The large crowd gathered around the courtyard in front of the Castle. The moon lit the ground up almost as though it were midday. Shadows played off the gate wall from the lanterns that remained from the long abandon Moon Feast. Cora glanced at the spot where only hours ago she and her sister and their parents had been safe. This was all her fault. Her parents were dead because of her rash thinking. She felt her eyes begin to well up again as she stood fixated on the high strung lights across the yard. Briefly she realized the pole the Beta had been strung up on now stood empty, most likely another casualty of Jagson and his vengeance. “Let’s go b***h, you die tonight” The sound of Kya’s shrill voice broke her from her momentary trance as she turned back to watch her sister and Kya face of
