Chaos and Fire

LYSANDRA’S POV

The fragile calm inside the tent shattered into a million jagged pieces. It happened in a heartbeat. One second, the suffocating tension of my failed slap hung heavy in the air; the next, pure, unfiltered chaos ripped through the confined space.

Heavy wooden chairs scraped harshly against the packed dirt floor, knocked over by scrambling men. Soldiers shoved past one another, the