Chapter 130. Secret Door

Anna had been preparing for this moment for years and that night, the pieces were supposed to finally fall into place.

She pulled out the disguises she had arranged from her bag and dressed him in a slave's dress, her hands trembling as she worked.

"You will be a girl slave," she explained, her voice low. "A slave maid's daughter. Sick and weak. No one will look twice at you. Thankfully, little girls are sex slaves in this hell, so it won't seem odd."

Zayne stood still as she worked, his mind a whirlwind of confusion and fear. He was supposed to be celebrating his tenth birthday. Instead, he was being dressed as a girl to be smuggled out of the city like a piece of contraband.

Anna disguised herself as a slave maid, pulling a veil over her hair and lower face. She brought out her makeup tools, always watching the door at every minute to make sure no one was coming. Her hands shook uncontrollably with panic as she applied dark shadows to create bags under her eyes an