The girl kept on reciting those words, obviously withdrawing into herself, trapped in another world. Baski turned and walked past them out of the room. Danika blinked back tears as she followed her, but Sally was openly weeping, unable to control herself. “What does she mean by ‘no food, no bed’?” Danika couldn’t help asking. Baski turned and her eyes held Danika’s. “Cone fed her very well before he took pleasure from her body on the bed. It could have been Cone; it could have been any guard; it didn’t matter. Most times they fed slaves before s*x because they’d laugh about the fact that they didn’t want to s*x an animal only to release into its corpse.” “Oh, Creator!” Danika could no longer hold her tears. That was so inhumane. Every day, there was another reason for her to hate her f

