Strange, I thought, as I was not called to entertain her ladyship today. Not even when the sun went down, did I leave my room, but then suddenly … I sat up on the bed, I was lying on when the door opened, but then I saw it was Mara. She smiled sweetly at me as she came inside with some food. Our mistress, like me, fed and made sure I maintained my physique. It was not like I at the moment could run anywhere, but it wasn’t all bad. I had been here for a little over a week, and while I hated being treated as a thing, I found myself growing closer to Mara. She was so kind and sweet, and in this lonely and dark place, she was the one thing keeping me going, and remembering at some point, I would be free again. I just hated the fact she had had to survive so many years without anyone looking ou
