chapter5

Leaving my worries behind for a little while, I decided to focus on my meal. I tried to eat but the thought of what happened earlier seized my appetite so I couldn't eat to my fill. I was lost in thought when the young servant who took care of me entered.

She arranged the tray and as she prepared to leave, she made a statement which I wanted to know more about.

"You're lucky."

"What do you mean?" I carefully held her hand to avoid any mishaps because of the tray she was holding.

She moved closer to me, taking a seat beside me on the bed.

"Sir Xander spares no one. You were lucky Sir Hunter was here to help you just in time. You would have ended up like some of those girls who went into his torture room and never came back the same way."

"Torture room?" My eyes widened, I have heard about some of those in the slave house. It was where the stubborn ones were punished.

"Yes Torture room." She replied, moving closer to me as her eyes looked around.

"You can't often hear the screams and