C362 THE HUNGER WAKES UP

"He is a monster, Aria. You brought a wolf into a house of sheep, and you expect us to thank you?" The man with the grey beard spat on the floor. He held a heavy pipe in his hand, his knuckles white. Behind him, the other rebels stood in the mud of the tunnel, their eyes full of a hate that went back many years.

Aria stood in front of the stretcher where the Young Prince lay. She did not move