BETA TIM’S POV

As if the heavens were hearing my prayers, the door flung open and a voice asked. “Where is your beta Tim?”

Beta Tim, did he just ask of beta Tim, or are my ears playing tricks on me? I looked around the room to make sure that I was hearing right, and when I saw all the other eyes on me, then I know that there is no way that I might have held wrongly.

The kind soldier really did ask for me.

“Me, me, I am beta Tim” I replied in happiness, raising my hand in the process.

“Remove the shackles now” the soldier directed one...