My Immortal

Chapt 26: Justice Is Served

"I will discuss it with her before we announce it to anyone else. Will you discuss it with Kiran?"

I nodded, feeling like Lexa wanted to say more. "What, Lexa. Speak true."

"How is she? I have heard of what happened to her, but she was very silent, as to how she was doing."

I took a breath and sighed. "She's coping, not well, but coping. I am sure I will find the two of us in the training ring in the next few hours. Especially given what tonight is going to bring up."

"I understand, I had to take Clarke out there last night to blow off some steam, as you once taught me." Lexa slouched, leaning forward, letting her head fall into her hands. "The memories of the doctor conflict with everything I have heard from Kiran and from what I have seen myself. If I didn't know they were the same person, I would think that she had a twin."

"Do you think Kiran will cut?" I asked, looking at the younger woman.

"Her spirit is strong, but will her mind allow it, I am not sure." Lexa answered, looking up at me.

"I have known Kiran since we were 4 years old and I don't know if she will." I admitted, letting out a loud sigh. "I wish she wasn't in this position."

Sundown found everyone gathered around a pole with a man tied to it.

"Tonight we serve justice to a rapist." Lexa said, the crowd instantly silent as she spoke. "This man tied to the pole has taken it upon himself to force his will on a young woman in his care. His victim has detailed his crimes to me as Heda, to Hedatu, and to The Goddess. We three have found him guilty of these crimes."

The crowd sent out a scream for justice to begin. Lexa held up her hand, calming the crowd.

"Prisoner, do you have anything to say, before we begin?"

"That stupid bitch had it coming. I gave her the time of her life and she cries rape? She enjoyed it." His words cut deep.

I felt Kiran stiffen next to me as the words finally hit her. Her body began to shake, whether through fear or anger I was unsure.

"Enough. Hedatu, the first cut is yours." Lexa looked to her bonded, who looked like she was about to cut the man's head off. "You cannot kill him outright, despite what he has said. Kiran and Mako deserve the chance to cut as well."

Clarke nodded at Lexa's soft words, as she stepped forward. "For the victim and her family."

"That bitch had no family..." The man spoke up.

"That's where you are wrong, you piece of shit. I AM HER FAMILY." Clarke's voice was strong, but soft in volume.

Cut after cut the man was kept alive. It took nearly two hours before Lexa looked at Kiran and I.

"Goddess?" Lexa directed her question to me. I looked at Kiran, before going to speak up.

"The knife." Kiran asked, holding out her hand. I had to bite back the utter shock of her being willing to do this. Lexa held the knife out to her and she stepped towards the man.

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THIRD PERSON:

(Gasp, I've never done this before...)

"You may not have taken my virginity, but you took something from me that I will never get back. You took my dignity, my feeling of safety - what little safety I had in that cell. I will never be the same person I was before you came into my life, and I hate you for that. May your soul never find rest, may your sins haunt your next life, may those that know you best turn their backs on you." Kiran whispered, her whole body shaking at being this close to the man who assaulted her. The knife in her hand was unsteady, until a hand wrapped around hers.