"When? That depends on how many more days Miss Ivy decides to let you live," Wes said coldly. "You'd better watch yourself!"

With that, they left. Nina was not locked up and she could walk freely within the place. A few Yaren women walked past her. She greeted them, but they did not respond, walking silently with their heads down. In today's world, they were not much different from being servants in a historical drama. Nina couldn't figure out what this place was for.

She went to check where they had left and saw that the entire compound was locked, with high-voltage wires on top. There was no way to get out. She could only move around within the compound, which was quite large. It took her about twenty minutes to walk around the perimeter, all lined with high-voltage wires.

Crash-

Nina heard the sound of something breaking, followed by the sound of a whip.

"Ah-don't hit me! I'm sorry, I didn't mean to break the bowl. Please, Mrs. Quintana, forgive me!"

"Forgive you? How many times is this? Everyone here is under my control. You don't know the rules, so I'll beat you to death if I have to!"

The voice was coarse. They were speaking in the Yaren language, which Nina could understand. She went in to see a rather fat woman holding a whip, beating a thin girl who looked to be about fifteen. The girl trembled as she hugged her head, her hands and body covered in fresh and old whip marks.

scream in pain, unable to resist. There were others present, but they didn't

girl, this is your fate..." Mrs. Quintana continued to whip the girl until she

"If you keep hitting her like this, she'll die! All this over

you to stop my whip? Do you

her savior, crawled over to her, hugging

at the young

light, filled only with fear. She must have been severely abused. This country seemed to have regressed not just decades, but centuries, still stuck in a feudal society. Nina

"Do you control the lives here?

Quintana pulled her

more food for the dogs. No one cares. You must be new. Too bad

fixed on Nina. Several large men

do you plan to do?" Nina asked

and tugged at Nina's

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