Chapter Seventy Nine

My head whips so fast in Draaven's direction. Death? Deathhhh???? There's a murmur of approval from the council on the table and it seems like everyone but me agrees with this decision.

“Death?”. I ask, my voice filled with disbelief. I glance down at Edna and she's just staring at the floor not one emotion on her face. “Isn't…isn't that a little too much?”.

“The suspect has left three families bereaved”. Draaven says angrily. “Someone has lost a daughter, a son, a father, a protector. The children of one of her victims are now fatherless. They are going to live all their lives missing out on a father's love. And paying her back in her coin is too much?”. The air deflates out of my body and I fall back to my seat in defeat. My mind casts back to the image of Rio's children on the day of his death, those two sweet girls who hadn't even known what was going on, his wife who now has to shoulder the responsibilities of a mother and a father while trying to be strong for her kids. It's tru