Chapter 277. Knowing

William stood from his throne. "Never again will someone own you two."

And with that, he left with his guards. Beth threw herself on Doris and almost brought both of them to the ground. She couldn't hear anything over their laughter and tears.

"We're free!" Beth shouted to the ceiling. She grabbed Doris's hands and swung them around the room. "We're free! We can go into town! We can go to an old nasty tavern and no one would stop us!" Beth laughed. "Well, maybe after you have the baby we can do something like that."

"I can't believe... we're free." Doris breathed. She plopped down on one of the wooden benches. When she glanced back at Enzo, he was gone. He must have slipped out while they were celebrating.

"Did William tell you he was doing this?" Beth asked. She opened her scroll again just to read it.

"No... I didn't even have the chance to tell him that I wanted you to be freed. I mean, he knew of course-but I was going to mention it when he settl