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I moved in bed against Kane’s body, and for a moment, almost forgot where we were and what had happened. I turned to him, still sleeping, and stared at his peaceful, handsome face. Like this, I could pretend everything was all right.
But it wasn’t.
Last night, I told Ramon everything that had happened over the past two months he had been gone, including the fire heart fever, which actually had started before we had believed he died. We all agreed that we had to take down the council, but we didn’t know how. We didn’t want more hurt and death, so that was off the table, but we had to find a way to strip them of their authority and punish them. Hopefully, they would learn their lesson and leave us alone.
But it wasn’t an easy thing.
For centuries, the enclaves had looked up to their
