Chapter 54

"Kill him!" he ordered.

"Wait, I need him!"

Tomorrow stood up, brushing the dirt out of his hair, motioning for Blayse to pick Darius up. He did, and Tomorrow landed two solid blows into Darius's abdomen. Venting the frustration and anger through violence. Let a drop of pain land on any of us, and watch how quickly we revert back to animals. I threw my body between them, loosening Blayse's grip on Darius. He splashed on the floor with gangly arms, drool cascading from his mouth, injured, unconscious again, but still breathing.

"Please, I vouch for him! He is..."

"The assassin!" Sage cut in, walking towards us, leering down on him like a lab rat. "I can't believe you found him, based on your qualms with my lack of detail," He scanned the injuries, the missing ear. "You surely beat him into submission. I imagine there wasn't much talking involved?"

"He came at us, I saw him attack Lex first."

"No, I brought him here."