Kali's POV
The air in the corridor was colder than outside, and I wasn't sure if I preferred it that way. It was too still, too heavy, like it carried the weight of judgment itself, and I hated how it was pressing down against me from all corners. Where I was at the moment wasn't helping matters either. I wouldn't say I was claustrophobic, but I would give anything in the world not to be here right now.
A small grunt by my right was all it took to pull me out of my thoughts. The guards led me through the narrow hallway, their boots echoing against the stone, a sound that somehow made the silence worse.
They didn’t speak, and neither did I, because there was nothing to say. A small part of me had thought that they would at least taunt me, that way it would help take my mind off my impe
