Chapter 48. Locked Up

Eir’s POV

“What were you thinking?”

Toke paced back and forth, still ranting. I’d tried to get in a word since he basically dragged me back behind the walls. Everyone else had disappeared, sensing his mood. So now there was only us here in the massive empty hall, lit up by the fireplace and a couple of burning lamps.

“What if they found you? Did you ever think about that? What they could have done to you?”

“But I…”

“No, because you didn’t think! This is not your world! You can’t just walk around shouting about equal rights! That doesn’t mean shit here!”

“Toke! That…”

He abruptly cut me off again, and I don’t know why I still try! I get that he is angry and worried, but he is taking it too far!

“Nobody cares what you think! Or what you mean! Make things better! It is the strongest that decides. The fastest or the cruelest! As simple as that—you'd better learn that!”

My heart hammered inside my chest, and anger and