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Chapter 125: A City on a Knife's Edge
Chapter 125 – A City on a Knife’s EdgeThe council chamber smelled of smoke and fear. Maps littered the long table, weighted down by stones to keep them from curling in the heat of too many candles. Every flicker of flame seemed to make the shadows longer, the walls closer.Lady Solenne’s voice was sharp as steel. “He feeds them with what he stole from us. And they love him for it.”Captain Derrek slammed his fist against the table. The wood cracked. “Then we take it back! March into the Granary District and burn him out before he grows stronger.”“That’s not a plan,” Mira cut in, her voice clipped. “That’s suicide. Bram has food, weapons, and a mob that worships him. Half the city would fight us the moment we stepped foot in his streets.”All eyes turned, eventually, to Theo. He shifted in his seat, wishing very much he was invisible.“Why are you all looking at me?” he asked. “I’m not a strategist. I’m barely an intern.”“You stopped him once,” Solenne said, her gaze steady. “With a
Chapter 124: Bread and Blood
Chapter 124 – Bread and BloodThe Granary District smelled of smoke and flour.Once, its wide warehouses had been the lifeline of Calvess, filled with sacks of grain and barrels of dried fish. Now, the streets were clogged with Bram’s men, their stolen armor glinting in the torchlight. The banners of the council had been torn down and replaced with crude symbols daubed in soot: a clenched fist gripping a sword.Bram stood atop a wagon piled high with sacks of wheat. His voice carried over the gathered crowd—hungry men, desperate women, children clutching their parents’ hands.“You see?” Bram thundered, his eyes blazing. “The council would have let you starve. They lock food away while your bellies ache. But I—your captain—will never let Calvess go hungry again.”He tore open a sack of grain and spilled it into the outstretched hands of the mob. They roared their approval, voices blending into a feverish chant of his name.“Bram! Bram! Bram!”In the shadows of the square, a woman clutc
Chapter 123: Shadows of a City
.Chapter 123 – Shadows of a CityThe streets of Calvess no longer felt like home. They felt like hunting grounds.Theo ducked behind the remains of a collapsed fruit stand as a band of Bram’s loyalists marched past, weapons freshly stolen from the armory. Their boots pounded against the cobblestones in perfect rhythm, their voices raised in ragged chants:“Bram for Calvess! Bram for freedom!”When the sound faded, Theo let out the breath he hadn’t realized he was holding. “They’re everywhere,” he whispered.Mira crouched beside him, sword drawn, her face streaked with soot from the burning quarter. “Half the city belongs to him now. The other half’s just trying to survive.”Theo peered at the darkened windows above. He saw eyes peeking through shutters—families too afraid to choose a side, too afraid to move. The city had split itself in two, and the people trapped in the middle were being crushed.In the council chamber, Lady Solenne paced furiously. Maps were strewn across the tabl
Chapter 22: The General's smile
Chapter 122 – The General’s SmileThe siege camp of Kael Varros stretched across the plains like a sea of iron. Tens of thousands of soldiers, their banners snapping in the wind, watched the city of Calvess. For weeks, the rhythm of their drums had been relentless, hammering fear into stone.But tonight, the drums were silent.Because tonight, the city was burning itself alive.Kael Varros stood at the edge of the camp, cloak trailing in the dust, hands folded neatly behind his back. His face—scarred from battles long won—was calm, almost amused. The glow of fire from Calvess’s streets reflected in his cold eyes.“Listen to them,” he murmured. The faint sound of shouting, the clash of steel, drifted across the plain. “That is the music of victory, played by their own hands.”His second-in-command, General Ryn, frowned. “Should we strike now, my lord? The gates are weak. Their walls undermanned. We could take the city before dawn.”Kael did not move. He let the silence stretch, savorin
Chapter 121: The Wolf in the Fold
.Chapter 121 – The Wolf in the FoldBram didn’t hesitate once the crowd lifted him onto their shoulders. He stood above them like a conquering hero, his voice booming through the firelit square.“Calvess is rotting from the inside! While you starve, the council feasts. While you bleed, they sit in silk! But no more. Tonight—we take back our city!”The mob erupted, their cries echoing against the stone walls. Torches blazed higher, weapons clattered against shields. Fear shifted into fury, and fury into obedience.Bram raised his arm, and the mass surged toward the armory, the one place that could turn a riot into an army.Mira shoved through the press of people with Theo stumbling behind her. “He’s going for the weapons,” she shouted. “If he takes the armory, he’ll own this city.”Theo wheezed, nearly tripping over an overturned cart. “Can we maybe… I don’t know… negotiate?”Mira shot him a look so sharp he felt cut. “You don’t negotiate with a wolf when he’s already in the pen.”At
Chapter 120: Sparks in the Dark
.Chapter 120 – Sparks in the DarkThe streets of Calvess burned with torchlight that night—not from the enemy outside the walls, but from its own people. The unrest that had begun as whispers in the council chamber had erupted into something sharper, louder, and far more dangerous.Shouts echoed through the alleys:“Free Bram!”“Down with the council!”“Open the gates before we starve!”A mob surged through the market square, overturning carts and shattering windows. Merchants cowered in their homes. The city watch tried to form lines, but their numbers were thin, and many still bore loyalty to the very man now chained in the dungeons below.From the battlements, Mira watched the chaos unfold, her fists clenched white around the stone railing. “It’s begun,” she muttered.Theo stood beside her, the din of the city rumbling in his chest like distant thunder. “But they’re our people. We can’t just…” His voice trailed off, unsure how to even finish the thought.Solenne swept onto the wal
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