Chapter 14: On the Wrong Side of the Law and Chapter 15: Strange Bedfellows Summary

The Guard is everywhere and a shopkeeper tells her they are searching for Cuffs Alister as a result of the murders in Southbridge. She can't help but look back at him half a block behind. When she reaches the Guard, she bows low and tells him that she is taking baked goods across the river to sell. She stands watching the guardhouse and then crosses over and tells the guards she wants to see her sister Sarie. Sergeant Gillen asks to see her, and Raisa's bowels churn. She tells him she is only thirteen, and despite Sloat's protests, Gillen takes her to see Sarie. In the cage a girl and two boys wait, thin and dirty, badly beaten. Gillen calls to...