Alice untied the cloth draped between her lips and the rope on her wrists and Adriana took in a deep breath, her lips feeling like divided from the other.

Her wrists were bruised and dried blood clung to them.

“Take her to the quarters,” Alice told the woman beside her and Adriana followed the woman around the shed.

She glanced back once and saw Andrew staring at her and she turned her head back following the woman until they were out of sight.

Adriana trailed after the woman in small steps dragging her feet on the ground. It felt as though tiny needles were pricking her feet and she whimpered....