Chapter Twenty-SixPresent day
It was late afternoon when Raven received the summons to Mr. Abbott's office. He had spent the past few hours mindlessly wandering back and forth through his room, attempting to read books picked randomly from his bookcase, only to find he was reading the same words over and over without comprehension. He was turning Kiri's words round in his head, analysing everything down to the intonation, but still finding no deeper understanding.
He was almost pleased when the guard came for him; it was a welcome relief from his self-torment. He followed the guard out of Emerald and into Ruby Tower, passing small windows that looked out over the rear of the prison. A double row of five-metre-tall electric fences stood before a towering brick wall, watchtowers dotted at
