The life and property are not what true Galra are fighting for, for the property can be easy lost and easily gained again in the holy war the Galra are fighting at, and the life for the sake of the life itself has no meaning. True Galra value the honour above everything else.

The Book of Honour, prologue

Chapter One

Pain

He woke up in a prison cell of the Castle of Lions. For a few seconds the only thing he saw was a dark ceiling, then dark walls came into his vision as well. Dark air surrounded him, crawling into his lungs as he lied on the floor.

And then the pain came. It rushed through him as the ocean waves, burning every cell, moving from the head to his toes, making him grit his teeth until his jaws hurt, forcing him to clench his fists so hard he felt nails dig into the flesh. He didn't scream, because what for? If they were attacked, he won't give their captors the pleasure to hear his pain. Keith went through his memories, trying to catch up with the present moment, but he remembered... nothing. Of course, he remembered who he was, what was going on in this cruel Universe, but when it comes to the sequence of events that has brought him here - he had no clue. For a few moments it was only him, the darkness watching him from every corner and the pain. At least, he thought so.

- He woke up! - Keith heard Lance scream.

The prisoner's eyes widened in shock. He hasn't expected to hear his teammate's voice. Keith painfully scrambled to his feet, sat on the floor and stared at the direction where the voice came from.

The fourth wall of the cell was made of glass, but Keith couldn't see it earlier, because the room on the opposite was almost as dark as the cell. In the dim light of altean-greenish blue bulbs he managed to see two figures standing in front of him behind the glass. One of the figures was Lance, in the other one Keith recognised Shiro standing with arms crossed on his chest. The violet-eyed boy's heart sank. What had gone wrong?

- Lance, stop screaming. The loud noises can have a negative effect on his mentality... and sanity, - Pidge spoke up, and Keith's glare moved to the three people sitting on the floor. The sound of the girl's voice put Keith in terror. She seemed completely exhausted by saying such a short sentence. At the end of it she started to cough, so Allura had to soothe her down rubbing her back gently and sofly muttering something calming.

Keith's heart bumped widly. Not only the words that Pidge said made him feel sick, but her voice... She sounded... Choked???

- What's going on? Why am I here? What happened? - Keith struggled for answers, but at first only dead silence served as a response. Then Hunk's soft voice came over:

- You don't remember anything?

- No...

Now it was Shiro's turn to speak:

- You've turned into a Galra and attacked us all.