Alice's POV
“No please, don’t throw me in… please!”
Maria had my hands tied behind my back and she was trying to shove me into the thorns at the back of the mansion. The place they used for criminals.
It looked horrible. Jagged branches, dry vines, rusted metal sticking out. One fall in there and I’d come out shredded.
“By the time you’re done in there, then you’ll know how to obey simple instructions,” June said coldly. “Push her in.”
“You’ve already flogged my palms enough this morning,” I choked out. “What else do you want from me?”
I tried to wiggle my hands out of the ropes but it only cut deeper into my skin. Blood was already staining the fabric.
“Alice, it’s your fault,” Maria said with a mock sigh. “In your next life, you’ll learn to obey instructions.”
June stepped c
