12. Unhallowed Halls
Mina
A cautious scouting expedition by Haley and Courtney confirmed the presence of heavy Sliver activity out of Prospero High, including guard rotations and supply deliveries consistent with a significant population of prisoners, and one sighting of Shard-Robbie himself stepping out to smoke.
Nobody had explicitly mentioned during the planning of this expedition that its discretion and accuracy would be easier for most of the group to trust without the involvement of Julie, Patrick, or me.
I could have raised some harshly worded objections to the idea that Shard-Robbie might at any moment turn not only my senses but my judgment inside out, or that he might already have done so.
This was exactly what he’d wanted when he’d tried to crush me last time; to call my sa
