A burning man's screams mixed with the roars of blazing fire, and the screeches of the phoenix before it vanished as quickly as it had appeared.
"Iris!" Freya dashed to the young woman. Her eyes were wide open as she stared at the two dying men. Freya immediately snapped her fingers before Iris' face. Now wasn't the time to think about the dead, she thought, trying to convince herself. "Pull yourself together!"
Iris blinked a couple of times as her shock wore off. "The Council!" She hissed as soon as she regained her senses. "They're the ones attacking – I knew that man! He worked there, I've seen him before."
Her words caught Freya off guard. Would this Council that was supposed to be keeping peace truly attack the Yotsura Clan? But why?
"Aether guessed this would happen," Fen's words startled her. "What?" How could her brother know about this? Had he been talking to Aether about the politics of this place? Why?