Eddy had been merciless with picking at me. He made my personal life a topic of conversation with all my uncles when they sat and drank beer in the front yard. Before I moved, it had gotten to a point I snuck out my window and walked around the back of the house when I went anywhere.

The constant jibes and hurtful remarks were too numerous to take.

I was scowling and staring at the floor when I felt Master Bane pinch a nipple. I Looked up at him shocked.

“Ciara, what are you thinking about?” he asked curiously offering me a piece of food that had obviously been delivered while I was daydreaming.

Oh God, I couldn’t tell them what I was thinking about Master Christof.

That could be really offensive here. I stammered out an answer about a creepy relative of my mother’s that this place reminded me of. That seemed to satiate them.

As we ate I took the chance to look furtively around the restaurant. I glanced at a girl at a table near ours that seemed to be human. She was sitting like I was, but she Looked up at the men that sat around her.

of them. Her attention seemed odd to me. Staring at someone openly Like that, I would consider

her appearance and attire. She didn’t look the way

E L A ‘s L I B R A R

was wrapped in satiny orange strip of fabric. Long, blonde hair was bound in a bun at

entire appearance seemed to exude

I still had cracks on my palms and thick callouses on my fingers. Comparing myself to the beautiful creature at the other table I felt lessened for some

the men she sat with. She seemed to spend a

he also gave it a sharp

are you doing, Ciara?” Master

stammered, “I was watching her, the way she acts. I’m sorry,

Damien and his brethren all turned to look in the direction I had

is a slave. You

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