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"So there is no report as to how the fire started in the kitchen?!" Zenith snapped, clenching his fist in anger. The Seven Elders tipped their chin and let out a deep sigh one after the other.

Zenith has been refusing to see them and now that he sent for them, none of them wanted to speak and it was beginning to make Zenith angry. He hated quietness when the explanation was needed.

He cut them a glance and they had a blank expression over their faces. "So no one could trace the start of the fire?" He asked again.

Mathias took a step back alongside Zariel who had his head bowed. They all looked amongst themselves in the court room and Mathias wanted to speak up but Zenith rose up to his feet.

"Your Highness," Elder Povah stepped out and bowed. "I don't think we should take this as an easy thing. I wonder who perpetuated this nonsense but I would want us to look into it. Was this a warning?"

Zenith's eyes narrowed. "Warning concerning what?" He asked.

"The one time something like this ha