ELORA
I stopped in my tracks as perspiration trickled down my spine in a slow steady stream, standing there, afraid to move as I heard Kain's footsteps approaching. I wasn't sure he was talking to me.
"What is your name?" I heard him ask from behind me.
I was going to break into a run, then I heard Lucy speak.
"My name's Lucy, Sir!"
"Oh, Lucy! I see."
It wasn't me!
He hadn't been talking to me!
He hadn't been calling for me!
I felt my breath begin to flow easily again. My heart was still pounding and I could almost hear it in my ears. My chest was already hurting from all that fear and adrenaline pumping.
"What can I do for you, good sir?" Lucy asked. There was fear evident in Lucy's voice. The palace workers already knew the atrocities Kain had done to slaves and what had been
