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Kiria
Kiria’s heart beat a shallow rhythm in her throat.
Firian’s life. Should they replace him or let him live?
The three Keepers sat on their thrones. Advisors, military officials, and several others had been invited to this special session to decide Firian’s fate.
Cúron, as usual, was the first to give his side. Firian had become a threat because of his apparent ambition. He had taken over Archer’s Point. He had killed its Lord Ruler and left his head in the town square. He couldn’t continue to be associated with Brithnem if he was building his own empire in the north.
She’d heard all this before. The news about the severed head had come a little later, and it made her sick to think about. She had mulled these things over and over in a nauseating loop. But she held firm to her
