The council in the shadows was sitting with urgency this time. There was tension. Since everyone in N'faya had kept their cards close to their chest, daring not to attack him. Those who always worked in the shadows could not be the first to show their hand in such a situation. For a whole year, there had been silence, but then everyone had gone down a rabbit hole trying to find anything to give them an upper hand against the other. Yet they had not expected to wake up to the news that Thazir had taken the knee to the boy overnight.
Bad news sure travelled quickly.
"A gatekeeper says the boy was burned alive by a fireball, but he didn't die."
"I did not take you for one to listen to rumours," Another said.
"I have heard the same news. The boy slaughtered fourteen gatekeepers before pointing a weapon at the heart of the Kai." Another said.
"Some say the Kai gave in willingly." The second said
