Chapter 3 – Escaping

ZARA

Today is like every other day. Wake up cooking and cleaning. Thank god Samson let me be today, and there was no cleaning in the Master and Mistresses room. So after washing dishes after lunch, I was back in my room until I needed to cook dinner.

I get nervous when I hear the lock turn, and it’s not time to cook yet. When the door opens, it is not Samson but another man I have never seen before. He looks around, and a flash of anger comes and goes in his eyes so fast that I am not sure it was there.

“Zara, it really is you.” The man says, surprising me by saying my name. But I know better than to look up or answer.

“My little girl. Thank goodness you are alive.” He continues, but I still don’t react.

The man sinks down on his knees in front of me, slowly reaches out, and caresses my cheek. I slowly raise my head, looking into the man’s blue eyes. He seems strong even though he also looks old and somehow friendly. He takes my hand and looks at the bracelet I wear. I have worn t