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A lantern flickered into view, illuminating Sarah’s pale, tear-streaked face on the other side of the bars. Gideon stood directly behind her, a ring of iron keys clinking in his large hand as he worked the lock.
The door swung open, and Sarah dropped to her knees right in the dirt, gathering me into her arms before I could even stand.
"Goddess, look at you," she sobbed, her hands trembling as she touched the bruise forming on my shoulder, checking my pale face, my shivering frame. "What have they done to you?"
"I didn't do it, Sarah," I choked out, my voice raspy from hours of silence, tears finally spilling over my lashes as I held onto her. "I swear to you on my life, I didn't kill Dominic."
"I know, my dear, I know," she wept, pressing a kiss to my forehead. "But plea
