Warning: The chapter contains a bit of violence and may be triggering to some.
Novah
“Don’t touch me!” I scream at Travis as he tries to help me out of the car but it’s not much of a scream, since my voice’s hoarse from all the crying I’ve done for the past many hours. I imagine it to be noon but strange enough, it’s quiet, I don’t see a soul. I guess the king doesn’t want his people to see their lady in chains.
I have often dreamed of this place when I was out there on the streets. I longed for it, I longed for the love, the warmth I used to feel here, but right now everything I feel is overshadowed by the void in my heart. The guards open the doors and I step inside. “Oh God! My baby!” my mother says, engulfing me in a hug, sobbing as she squeezes tighter and I can’t help but break d
