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Flashback continued: (Six year old Samantha)

‘Oh no! I hope he doesn’t mean what I am thinking!’ I thought to myself.

“Prepare the common room for a mandatory meeting! Have a guard bring the caretaker to the stage.”

“Yes sir!”

I have to stop him. I panicked frantically trying to come up with a plan. So, biting the insides of my cheeks harshly, I began sobbing loudly. I know I shouldn’t try to save her life, but no one deserved to die the way Master kills them. It wasn’t pretty. We all had to watch, and only those of age dealt the punishments. You see the last person was just handled last week. So, her death was still freshly in our brains.

Last week, Ms. Amanda Holden betrayed the Master. She drowned the child she was to care for. The older women here, stripped her naked and spat on her. They were told to throw all the tiny