Chapter 9 - An Uninvited Guest

The guard was jittery when turning the key in her cuff, and that was when Belladonna knew something was wrong.

The hood was overflowing and the guard looked...different.

Wait, this wasn't a guard.

This was one of the women who had dressed her up as a sacrifice the last time she had been here.

If she remembered this correctly, this was Thanatou's sister, or maybe one of them.

Belladonna remembered her saying that she pitied her, and getting chastised for it by her mother.

What was she doing here?

"Sorry," her meek voice had provided as she knelt before Belladonna, her wide and innocent gaze meeting Belladonna's suspicious one. The Thanis' gaze moved to her head then, and guilt crept into her eyes. "Sorry. You smell like betrayal again."

That confirmed it. She was the one.

The Thanis looked like she was probably 16 but she wasn't really sure how they aged here. Also, her floating hair made the hood look weird.