Chapter 11

Chapter eleven: painful

Karen crept through the dungeons as silently as she could, searching for Eve. She held a bundle close to her chest, inside was bread and some water she had managed to sneak out of the kitchen when Inez wasn't being a bitch and breathing down everyone's neck.

"Princess?" A voice whispered sternly. Karen paused and crept back to the cell she had walked past.

"Eve!" She whispered, a smile spreading on her face. "I've been looking for you!"

"What are you doing here?" Eve said, she looked around, her eyes flashing alarm. "If they find you here they'll hurt you."

Karen felt her heart break as she started at Eve. She looked like a ghost of herself. Her hair was ashy, and her skin was pale. There were cuts on her face, and as much of her body as Karen could see was littered in bruises.

It hurt her to see the most powerful warrior she knew reduced to a shell of herself.

"They hurt you..." Karen whispered, tears filling her eyes.

"Princess," Eve said with a soft laugh.