-Ashes-
I knew I would never get a chance to see Laelia again as we passed by the guards at the entrance of the city, their expressions dark and foreboding. They knew too. We were doomed. People moved to the side of the road as we moved through the city, their faces filled with fear as they looked at me. Yes, they knew as well… We weren’t going to survive this.
My head hung low, like Will’s, as we rode through the city, moving from the lower part to the upper part of it. The crowds fell silent as we passed by, and from a cart at the side of the road, I saw them—the orphans, staring at me with frightened eyes. Even they knew what was coming.
“Time for one last prayer,” Carter whispered beside me, his tone almost mocking.
Yes, he had come to the same conclusion—there was no escaping th
