Chapter 11

“What is your crime? I already know your name is Sophie,”

Leah asked and Sophie wondered if she could be honest with her, she did bring her food and was one of the few people that have been nice to her so far, both she and the good old lady were the only people who have been nice to her.

“I didn’t commit any crime, I lost something precious, they think I stole it but I didn’t,”

She explained.

“You worked for an influential family?”

“Yes, I worked as a palace maid,”

She revealed.

“Aha, that explains a lot about why you were sent here directly, that king will be the end of justice in this kingdom, it was worse before he came and he made it, even more, worse, poor and irrelevant people like us can’t get justice because the ruling king only plays fair to the rich.

Leah said bitterly which lead Sophie to believe she must have a beef with the king, it was obvious that she hated him.

“Why are you so sure the king is evil, I mean yes he is but, you seem to have a deeper hate for him,”

Sophie