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The steps to the cells are the sa down into the deepest parts of the Hall The dungeon rises to greet us and no less than six Sentinels stand guard An icy chill runs through ures stand in the cell, each one bloody and bruised Despite the diht, I know theht Not like Tristan, leaning against the wall to take pressure off a leg ith blood There’s a hasty bandage around the wound, torn from Kilorn’s shirt by the looks of it For his part, Kilorn looks unscathed, toher stand against hie angle But that doesn’t stop her froh the bars, a eline’s feet

"Take her tongue for that," Evangeline snarls, rushing at the bars She stops short, one hand slah she could tear it aith a thought, ripping apart the cell and the people inside, she restrains herself

Farley holds her gaze, barely blinking at the outburst If this is her end, she’s certainly going to go with her head high "A little violent for a princess"

Before Evangeline can lose her temper, Cal pulls her back fro "You"

With a horrific lurch, I realize he’s pointing at Kilorn A muscle twitches in Kilorn’s cheek, but he keeps his eyes on the floor

Cal rehtso comes

Cal’s gaze darkens "He’s your friend Explain this"

Evangeline gasps and turns her wrath onatall the eyes in the rooet him a job here He was at the lumberyards and it’s hard work, deadly work--" The lies tumble from me, each one quicker than the last "He’s--he was e I just wanted to ot him the job as a servant, just like--" My eyes trail to Cal Both of us reht we firsthi at our friends like it’s the first tiestures to their red uniforms "They seem to be only servants"

"I’d say the sah a drainpipe," Cal snaps "Took us a while to drag the through the cell bars

Cal shakes his head "There were ot to the river How eline says, her eyebrows raised "Call for the queen And in the rins a little and nods

I don’t have to ask to knohat they’re thinking about Torture

The four prisoners stand strong, not even flinching Maven’s jaorks furiously as he tries to think of a way out of this but he knows there isn’t one If anything, this e to lie But how can we ask them to? How can atch them scream while we stand tall?

Kilorn seereen eyes e to shine I will lie for you

"Cal, I leave the honor to you," the king says, resting a hand on his son’s shoulder I can only stare, pleading ide eyes, praying Cal will not do as his father asks

He glances at y Then he turns to a Sentinel, shorter than the others Her eyes sparkle gray-white behind her mask

"Sentinel Gliacon, I find myself in need of sogles "Good choice"

"You don’t need to see this," Mavento pullhieline crows, taking pleasure in my discomfort "This will teach her to treat Reds as friends" She turns back to the cell, waving open the bars With one white finger, she points "Start with her She needs to be broken"

The Sentinel nods and seizes Farley by the wrist, pulling her out of the cell The bars slide back into place behind her, trapping the rest in Walsh and Kilorn rush to the bars, both of them the picture of fear