“The newest captives were coming through. Fallow shrieked an order. Guards touched torches to the red cones. The crowd gasped in shock as blinding white light hissed and flared. Light flooded the Place, lighting the faces of the prisoners, banishing every shadow, illuminating the whole of the side of the palace almost to the roof. Bathing Lief in brilliance. He shrank back, but there was nowhere to hide. And the people of Del, looking up, could see him. See him clearly. His stomach heave...d as he waited for them to call out, pointing and exclaiming. Waited for Fallow to turn, for Fallow’s eyes to follow the pointing fingers, to sight him, to shriek to the Guards … But there was utter stillness. Utter silence. Lief saw a wide-eyed little child in her mother’s arms began to lift a hand. But the mother quickly pushed the hand down, murmuring softly, and the child stilled. Lief stared, holding his breath. The people of Del stared back, their faces intent.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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