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It was Miela who cried out as she clutched her stomach with both hands. Her eyes bulged out of her head and her breath came out in short, quick wheezes. She stumbled forward and collapsed onto her knees, and we all looked on with more than a bit of horror as she frothed at the mouth.
The guard scurried backward and gaped at the woman. “What in all of avyss are you doing?”
I leaned toward my grandfather and lowered my voice to a whisper. “Avyss?”
“Hell,” he whispered back.
“Get up!” the guard barked.
Miela fell onto her side and curled into herself. Her cheeks were red and her body shivered.
The guard looked up at us. “What’s going on here?” We all shrugged our shoulders and shook our heads. The door opened and the lieutenant returned with a half dozen Blue Binds. “Get the
