It was particularly cold at night.

Rachel Wood was only wearing thin, worn-out woolen clothes that the men had given her.

She could feel the frigid breeze through the holey fabric, making her shiver uncontrollably.

She endured the cold, not daring to stop for even a second knowing that she wasn't safe until she left this place.

Sebastian Brenand was still waiting for her.

She had to make her way back quickly.

Right then, Rachel genuinely regretted caving to his parents' threats. None of this would have happened if she hadn't.

Biting her lip, she persisted forward without stopping to rest.

At the break of dawn, she couldn't walk anymore.

Right then, she spotted an empty tar road without any cars in sight.

She could see a road sign showing directions to Merryview City a fair distance away.

She was 62 miles away from Merryview City.

Rachel recognized this place as an impoverished city far away from Atlantis. It turned out that she was sold to a village beneath this city.

and tired then, so she reached for a handful of dried grass and chewed as she walked,

afford to sit down and

like she

of her feet was already severely wounded, with pus oozing out of

pain as

most grateful

empty road, she kept walking and headed

but she'd find a way

was only the worst-case scenario as she believed that

if she had been unlucky, she wouldn't

nine o'clock in the morning,

heart filled with hope, she waved her hands at it with all

Disappointment weighed her down

again,

long with exhaustion a

that made

challenging

her to go

like a frail and

she noticed a black Volkswagen Santana from afar, prompting her to run

moment, she started praying again, hoping the

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