Chapter 228

Opening the door to the cell had created an anxious moment for Kit. Even though the prisoners seemed to understand that they needed to wait to go out the back, Kit was alarmed that they might all rush the exit, their thirst for freedom overwhelming the logic that they’d still be trapped inside of Wrenbrook if they attempted to go that way. But when Eli swung the cell door open, no one made a move.

In fact, the prisoners were as still and under control as Kit had seen them since she’d first laid eyes on The Wilderness. After a quick hug from Terrowin, whom she’d have to speak to later, when they were all safe, Kit began to make her way to the back of the cell where her former guard led her. She assumed he was taking her to Cassius. Along the way, she saw other familiar faces. Dullen’s red hair had grown down past his shoulders, and he was even thinner than he had been when they’d first met. He stepped forward and took Kit’s hand, briefly. Hi