venariKinza couldn’t imagine finding out something so terrible about your own family. “That’s horrible,” she whispered.
“That wasn’t even the worst part. When an ubir goes to trial, the Elders assess whether or not they can still come back or if they are too far gone, which was the case for his brother. So they made Zaid execute him.”
“What?!” Kinza shouted. She shut out the thought of killing her own family, regardless of anything they had done. The thought made her want to vomit.
Haris grimaced and nodded. “Venari training is brutal, and punishment for ubir is even more so. The reason I tell you this is the next time Zaid is a bit testy, just remember it’s not because of you, but every mark he goes after reminds him of the first.”
VenariKinza thought about what would have happened if
