Mira’s POV.

“State your terms,” Kael said, eyes locked on Elder Griem. No one had sat. No fire burned. This was not a council; it was a sentencing. Elder Lysa unrolled the scroll between them. Her voice didn’t waver. “Mira of Ashmark must be stripped of standing, removed from the Command Circle, and sent into exile before the next moonrise.”

Kael didn’t blink. “On what grounds?”

“She bears the Eye,” said Voren, the Outer Clans’ observer. “The mark hasn’t surfaced in ...