Marcus looked at his three brothers with bloodshot eyes. "You kept wanting us to plead mercy for you! What are the good things I can say about you guys?"

As Marcus spoke, two rows of tears also streamed down his face. "Keegan! Caelus! Lokni! Do you know that Aino had already returned to her parents' side last night? Do you know how frightened she, a child, was? Do you know how much she had suffered to get down from that mountain? She is still a child! Her ankle was sprained! She had eaten for a