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She stole Kellus’s spare tunic—a man’s garment, heavy wool, reaching her knees. She pulled it on over her shift. Then she walked out of the Collegium, through the moonlit streets of Verid Lux, toward the great eastern gate that faced the Howling Wood.

And for the first time in a thousand years, a woman’s bare skin meant nothing but itself.

Kellus smiled. “That is your anima fluens untapped. Not dangerous. Powerful. The Order of the Fold has spent a thousand years convincing women that their own skin is a hazard. It is not. Clothing does not bind a man’s magic—it inflates his ego. And a woman’s nakedness does not release magic—it releases obedience. The Tithe is not a circuit. It is a leash.” cmnf fantasy

She hesitated. “Exposed. Small. …Cold.”

Elara’s hands trembled as she took it. The fabric felt like sin against her bare skin. She pulled it over her head. The sensation of covering—of hiding —was so foreign it made her dizzy. She stole Kellus’s spare tunic—a man’s garment, heavy

“Good. Honest. Now, what do you feel when you are alone in your room, naked, with no one watching?”

“I am going east,” she said.

“The first thing you must understand,” Kellus said, not looking at her body but at her eyes, “is that the Tithe is not magic. It is a cage.”