— CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT,
will you fight or will you burn?
"WE WERE SEARCHED OUTSIDE," CLARKE SAYS TRIKRU GAURDS BEGIN TO PAT THEM DOWN. Trikru.
"This is pointless," Ruby mumbles.
Roan looks to his own guards. "If Ruby and I aren't back in an hour, my army will attack." He tells him.
The man that pats down Ruby glances at Ruby, "Kiswamplei." He says with a nod of acknowledgment. She returns the nod.
He then glances back at Roan and tells him that nothing would make me happier than Azgeda attacking. Ice Nation.
Several second later, the door to the bunker is opened for the trio. Roan looks over at the women, "after you, Wanheda. Kiswamplei." Commander of Death. Kiss of Death.
Ruby's nose scrunches up at the use of the title the Grounder's have given her. She hates it. She hates it because of the reason she has the name. She didn't want to kill that man in the throne room that day, especially not in such a brutal way. But, here she stands, still breathing. And he is not.
Her mind drifts away from the day she nearly died as they enter the main room of the bunker.
"Holy shit." Ruby mumbles as she takes in the hugeness of the bunker. "This could hold a shit ton of people, Clarke."
"It could," Clarke nods.
As they walk down the ramp, Roan stops, followed by Ruby and Clarke. They all stare down at Indra and the six other Grounders that stand behind her. "All my enemies in one place."
"Who are they?" Clarke questions.
"The war chiefs of the Trikru alliance." Roan inform her. Tree Clan.
"She was supposed to be alone." Clarke says, shaking his head in disbelief.
Roan's glances over at Clarke and asks, "what fun would that be?"
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Ruby stands beside Clarke as the two of them watch Roan and Indra come to stand toe-to-toe with each other.
"You murdered our people. You burned our villages. Yet you have the nerve to come here in the name of peace." Indra seethes.
"Not peace. Survival," Roan replies. Indra turns away from the king in anger. So he continues, "you tried to take this bunker for yourself, yet here I am, willing to talk."
Indra spins back around to face him. "The Trikru alliance holds the temple. Of course you're willing to talk," Indra snaps through grit teeth. Trikru.
"And the Azgeda alliance surrounds it. None of your people will get inside unless we come to terms." Roan tells her with a shrug. Ice Nation.
"This war inevitable. The only reason it hasn't before now is because Lexa commanded it." Indra says.
Ruby glances over Clarke at the mention of her deceased lover. She notices the way Clarke's eyes harden slightly at the mention of Lexa.
However, she doesn't let the mention of Lexa to deter her as she begins to speak, "the only thing that's inevitable is Praimfaya. In six days, anyone who is not in this bunker will be dead." Death Wave.
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