Chapter Ten
Dread settled in my stomach as I walked back out into the compound. I wasn't sure what was about to happen, but somehow I knew that something bad was going to happen, even if I couldn't work out what that was.
Whispers came from around me as the rest of the slaves and members of Ra and Seth's retainers looked at me. Even if most people hadn't known who I was before, they certainly did now that I'd stepped in to stop someone from enduring a punishment. I wasn't certain if that was a good thing or a bad one.
I searched every face I passed for Sophia's. She'd be able to tell me what was happening with the rest of them and what they all thought of me. It was better to be prepared in knowing what they were saying about me than just letting them run around with it behind my back.
