Chapter 56: The Color of Defiance
Chapter 56: The Color of Defiance
... The air had been damp in the corridor.
A strange silence filled the corner of the slave quarters as Thalia entered, expecting to find another cowering girl or stubborn noblewoman grumbling about her bathwater.
Instead, she found Velma, Oliver’s big sister, alone, crouched by the wall like an obedient worshipper.
But the scene was anything but obedient.
Velma’s fingers were slick with blood, tracing a familiar symbol onto the wall. The Emblem of the Church of Light, drawn with disturbing precision.
Even the stars were beautifully done.
Blood dripped in trails down her pale arm.
“A606?” Thalia’s voice was more confused than commanding.
The girl did not respond.
Then, she bowed low, forehead nearly touching the cold stone floor beneath the bleeding symbol.
Suddenly, she turned her head, slowly—too slowly—and looked directly at Thalia.