Chapter 5

Adolfa POV

"Ouch," I groaned in pain as the cruel school nurse, a woman who treated us slaves with disdain, cleaned my wound with antiseptic. It was one of the few times I’d ever been cared for, yet her harsh, rude manner only made it worse—each touch felt wicked and unforgiving.

"If you had just kept your mouth shut and hadn’t dragged your cousin Emily into this mess, none of this would have happened," a voice snapped from behind me. I turned to my right, searching for ...