**_100th WRITE GUYSSSS!_**

**HAHA THIS IS THE WHOLE OF BOOK THREE IN MY WAR OF FIRE SERIES.**

"What is your name?" I hold my fire lit hand close so close to her face it’s almost burning.

She does not answer.

"Who do you work for?"

She remains silent.

"Tinka," I turn to the blonde little girl on top of her bed, tucked into her white satin covers all ready for bed as if she wasn’t just almost kidnapped. "Do you know anything?"

Tinka hesitates, glancing at the kidnapper.

"Don’t look at her, Tinka, look at me."

"I- Uh," she splutters.

"Tinka!"

"Okay, fine!"

The girl tied to the chair sinks.

"Her name is Clementine and she’s a part of the Firebound rebellion."

My ears perk up at the name Firebound. I slowly face tied up blonde. "Firebound, huh?"

Clementine glares at the twelve year old. "I regret telling you anything."

"Sorry…"

I roll my eyes. "Don’t apologise, Tinka." I turn back to Clementine and kneel down in front of her. "Now, sweetheart, why don’t you start with why you tried to kidnap the princess?"

The girl scoffs. "Oh please. Don’t act like she isn’t held hostage here."

"True. But that doesn’t take away from her title as Princess."

"Princess of Katharos. Katharos is where she belongs — not in Pryla here with monsters like you and your scumbag father," she spits out.

"You seem awfully devoted to Katharos. Do you work for them? Are you a rebellion formed by or in Katharos?"

"We were formed here in Pryla once the genocide started. My mother was the founder-"

"Why are you telling me this?" I question. There is no way she’s telling all this to me willingly, there must be a catch.

"My mother is dead. She got killed by Prylan soldiers when I was two years old. I hardly think there’s much you can do, Alric."

"Prince Alric, to you, sweetheart."

"Clementine, to you, _sweetheart_."

"Continue."

She sighs and rolls her eyes. "We started Firebound because we believe that Neuros should have a chance to live — to-to thrive the way Pyros get to. Just because we cannot control fire the way you do does not mean we are less powerful. We are just as powerful with our water weaving and if you people cannot see that you are blind. I have quite the mind to wonder if that’s exactly why you started the genocide, because we might be more powerful-"

I cut her off sharply, "My father ordered for all Neuros to be killed because you people killed my entire family, from grandpas to nieces-"

"Those were terrorists!" she shouts. I notice Tinka watching the interaction with wide eyes, I genuinely can’t tell if it’s from interest or fear. "We are not terrorists! We are innocent people-"

"That is enough!" I shout back.

I grab a sock and stuff her mouth despite her protests.

I leave the room, slamming the door behind me. I walk up to one of the cheif guards. "Chief Bill, find whatever you can on Firebound and on Clementine."

(Based off of my War of Crowns book)