Chapter 27
RYN POV The body was still. Limp and small and wrong in the middle of the stone floor. Voices buzzed in the air around me—murmurs, accusations, panic rising like a wave—but all I could do was stare. A pool of blood seeped into the cracks beneath the lifeless figure. I stepped forward before I realized I was moving. Teryn was already crouched beside the body, her face grim. Thalen stood not far off, arms crossed, jaw locked, eyes dark with something unreadable. I glanced at the victim and felt my stomach lurch. It was one of the younger rebels. A male barely older than a child. I didn’t know his name. Gods… “Where was he found?” I asked, my voice raw. Thalen didn’t answer right away. It was Teryn who stood, brushing her hands on her trousers. “Tunnel seventeen. North wing. No witness
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