As she struggled and cried and struggled the more, Sally started screaming again, and this time it sounded… more agonizing.
With each scream, Danika cried louder and struggled against Baski until the woman finally freed her or risked getting seriously hurt.
“Danika! No!” she cried.
Danika was beyond hearing; her heart was breaking in her chest. With each scream coming from the royal court, a little piece of her heart died a little more inside.
She pulled the doorknob and swung the door as open as she could get it, which wasn’t much, but it’d do because she could pass through the narrow way.
She took a first step in, only to collide into a hard wall.
No. Not a wall. A man. A man who suddenly filled the doorway.
Danika raised her red teary eyes to stare into the hard face of King Luci
