*Valeria*

My footsteps sounded loud as we walked down the hallway.

Or wait. Was that my heart?

Ugh, did it really matter? I was on my way to meet the man who had purchased me nearly a week ago. Our first meeting in fact…

This meeting could change my entire life, and I wasn't ignorant of that fact. Which was why my heart still pounded, even as we came to a stop in front of the large door. The two guards who had walked me here swung the door open and stepped ...