Leo's hand tightens around mine as he says "Whatever you do... don't run." The man completely disappears and the beautiful fountain is back. The way the light from the windows plays in the flowing water makes it look heavenly... I feel myself shiver.
Leo gently pulls me forward but as he reaches for the door I pull against him. Leo turns to look at me with a frown. "Maya, don't. Not here and not now. Their word is the law... if you try and run... nothing good will come from it."
I swallow hard as my heart beats wildly in my chest. This really did feel like the trial back when I was younger. I was thrown from one cell to the other... I was placed in handcuffs and dragged to court where hundreds of people I didn't know stood to judge me.
