Esso asked, his voice shaking. “She better not be,” Riece groaned, trying to get to his feet. The slave had hit him harder than he thought possible. Most of the girls were too weak, too scrawny to be of any serious threat. But this girl—she had nearly gotten away. Tenoch still stood over her, his...
“We need to get out of the streets.” Clio stooped down, shouldering Ixie. “What’s going on?” Atzi asked. “You’ve Seen nothing?” The Oracle shook her head, but there was a foreign distance in her eyes. “Take us to the shelter. I’ll explain there.” Atzi led them to a burned out and abandoned hovel ...