Chapter 10: The Caged Bird

The high pitched wail heard throughout the Yard. There seemed nothing between the blank earth and sky that could stop its incessant cry as those within it turned to see the woman crumpled upon her knees on the dirt. Her palms clasped against each ear tightly as though the sound of her own shriek was too much for her head to endure. Tilla paused to observe the wretched figure, who still trembled on the ground some thirty paces from where she stood.

Indifferent towards the mysterious cause of the woman’s suffering, Tilla could only regard the woman who had impeded her attempt to hobble away with the injured man with partial curiosity. However, not finding herself in such a state of overwhelming fascination that would have otherwise implored her to linger longer about the potentially troublesome scene than was necessary. Tilla had again begun to wade through the crowd, which had amassed around her when the guards marched forward to seize the panic-stricken woman.

The inhabitants of the Y