An Outsider

Amulet of protection

By the fourth shift, twenty hours later, Lucio, with his superior hearing, got the crucial news from the two guards who were whispering: the warden would be back by noon tomorrow, and should be bringing important people from the church, perhaps to do a final test on himself and determine the outcome of his treatment.

This meant that the overhead monitors were no longer much of a threat to them, meaning that the leader they feared was not in the monitoring room outside right now. These wardens, all of them high ranking wardens, were bigger leaders than them, and could only be deputy wardens.

Could it be, a warning to the father? They probably didn't know it was Father, but they must have guessed that Lucio had someone behind him.Whitney thought fast, but couldn't find an answer for the moment.

Lucio was unconscious for more than five hours before reawakening; there was no clock in the cell, and he did not know the time of year, relying entirely on the frequency of the shift changes of