The Capture (2015)
“I’D JUST FALLEN ASLEEP when I heard my name.
“Book.”
My eyes blinked open. Two guards stood outside our cell.
“Come with us,” one of them said. Nothing more.
I scrambled to my feet, casting a glance into the Sisters’ cell. Hope’s eyes were open, her face stroked by the orange flames of the wall candle. I felt her gaze long after the blindfold was slipped over my eyes.
As the guards led me through the tunnels, panic started to set in: Where was I being taken? Was I going to be one of those polit...ical prisoners who mysteriously “disappeared” in the middle of the night?
My blindfold was whipped off, and I found myself in a small chamber. Sitting behind an oaken slab was the leader of the Council of Ten. I hadn’t seen him since our trial, weeks earlier. The guards pushed me into a chair and marched out.
I looked around. It was a small room, maybe fifteen feet square, its only hint at opulence an enormous fireplace where flames licked the limestone black.
“It’s silly, I know,”MoreLess
“Book.”
My eyes blinked open. Two guards stood outside our cell.
“Come with us,” one of them said. Nothing more.
I scrambled to my feet, casting a glance into the Sisters’ cell. Hope’s eyes were open, her face stroked by the orange flames of the wall candle. I felt her gaze long after the blindfold was slipped over my eyes.
As the guards led me through the tunnels, panic started to set in: Where was I being taken? Was I going to be one of those polit...ical prisoners who mysteriously “disappeared” in the middle of the night?
My blindfold was whipped off, and I found myself in a small chamber. Sitting behind an oaken slab was the leader of the Council of Ten. I hadn’t seen him since our trial, weeks earlier. The guards pushed me into a chair and marched out.
I looked around. It was a small room, maybe fifteen feet square, its only hint at opulence an enormous fireplace where flames licked the limestone black.
“It’s silly, I know,”MoreLess
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