PYRO'S POV

Hali and I were wincing our faces as we walked out from the courtroom. I pleaded to our father to make the slashes half to me and half to him. We were both punished like hell. I never shouted, but Hali's scream made me worry about him.

"You, good?"

He winked at me before wrapping his arms on my shoulder. "Yup."

"You are screaming like a woman."

He messed up my hair. "I am just doing that so that the guard would lower the slash. It's not that painful. I'm used to these slashes."

I observed the expression in his face. I could only see the light in...