Wasted Appeal

She watched with cold, emotionlesss red eyes as her partner was led to the gallows and hung for assisting her in an assassination. She sighed, she knew she was next. The guard tugged on her chain and lead her to her fate. As they slipped the noose around her neck, she cried, "It's a mistake! It's not her fault, It is not mine! I was only forced into this! Please listen!" No one did, before she could yell, the floor beneath her fell, and it was over. A guard shook his head. "It's amazing." " What's amazing?" His friend asked. "It's amazing how many wasted appeals happen here in the second of death."...