Chapter 2: The Call<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
They\u2019d brought a woman to the highest tower and we\u2019d gathered to watch like it was a show.<\/p>\n
They\u2019d said she was the heir and exile, the last of the bloodline with claim to the throne.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Truth be told<\/p>\n
This was the third woman exiled as the last heir<\/p>\n
The third iteration of a lost daughter found.<\/p>\n
They neglect to mention that there had been two daughters \u2013 sisters \u2013<\/p>\n
Who\u2019d escaped that night.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Perhaps<\/p>\n
To speak of her is to conjure her again<\/p>\n
To make her vulnerable.<\/p>\n
Let her be forgotten and live.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
The mage stands hooded, calm.<\/p>\n
The orator rallies the crowd with cries of \u201cOur King!\u201d \u201cHis Omnipotence!\u201d<\/p>\n
The woman trembles.<\/p>\n
Amidst the fanfare and before the executioner can slip the noose around her neck<\/p>\n
She leaps.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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