Sara and the Conqueror
"The council has deliberated. We are unanimous. You cannot go through with this. To terminate the lives of Kayvon and Silas is to cut off your own limbs. It is an act of grief, not leadership."
"Do not lecture me on leadership," I growled, my voice a jagged edge that sliced through the room. I paced the length of the table, my shadow stretching long and monstrous against the wall. "Every second they linger in that coma is a second I am blind. If they cannot wake to tell me who took her, then their purpose has ended. My mercy has a shelf life, and it has expired."
"We are at war with an invisible enemy, Rune!" Zita countered, her hand slamming onto the table. "Killing our own will not reveal