Lys looked at them, her large, beautiful eyes blinking rapidly, shimmering like tiny stars.0

Ashe found it strange that two death-row inmates could possess such a strong moral awareness. But on second thought, it made sense. Despite their crimes, even if they had committed robbery, arson, and murder, they had grown up in an orphanage under the full education of the Blood Moon.0

That education was built on two core principles, the sanctity of human rights and the promise of racial equality. It was that very emphasis that made the Blood Moon Tribunals so popular. For the audience, the actual death was secondary. The real spectacle was watching a criminal's rights be stripped away and trampled in front of everyone.0

Even if Iger and Harvey rejected the system, the concept of human rights had taken root in them. They simply believed the Blood...0