Chapter One Chapter One I have to do it. I chance it and glance down at the boy kneeling in front of me. I shouldn't have. His eyes bore into mine, pale grey, dilated with fear but defiant. They're searching mine, looking for mercy, for any way out. It makes my heart ache. I look away, at the floor, to the sky, anywhere else but him. I can't- No! You have to, I tell myself. Taking a breath I look at him again. He's shaking, head bowed, his dark blonde hair plastered to his forehead. His hands bound behind his back, it's over for him, but he has enough pride to not shed tears. I step around him, towering over him from behind. It has to be don