"They are. I watched many girls be taken after they had their first period. I made sure to never show any signs of weakness to avoid the human trafficking that takes place there." Sighing, I think back to the first time I watched a girl a few years older than me be taken away. Her name was Haily and she was a natural red head like Adam. It was only a few months after I was left to the Slums and her begging and pleading woke me from a hunger induced slumber. I remember how terrified she sounded. How a man had slapped her hard across the face until she was shoved into a car. Then she was gone.
"That must have been horrible." Sky whispers out, his smiling face becoming a grim frown.
"It was. Speaking of girls, why are there none in the Guards." I ask, motioning around the room. Arian
