Chapter 474 - What The Ember Knows

Dawn found the household still awake, lamps relit throughout the residence, two guards posted at the daughter's door despite the fact that no guard alive could have stopped what had come through her the night before. Sekar sat cross legged on the floor beside the ember dish with her daughter curled against her side. Both of them were heavy eyed and reluctant to let the other out of arm's reach, watching the small blue white glow that had not fully faded since it first flared.