“Did you all know?”
A woman has taken a step forward.
The baker's wife.
“I knew pieces.”
A miner has spoken.
“My brother disappeared after he challenged Weller.”
Another woman said:
“They took my land.”
An old man:
“They took my son.”
Mara looked around.
For years he thought the city despised her.
Now see something else.
**Many were simply afraid. **
Thomas opened the register.
“With this, we can finish Silas.”
David nodded.
"No."
Everyone looked at him.
“My father will not go to trial.”
“What will he do?” Samuel asked.
“Building Mercy Ridge first.”
A bell rang over them.
One time.
Twice.
- three times.
David became pale.
“That’s the exhaust bell.”
Samuel frowned from his eyebrows.
“There is no fire.”
David whispered:
“It will be.”
They ran away.
When they came out, the flames had already begun to spread through the southern buildings.
Silas' men set fire to the city.
