Chapter 297

A startled laughter bubbled from Queen Danika's throat, forgetting the pain for a second. "There is nothing...like flocks of goats. Just sheep. A flock of sheep."

Vetta shrugged. "You would know. After all, you're the educated one."

"Makes no difference. We are both human beings." Danika hit her shoulder repeatedly in an effort to reach her aching back.

"Nope. You are royalty, the daughter of the great monster Cone. And I'm a slave, a product created by the great monster Cone." She flashed Danika some teeth. "Poetic, isn't it?"

Even through her pains, Danika still saw the stark pain in the mistress's eyes. So she stopped hitting her back and reached out with her hand, taking Vetta's hand into hers.

"You are the only one that sees...yourself like that. To the world, you were a mistress to the most...powerful man in Salem. And now? You are a cared friend of the most powerful man...in Salem."

Vetta stared at their hands together. A hysterical laugh b