I spent a while just trying to drown myself slowly in ale, but then I found Savio—a guard willing to help Hwan escape in exchange for an absolute fortune. But getting the hundred grand gave me a purpose again. Because it’s a chance—a way to make things right. As right as I can. But I don’t have much time. King Joon ordered all old convicts in all prisons to be hanged. Savio said he’d put Hwan to the back of the line but that it would only buy him two months max.
