Chapter 10

Abigail walked up to me slowly and slapped me hard across the face. "Deava, all these years I've cared for you in vain!" she shouted. "Kirk made a mistake in a moment of desperation, and you think it's worth torturing him like this? Do you want to drive him to death before you're satisfied? He knelt before your parents to apologize, while you hid in the military district, watching like it was a joke. Even Keturah is worried and anxious, but you go on eating and drinking as if nothing happened,...