Chapter 26

Sally nodded gingerly. It was all true, even though there was still more to the story. So much more. She hadn’t been the only person who helped the people of Salem. Princess Danika also helped. She kept stealing the princess’s food until the princess found out one day. The princess didn’t punish her. Instead, she helped her steal food, too. She ordered a lot of food to her own chambers just for her to pack them and go give them to the slaves. Sometimes, the princess would sneak to the kitchen with Sally, and when they were caught, she’d order the guards away and threaten them. Sometimes it worked. Sometimes it didn’t.

The princess’s father had once punished Danika with house arrest for one entire week because the guards reported seeing them in the kitchen. One week of not coming outside or seeing daylight. The king had wanted to whip Sally, but the princess had refused adamantly and cried to her father, saying that they should whip them both if he truly wanted to whip Sally.