The eye contact was getting unbearable for Kiuga. It was four hours after dawn, and as you can imagine, things had gone from bad to worse. He had never been in this corner when the central piece in his strategy was missing.
Sagiri had not come back, and N'varu and Lira were stuck on the roof of the chief's fort, hiding as much as they could, but the roof was not meant for people to stand on. They would soon burn to death under the sun if hunger did not kill them first, or just the cold. That was not the only issue, however. Bukata, Zazarie, Maita, Zolinka, and Ulekai had been captured and were under the council's prison.
Well, things had gone totally wrong. Yes, Zifara had voted no and voted in the city lord's place a no. It was a risky situation, and he might have saved his head and Azir's, but that had made everyone who meant to bring him down angry. way more angry, and they needed to vent that anger on someone else.
