Chapter 154: Beaten

Ivy's POV

The boy lays quietly in Gama Everly’s arms, completely and utterly unmoving.

Jason has already passed out, and I’d be glad that he’s escaping the terrible pain he must be in, except that he looks like he’s on the verge of death. I’m shocked to see his body covered in bruises and blood. These look like injuries a grown man would incur in a fight, not the sorts of wounds that should be mottling a child’s body.

“What… what happened?” I breathe out quietly, pressing my hand against my mouth in horror.

I feel sick to my stomach, utterly disgusted by the sight before me.

Who could do such a thing to a sweet, innocent child?

“I was out on patrol when I stumbled upon a group of soldiers harassing a child at the border,” Gamma Everly begins, voice full of thinly-veiled rage as she looks at the warriors in the room. She holds the boy closer to her chest. “As I got closer, I realized I recognized the boy. The soldiers were kicking and beating him–it was obvious they planned on kill