CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
RISPAN
Two of the soldiers grabbed me by my arms and all three of them walked me out of the courtroom. I could hear a commotion behind me in the room, but the sounds died away as they led me back to my cell.
My guard was there as they brought me in.
“Didn’t work out so well, eh?” he asked. His face didn’t reveal anything except that he wasn’t surprised.
“Depends how you look at it,” I gave him a lopsided smile. “The Tribunal acquitted me.” That put a look of surprise on his face. “But then the King came in and overruled them.”
His face turned dark at that last bit of news. His lips pressed into a flat line, but he said nothing as he closed and barred the door.
The hours passed. Normally, my one meal a day came with the shift change that occurred when the day guard
