Chapter 24

It surprised Sally when she got to the door and found it open, but couldn’t find her princess. Where was she?

“My princess?” Sally dumped everything on the table and headed out in search of her.

She started from the small laundry room at the back of the palace to the bush where some maids cut grass. None of the slaves she came across saw her.

A maid came to her when she was in the palace again. “Are you looking for the slave princess?”

“Yes, yes—please, did you see her?” Sally was out of breath from running around and searching.

The maid nodded. “The mistress took her. I saw them taking her to the dungeon.”

Sally’s heart skyrocketed. “D-dungeon?” She thanked the maid in stuttered words and took off in a race.

When Sally reached the dungeon, her eyes widened. They had tied her princess up, with her arms splayed, the clothing on her back torn, and a guard was whipping her with the devil’s whip that hurt like hell. Her back was bloody, and when