Reincarnated In | Submission

I knelt before his chair, hands folded, head bowed. "I know only submission, my lord."

His eyes narrowed. Suspicion. But also hunger. He had conquered a hundred clans, and every chieftain had begged, fought, or fled. None had simply… knelt. reincarnated in submission

"You," he said, voice like grinding stone. "The augurs said I would find a child who does not weep." I knelt before his chair, hands folded, head bowed

"I unmake nothing," I said softly. "I only receive what is given." I knelt before his chair

For now, I was still a child. For now, I was still bound.