Redemption
“Cages. Panicked inhabitants rattled the metal bars as they screamed over growls, shouts and battle. Blood coated the floor and Mira hoped it was from NAH guards and not Adrik’s makeshift team.
Adrik. Where had he gone?
She’d been ordered to remain outside, but this was the moment she’d waited for—the one she’d planned for during hundreds of pain-riddled nights. The promise she’d made could now be fulfilled.
She hurried through the melee, her focus on finding the narrow hidden panel in the corne...r left wall. An elderly pox-marked man with haunted green eyes regarded her from his cage, a couple of feet from where she’d been told the stairwell was.
“You okay?” she asked.
He sat on his ratted cot, his focus on her now that she’d spoken. A toothless grin spread across his face and he inhaled fully. Bandages encrusted with dirt and dried blood wrapped around both arms and hands. He trembled for a few moments as tears pooled in his gaze.
“I didn’t think I’d leave this place.”MoreLess
Adrik. Where had he gone?
She’d been ordered to remain outside, but this was the moment she’d waited for—the one she’d planned for during hundreds of pain-riddled nights. The promise she’d made could now be fulfilled.
She hurried through the melee, her focus on finding the narrow hidden panel in the corne...r left wall. An elderly pox-marked man with haunted green eyes regarded her from his cage, a couple of feet from where she’d been told the stairwell was.
“You okay?” she asked.
He sat on his ratted cot, his focus on her now that she’d spoken. A toothless grin spread across his face and he inhaled fully. Bandages encrusted with dirt and dried blood wrapped around both arms and hands. He trembled for a few moments as tears pooled in his gaze.
“I didn’t think I’d leave this place.”MoreLess
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