d Mina bumped me with her shoulder. \u201cWe all are.\u201d \u201cYou all have bigger things to worry about than my mental state.\u201d \u201cYou\u2019re our leader.\u201d At my scowl, she added, \u201cWe need you for what comes next.\u201d Leader.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

This is a short excerpt from the opening of “” by Unknown, quoted for review and introduction purposes. All rights belong to the copyright holders.<\/em><\/p>\n

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