Rue’s POV

By the time the videos finished spreading, there was nowhere left for Haven to hide. I did not need to see them to know how thoroughly they had ruined her. Screens across the nation replayed the same frozen frames again and again.

News outlets pretended it was about public safety. Social commentators framed it as a moral lesson. Strangers dissected her downfall with enthusiasm.

But I knew the truth. This was execution by exposure.

When I watched the clip, what I felt instead was a ...