The Bystander.

"I'll deal with you later," Miraye said coldly and sprinted toward the village center.

Tic turned and fell against the wall, looking away in disgust of himself. Just like that, he was left to hide again. No more than a mere spectator to the battles he should be fighting himself. How weak he must be, he thought. Miraye was the only person to risk her life for him, and yet all he could do was stand back and watch. He pressed himself around the corner wall and followed the girl with his eyes. She hooded and disappeared in the crowd of village men pelting the gallows stage with rocks.