Chapter 81: Bloodmoon’s Fire (part 1)

Raven

Cassius builds the kind of fire that remembers old oaths.

Not the bonfire of a victory feast—this is denser, stacked like a fortress of wood and resin, a careful cage for heat. Elara’s touch is in it too; the logs are laced with sprigs of juniper and dried rowan, little sparks of scent t...