[PP - F28][ST][RH] Proven Guilty

[Lessa 1]

Raven Hollow
Jail
Midnight

It was the perfect night. A sheet of stars blanketed the black sky, twinkling prettily, their light rivaling that of the thin, crescent moon. The breeze that meandered through the woods was cool, but not unpleasant as it rustled the trees’ crimson leaves. In the distance, a whip-poor-will trilled its familiar three-note melody. It was the sort of night that featured prominently in poetry and love songs. A night teetering on the edge of eternity, where anything was possible, and everything could change for the better.

And none of that mattered within the walls of the Raven Hollow jail. The small, windowless structure allowed its residents no peak at the outside world. Situated right at the town’s heart, it had tortured its prisoners with a nearness to normal life. The sounds of the tolling school bell. Voices raised in prayer from the church. The call of nocturnal song-bird, singing songs of a freedom that the jailhouse’s occupants might never taste again. Their world had been shrunk down to two 6x8 cells, a key ring on a hook, and a wooden table where their jailor occasionally sat. The heavy door that opened and closed with his arrival had allowed them their only breath of fresh air. Maybe it still did so.

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