11. Life 

One year has gone by since the incident, and I have been forced to serve my superiors ever since.

Every day, I had to look at Edward and Charolette and see how happy they were. Mom had forced me to work as a maid in the packhouse after that day, and I had even accepted the room they had provided me in our house. My mother ordered me to sleep under the stairs, telling me it was where I belonged.

Nothing strange happened after that, and despite Mom's promise to take me to a seer, she forgot about the day after since she was late for work.

It...