Year of the Mer

· YEMI ·

When Cutter did not join them for dinner, Yemi thought he might be playing games to spite her.

The prison was in the bowels of the palace’s west wing, accessible only by a dozen staircases weaved into the tiered western gardens. The entrance faced the cloud bridge, the ornate stone structure that connected the Rock to the military’s plateau over the Kept’s temple far below.

The guard standing watch outside the prison doorway did a double take before presenting arms as she moved quickly past him and down the stone steps.