Chapter 42

Rachel

For a moment, I thought I was seeing wrongly.

Chief Stone's finger can't be pointing to me.

It had to be wrong.

I stared at him intensely.

Truly, his short finger was pointing straight at me. I was not mistaken at all.

The natural fear of the unknown and the Chief's cruelty made me flinch unconsciously.

I folded onto myself as I push my body mass against the wall I was leaning on.

It can't be.

I felt like entering the wall.

I did not mean to be pessimistic but I knew there was no way out for me right now.

I wasn't seeing any way to escape.

I wasn't naive to think that Rufus and his cohorts wouldn't have security patrolling this place.

"I want that one." The Chief said with a greasy smile on his face.

He looked satisfied with his choice.

Rufus burst into smiles, "You have good eyes, Chief. We just brought her today. She is new goods. She is pure and untrained, just as you like them."

Rufus' words grated against my eardrums and I wished I was deaf.

As Rufus spoke, Chief Stone's e