Gnewt

Gnewt's Arc
Chapter 11 of 14

Gnewt's dream is coming to Strykers' aid and proving to the village she's the good and the elders are bad guys.

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Chapter 11

The crowd surged forward, closing the circle around the shrine. Gnewt slipped back from the edge, keeping low. She'd exposed the elders and cleared Stryker's name, but the victory felt thin. The villagers weren't celebrating—they were afraid. The eldest stepped down from the shrine, holding a water-stained scroll sealed with red wax. He broke the seal and read aloud. The elders were banished effective immediately. Gnewt would repair the destroyed house on the eastern edge—the one the creature had torn through when it swallowed the gem. And Stryker was ordered to leave Serpent Village by dawn. Gnewt watched the crowd nod approval. They wanted someone to blame, and the elders had given them three targets instead of one. She'd won Stryker's innocence but lost her safety. The village wanted repair, not revolution. Gnewt moved toward the ruined house before anyone could stop her. The building leaned sideways, its walls crumbling where the creature's bulk had crashed through. She pulled a stone from the rubble and set it aside, then another. The work would take weeks. The elders had calculated perfectly—give the village a villain to punish and a task to keep Gnewt visible and contained. She'd proven the elders were the threat, but the village still needed someone to carry the cost of that truth. Gnewt lifted another stone. She'd saved Stryker from execution, but she couldn't save her from exile. That failure sat heavier than any rock she'd move today.

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