AERIN I couldn’t breathe. The guard’s hand was still on my arm, his fingers no longer pretending to restrain. The council chamber felt too small, the stone walls pressing inward as bodies subtly closed ranks around me. This was...selection. My pulse hammered so hard my vision blurred. I tried to pull back, but the rope at my wrists bit deeper, cutting into skin. Someone laughed quietly behind me. “I didn’t do anything,” I said again, louder this time. No one answered. The guard’s thumb dragged slowly along the inside of my arm, deliberate and testing, before he leaned closer, his breath warm against my ear. I felt cold down my spine. Suddenly, something changed in the air. I felt it, even though no one else did. There was no sound. No movement. But suddenly, the space around me felt tighter, heavier, like the room itself was watching that hand on my arm. Not sensing anything, the guard leaned closer to me and murmured, “You’ll be quiet...they always are.” Apparent lust
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