Chapter 37
Assessment
“Wait.” Atty walked over to where one of her guards had grabbed the thin figure in the filthy shift by the arm. Their soldiers would not kill the Bloods here, but would take them further into the fields on the other side of the road.
She approached the young girl who kept her head bowed as she shivered in the cold. That uncomfortable feeling that always warned her of a Bloods’ presence continued to crawl under her skin. But when she reached out to the child-like figure, that feeling didn’t intensify.
Atty touched the young girl, who flinched but didn’t back away. Shushing her, Atty stepped closer and took the girl’s chin in her fingers, lifting the heart-shaped face until their eyes met. “What is your name?”
“Echo.” The answer was almost too soft to hear. The gir
