FROM RUIN TO RULE
The butt of his training spear jabbed into my ribs and I choked back a groan.
“I said....”
“I’m up,” I croaked, finally speaking aloud.
That shut them up for a second.
“You spoke,” Daren said, narrowing his eyes towards me, “So she can speak.”
“Say something else,” another dared.
I said nothing.
“Back to mute, I guess we imagined it.”
“She’s a puppet,” Riko added, “Dead eyes and a mouth that barely works.”
They left me there in the cold, mud-caked and shaking.
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