Magical Totem

Silver:

Not willing to risk my new-found freedom, I remained by an inconspicuous corner of the room, away from the rest of the women where they wouldn’t notice I didn’t smell like them and somehow remember all that had happened before now, but not so far away either.

Apart from one sick-looking woman who kept watching me warily, no one else seemed to pay me any mind. I wondered where Mila was. Maybe if I had someone with me, the odd woman wouldn’t find me so interesting.

Coming to think of it, there weren’t many people there our age. No other harem girl had made it into the building. I felt a little chilly. I hoped the people in here weren’t the only people who had survived.

A door inside the room burst open and Mila came out. “There you are! I’ve been looking all over for you,” she chastised me, but came up to hug me.

I was equally relieved to see her. She sat down beside me as we stared off into space. There was nothing else to do and nothing much to be said. Soon, a silence ove