Chapter151:

“What could they have possibly done to deserve this?” she asked as eyes darted in their direction, followed by a shout or two. “Nothing,” Jate said behind her. “No one deserves to be treated this way.” “Unfortunately,” Eli said without turning his head, “it only gets worse from here.” At the end of the hallway, two more guards stood chatting. Kit heard them telling off-color jokes before they noticed they were not alone. Apparently, the shouts of the prisoners were not enough. Kit hated to leave those people behind, but she’d have to find Cassius and then determine what to do with them, and now the guards were focused on them as well. “What’s this now?” A stocky man with a round belly and dark hair growled. “What are you doing down here? I heard you was dead!” “Is that the princess?” the other asked. “It is I,” Kit said with her head held high. “I’ve come on official business for the crown. You may join my cause, or you may be dispatched, but either way, you will move aside.” It was cl