The doctor had been in here and told me about the internal bleeding, broken rib, and the various wounds I had spread out across my body. He told me to be careful like it was my fault and I had fallen from a cliff or something.

Maybe that was the lie he was told but I doubted it. They knew what had happened. If Miss Elaine knew, the doctor surely did too. Was this behavior normal in the palace? Beating girls and lying about it. Was that why Elaine was so afraid all the time? I wish I ...