Executed. The word echoed in Misa’s mind, refusing to die down no matter how much she tried to block it out. Raki could be executed. And for what? Being a woman? For defending Misa?
Misa twirled her fork on the mush given to her for dinner, unable to work up an appetite with her stomach coiling at the sickening thought of Raki’s fate.
She sat away from the other cadets, though they seemed content in leaving her alone for the time being. Gaveth, thankfully, had earned himself a cowardly reputation for beating a girl while she was trapped. Misa didn’t think much of the judgement was fair, considering he didn’t know Raki was a woman when he attacked her, but it was a well-deserved punishment for all the torment he had put them through.
Misa raised her fork, watching the sof
