Mia stayed in the dark, counting heartbeats. She did not attend the next day鈥檚 games. But she heard, whispered through the city鈥檚 sewers and shadows, that the Sun Wolf died with his own sword in his throat, and the man called Vex walked from the arena with the word Numen carved into a fresh strip of skin.
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Vex picked up his own blade鈥攁 battered gladius hispaniensis with a chipped edge. 鈥淏ecause tomorrow, I fight the Wolf. And I plan to kill him.鈥� He turned to face the light. 鈥淏ut I needed someone to remember the Grieve鈥檚 name. It was Caelius. Freeborn. Sold by his brother for a gambling debt.鈥� Mia stayed in the dark, counting heartbeats
And somewhere in the black between stars, the dark mother laughed. 鈥淭he moment the man forgets himself
Vex smiled, the scar on his jaw pulling tight. 鈥淵ou remembered. That鈥檚 enough for the dead.鈥�