Riley

The hallways of the mansion were quiet, but I knew the senior guards were still patrolling the ground floor to make sure I didn't try anything stupid, so I stayed low against the wall while I crept toward the guard house where the duty officer kept the keys to the lower silver cells. My father had left the meeting hall about an hour ago to consult with the elders about the execution vote, and the second I heard the heavy clank of the main security gate, I knew that I had maybe twenty minutes before the council finalized the order and sent the heavy enforcer squad down to the...