Nell’s POV
“I’m going to ask you one more time. What, exactly, is your long-term goal?”
Charles Steele, the U.S. senator and leader of the anti-Farnethian group The Originalists, smirks up at Milo with the same cruel, devious expression he’s worn for the last two months he’s been our prisoner. There’s blood around his lips now, and bruises along his cheekbones. We tried our best not to torture him for the first month and a half, but our patience has worn thin. The longer we wait, the more fearful our people become. If Harper doesn’t choose to take us home…
I shudder at the thought of Harper and her decision. She’s been bedridden since the Capitol, despite her nearly full recovery after being shot. Her eyes, despite being bright as fire since the transfusion of phoenix blood and her “
