### Chapter: A New Leader for the Refugees
The leather ledger lay open in the middle of the settlement.
For several moments, nobody moved.
The refugee who had picked it up stared at the pages, his fingers trembling. He could barely read some of the entries, but the numbers and names were enough to make him realise that something was terribly wrong.
"Look at this!" he shouted. "There are records of food and water!"
People immediately crowded around him.
"Let me see!"
"What does it say?"
"Show us!"
The man turned a page and pointed at an entry.
"Here! It says that twenty sacks of grain were received, but only eight were distributed!"
A woman pushed closer.
"Twenty sacks?"
The man nodded.
"Look at the next page. It says thirty containers of water were delivered. But the settlement was given only a fraction of that!"
The crowd erupted.
"Where is the remaining water?"
"Where did the food go?"
"How many people died while he kept it hidden?"
The instructor rushed forward.
