Chapter 199

　　"Did you or did you not slit her throat, Simone Cranberry?"

　　The lead elder did not look up from his papers.

　　His voice hit me like a physical fist.

　　My chest burned.

　　The skin across my ribs pulled tight.

　　I looked down at my fingers.

　　My knuckles were white.

　　My nails dug straight into my...