Fen was furious. He paced around his chambers while the rain fell in a gentle patter outside. He had waited for weeks until the conditions were perfect. Weeks of hot, dry weather, the sun scorching everything in its path, sucking every drop of moisture from the ground. Days of instructing Omegas to pile straw and dry timber in strategic locations. He had been frustrated when he tried to light the fire himself but couldn’t manage to get a spark no matter how hard he tried. Finally, he paid an Omega girl to be careless with a brazier, promising her a reward if she served him and the Goddess faithfully. He’d probably have to kill her to cover his tracks, but for now he counted on her silence since she knew she would be the one to take the brunt of the blame if she tried to turn on him. And wh
