Sunlight streamed into the carriage, illuminating Lidien's face as he stared out at the passing world.
Mad Dog hadn't disappointed his expectations. A single day was all it had taken to locate his escaped test subject, and now the news was pulling Lidien from his silent convalescence, as he traveled towards where Nyomi lived with her brother.
The sound of the hooves and the carriage wheels on the uneven stone road made him uncomfortable, as did the stares of the people looking at the carriage with naked disgust.
Lidien knew someone was framing him regarding the heart-eating incidents, because they used the news that spread like wildfire that Lidien ate his enemies' hearts, and the subsequent people who lost their hearts were the women who had read to him.
However, the news that he was resting in the Rift of the Shattered Mirrors didn't come out, as this would show weakness rather than helping him clear his name... and during his time resting, the killings didn't stop.
