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Chapter 56
The fire flickered, twisting erratically like it wasn’t sure what it wanted to be. Kaelen gritted his teeth as sweat ran down his neck and the heat from his flames seared close to his skin.“Come on…” he growled through clenched teeth, pressing harder, feeding everything—his frustration, his stubbornness, his ridiculous determination—into the flame. The air vibrated faintly around him, crackling and building the heat.And then—just for a split second—the wild blaze in his hand stretched, bent, shaped itself into a faint outline of the weapon in his mind. A baton, glowing white-blue at its edges, flickering like it might disappear any second.Kaelen’s eyes snapped open, widened in shock, and slipped a breathless laugh out of him. “Oh… oh… that's it,” he whispered.But just as quickly as it formed, the flame trembled violently, spitting out unstable sparks, like it was one heartbeat away from exploding in his hand.Kaelen gripped it tighter, refusing to let go, darting his gaze to the
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His sharp and unwavering eyes returned to hers. “…he is a fighter and he is the storm they will never see coming.”The words hung heavy in the hot air, making even the rattling of the wheels seem distant. A single gust of wind slipped through the cage, scattering fine grains of sand across the wooden floor like a whisper of things to come.“So you’re saying…” Serakai tilted her head, narrowing her eyes and dipping every word in skepticism as she tried to piece together Sahrak’s cryptic calm. “Whoever this savior is… they’re stronger than that jerk with his little tantrum-flames. Or…” her lips curled in a mocking half-smile, “…maybe they’ve got some kind of weapon—some shiny miracle thing—that can cut right through his dark wall of fire? Is that it?.Saltana shifted beside her, equally curious, equally doubtful, waiting for the old man to say something that made sense.Sahrak didn’t look up. The only sound was the faint hiss of his burning finger slowly eating through the cart’s floor
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Serakai tilted her head, knitting her brows, as suspicion flickered behind her eyes. “That’s… weird,” she muttered almost to herself under her breath. The feeling of familiarity still clung to her like a phantom hand on her shoulder, and it unnerved her more than she cared to admit.Sahrak exhaled slowly, then shifted his gaze to the soldier who’d helped him moments before. The old man’s voice lowered to a calm but urgent whisper. “I’ll need you to give me a little space, just a little bit still close.”The young soldier hesitated for only a breath before nodding, scooting back just enough to clear a patch of rough wooden floor. Everyone in the cage glanced his way now, sensing a subtle but sharp change in the air, like the faint tang of lightning before a storm.Sahrak lifted one weathered hand, steadying his index finger as a flame curled to life on its tip. At first, it flickered small and harmless—but then it condensed, tightening in on itself, sharpening a sizzling ember into the
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Serakai froze as a sudden weight dropped in her chest. Beside her, Saltana’s whisper cut through the tension like a hairline crack in glass. “Now that he mentioned that…” she said softly, as fear slipped into her tone, “…I haven’t seen that guy. You know—the one with the short daggers and the bad temper…”Serakai’s stomach turned to stone. She snapped her gaze back to Varohn now with wide eyes and the ice in her composure fractured for the first time. Her voice came out rougher, louder, laced with a mix of dread and fury.“Where is Sahen?”Varohn’s grin turned feral, a flicker of something triumphant gleaming in his eyes as the silence around the caravan thickened, pressing on every ear like a storm about to break.“Where’s the fun in that if I just tell you what you want to hear?” Varohn’s voice was all teeth and poison, curling his grin like smoke on the wind. He flicked his fingers lazily in the air, as if swatting away a thought he found beneath him. “No, no, dear warrior. Just s
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“Old man…”The mockery that usually dripped from Varohn’s voice was gone now, stripped clean and replaced with something darker—steel wrapped in impatience. His grin had faded entirely and his face sharpened like a blade being drawn from a sheath. He pulled his brows low then stalked a step closer, crunching his boots on the gritty floor.He tilted his head, narrowing his eyes on Sahrak as if trying to peel him open with just a look. “Did I hear you correctly?” His words were quiet, deliberate and every syllable was laced with a promise that whatever came next wouldn’t be pleasant.Sahrak didn’t blink. His stance didn’t shift. The air between them felt hot and thick with unspoken challenges. “I’m sure you didn’t hear wrong,” he said with a flat stone voice.The words hung in the still air, heavy enough to make even the hulking guards shift their weight.Varohn paused, silent for a moment, working his jaw and twitching the muscles at his temple. Slowly, his head turned—not away from S
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With quick, practiced gestures, he hooked it over the hatch and melted all sides against the wall holding the hatch, making it drape naturally, like it had been part of the room’s chaos for decades. A disguise so simple it could be overlooked by even the sharpest eye—but solid enough to buy time if anyone came sniffing around.He stepped back, tilted his head, and studied his handiwork. It blended perfectly with the room’s ruin, just another forgotten rag in a forgotten tower. Good.His boots whispered against the stone as he padded toward just before the main entrance. The cracked wooden frame stood ahead, crooked on its ancient hinges, the ever wide opened door barely holding together. He moved silently, pressing his back to the wall just behind it, coiling tight every single muscle. His breath slowed, controlled, a predator’s patience settling into his chest.From outside, the faint sound of bulls snorting and hooves dragging through sand carried through the silence. Chains clink
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