Ashes Burn, Season 5: Shadow and Flame, Episode 24

Episode 24: The Evidence

William set sparks to the scrolls, the furniture, and everything in the cave with writing, and then backed out slowly. He sensed Teresa behind him.

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Episode 23: Mercy, again

Teresa found Pelent, and together, they followed William to the sorcerer’s cave.

Pelent raised her spear to kill William, but Teresa stayed her hand.

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Episode 22: Flame

Escaping from the flaming remnants of his tent, Bryant screamed and set the world on fire around him. Only one man within fifty paces survived.

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Episode 21: Sickened

Sickened by what he had learned, William wandered away from the encampment and walked back to his Master’s cave. He needed the scrolls.

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Episode 20: Knowledge

After several days of formal mourning, Teresa knew: Master Cat had killed all the other men of the tribe. Shifting had driven him mad.

What did this mean for William?

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Episode 19: Only a Bucket Brigade

In his sleep, Bryant set his palanquin on fire.

No one attempted to rescue him, but Brutus stood by with a bucket of water.

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Episode 18: Watched

Although they clothed him and fed him, the women of Calisto’s tribe obviously feared William. 

He tried to stay out of their way.

Teresa watched him.

Ashes Burn, Season 5: Shadow and Flame, Episode 17

Episode 17: A Memorial

Teresa, Pelent, and William returned to Calisto’s camp with honors.

Still in shock, Teresa stayed apart from William and watched with confusion as the women gave a memorial for Master Cat.

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Episode 16: Nightmares

The amusements Bryant devised for the tedious ride to the border did not fill the continued hollowness inside of him. His nightmares started again.

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Episode 15: Mercy

“I couldn’t kill him. He was . . . my mentor.”

William held out his arms. “Will you strike me, too, Teresa?”

She dropped her bow.

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Episode 14: Final Blow

Teresa drew her bow, and shot the jaguar-man in the chest.

He fell to the ground, and William stepped back from him.

Pelent wept, but squeezed Teresa’s hand.

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Episode 13: Cruelty

Screaming with fear, the first farmer’s wife proved unsatisfactory to Bryant’s tastes.

Her cries grew tedious and he ended it.

Brutus disposed of the body.

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Episode 12: Flame in the Shadows

Master Cat slunk and twisted, circling William with mist.

William blasted the shadows with fire, coming closer and closer to his mentor.

Master Cat laughed.