Episode: 8
Kyle collapses in chains into the slave camp mud. A cruel guard orders him dumped into a corpse pit and leaves him to die. Lila drags Kyle from the pit to an abandoned ruin. She cleans his injuries beside a small campfire. They talk about his identity before Kyle falls asleep. At sunrise, Kyle wakes up alone. He reads a message on the wall and touches his forehead, lighting a flame mark on his skin.
Kyle stumbles and falls face-first into the mud at the execution grounds. Heavy iron chains weigh down his arms. An overseer steps forward, sneers at the fallen prince, and commands the other guards to throw his body away.
The guards toss Kyle into a deep corpse pit among dead bodies. The overseer peers down into the trench, mutters that the camp has one less mouth to feed, and walks away into the dark.
Lila sneaks to the pit and pulls Kyle out into nearby stone ruins. She builds a fire and washes the mud from his cuts. Kyle wakes up, thanks her for knowing his real name, and drifts back to sleep.
Morning light fills the ruins, and Lila is gone. Kyle reads words carved on the wall telling him to stop dying. He reaches up to touch his injured forehead, causing a fiery crest to blaze above his glowing eyes.
“Dump him.”
“Don't die. Someone has to remember your name, Kyle.”
“No, they know a half-blood. You, you know a name.”
Kyle stands alone in the morning light with glowing eyes and a burning sigil on his forehead. The message on the stone wall tells him not to die for those who wait. Will Kyle find Lila again before the guards notice he escaped the corpse pit, or will his new fire magic draw unwanted attention?