They said that we were now part of the kingdom again, and must pay taxes. For our insolence, we must pay by giving our oldest daughter, which is me. Mother wept for days and I had to leave. The other slave girls have been kind to me at the palace. Zoa, a girl whose family was slaughtered shortly before she was taken, invited me to run away with her and a few others to a neighboring kingdom, where a nobleman family has offered to protect us. I’ve decided that I must get home, and I’ll get there no matter
They said that we were now part of the kingdom again, and must pay taxes. For our insolence, we must pay by giving our oldest daughter, which is me. Mother wept for days and I had to leave. The other slave girls have been kind to me at the palace. Zoa, a girl whose family was slaughtered shortly before she was taken, invited me to run away with her and a few others to a neighboring kingdom, where a nobleman family has offered to protect us. I’ve decided that I must get home, and I’ll get there no matter