Chapter 12: Violet's POV

When my mother advised me to give my body to Axel for their freedom, it sounded wrong...

Yet, somehow it felt right.

I was ready to give myself to him. There seemed to be no one better off.

But when he refused me... my heart shattered a million times and even as I walked back to the slave quarters I felt a part of my soul break off with each step I took away from him.

Yes, it was crazy. The circumstances were wrong. But ever since I was little, all I had ever fantasized about was Axel and I pretending to be mummy and daddy....