~CELIE’S POV~
Counting my remaining days in Leaden valley, I feel an unexpected joy that arises from the impending liberation. Having been subjected to the whims of my paternal uncle and then my husband, I stopped visualising a possible way out of this subjugated form of living.
If I hadn’t been abducted by Egon on my wedding night, I am assured that I would've had myself decapitated by now. Though it’s rather an unsound way of looking at things after how he impregnated me for the sake of exacting revenge, it is an undeniable fact that I am alive because of him.
“Once I am free, I would love to learn a useful skill and serve people around me,” I effervescently weave plans for my future as I meander in the orchards.
Since I positively believe I am alone, I mumble out my thoughts with
