Chapter 66. You're Safe Here, Doris

Doris swallowed and nodded. She didn't want to talk about what she had been through. "I was. When I was sixteen."

"Then you know a bit of what I mean. You know how unfair it is to have your life sold away to the palace and not even get to breathe without their permission. You're a young girl who should have choices. Us rogues, we came here to be able to have a life where we could choose what to do and not be killed because we don't have money."

"I-I don't understand. Why are there so many horrible stories about the north? Why do you have rogues that torture others?" Doris asked. Her eyes flickered to her bruised wrists where the ropes burned her. He must have noticed, his face softened a bit as did his words.

"We had to make a name for ourselves out here. We couldn't have the kingdom coming to rip apart what we made here. They tried when they heard we wouldn't listen to their ruling any longer. They came with hundreds of guards to tear us down but we were prepared