Flame Mistress
Sollel eye
t when Cira
have liked
them to nam
e
med down.
Flame? Soll
ed
her head.
parents ha
lame after vi
hat when sh
ame, she sh
n and more
ng in A
t, Sollel f
d ached. The
even the flame that
e a Ytheria
nued. "Onl
uch hair and
ve here, I s
your cloak t
de your eye
ers won't
? Sollel's ho
er blood was
ians were p
ing their he
n reduced to
av
gain my stre
he knew sh
venge after
o burn them
ed my full
ny pure-blo
wrote and a
a small number of
and pushed t
he lost her
l question. "
had been
d by humans
ful halfling
there are st
t there, but
f you are pl
don't think
em
little happi
ome escaped
ere stil
ason that s
ong
was because of the moonrite-their
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the humans t
prot
t healing me
to get stro
er pe
answering,
ied straw bed
Give me y
on, Sollel sl
the cloak.
eld her han
w
's first skin
Sollel corre
membered th
out of priso
and even embr
do this fo
poke, taking
"I can conc
It'll take
y heal you b
ur body. Afte
more than h
irrel
d to ask Cir
why she was
hid their hea
oke with st
her tim
us be
, Sollel cle
er eyes to a
wing throug
Cira's esse
Cira felt as
us and blist
king her ou
s hand as Sol
g flame i
was very p
it felt a f
r body, it
roy it. But S
wn, and now
rmth. Gone
me. Cira felt
een t
me. Cira felt
een t
to Cira, onl
e. Sollel was
er
sence was pa
he blood she
ished by Cir
more, and I
llel thought a
ng with rag
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a mistake. S
ld recover i
did not
essence to Sollel
nces were se
her whole es
her. Cira f
n move a mus
the bed
ateful that
y looked bett
r her. Thoug
ut her cook
he had to st
made her s
n the bed, sh
k to when sh
lt as if she w
pty cauldro
like an abys
y her essence
he'd die wit
her head o
t opened an
bowl in h
ira was sur
f Sollel's ho
s right. It
not complain,
her dilige
ghted, but sh
oment, Cira w
ut Sollel'
assed by w
hes as Cira'
a few couple
to stand, a
he did
t some wate
help. Cira wanted Solle
k cl
ned and sile
wooden bas
e riverbank,
ter, but inst
ra's house, S
ha
mean to d
was her flam
verything t
ngth, but s
e didn't stop
ured all of C
dry, starting with
y was brut
ever be lik
sacrificing o
ate th
d a deep sig
hen she rem
ter Cira's es
ra's essence
gth was only
ough to gain
ngth, but c
th her stre
ith her purs
s were low s
fight a doze
amage them
? It would t
i
el picked up
ing back to
e reached Cir
trength be
nri
ched her te
as fast as
he remember
the moment
she had give
did somet
n't stand th
uffering bec
th everything
k red cloak a
walking to C
basin in the
re
ng closer to
behind tree
dozen sold
rced to kne
the ground
rrog
tain Hutc
al Empire.
esidences sai
is she?" th
ers a
answer. Ca
s left foot o
ra's face t
r we will ex
a wanted
in pain as
pressed her
l that it wou
l to be crus
n her mouth
was. She di
the woman?
peak or I will cut your
.know..." C
-she already l
nin
he
ira was sque
feeling the
feet on
ith the inf
ptain Hamlin
m the elf's h
om him. The
her up. We'r
see the Mis
the north, we
el free to
h h
who heard t
heir dry lip
ly, especia
that were ban
rn clo
red. She wan
w no one wo
These were
iers. Whoev
them would
ito
ing hopele
at she lied
even if she
was about
ld still ha
escape, but a
ul
of Sollel escaping ease
mes larger th
rom the fore
ked weak tha
d laughing
it reached
formation, i
t Cira felt a
a
of the fire a
abbed Cira
But before t
orest and es
through t
d blocked th
the moonr
was holdin
felt her s
y. She dro
moonrite. From Sollel h
elping
Mistress
Captain Ham
already im
eward he wo
ing the Mist
lin already
le attention
aximize the
hat he beg
el, his han
ed to its lim
weakening t
in didn't see how Cira'
ng while lo
that h
y was about
letely when
ength slowly
around an
with the mo
from the cap
ealized ear
weakening
made a pla
y, hoping t
l her stre
at she did made sense; she
e moonrite w
n their situa
gut feeling.
ths, speed,
stone and
r with that
cked his t
onfident se
Flame was st
d near him,
fore him. He
have what
up while she'
th the others and celebr
mlin was b
s lips twitch
stop think
nd the rewa
ce
tain's g
light after s
der his com
de of iron t
ught was sti
to everyon
e-eighth of
here were
to weak
eat, before
heir hands
oly iron cha
nd swiftly
ord, pulled
made two t
a distance b
capt