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The human girl throwing a tantrum on the auction stage.
Who is she? And why does her scent set me on fire?
I cannot answer the questions that flit through my head.
MOIRA
Ihave bitten three elves in the arm, and have chewed off an ear.
Dear gods, they taste awful.
The pain does not seem to register with them. They do not seem to even feel pain.
That doesn’t matter to me.
I won’t stop kicking and screaming until I get away from this place. From the auction house where I am as good as a side of taura.
I am sure I will be prodded and poked like a side of taura too. When I look down from the stage at the room, I see several elves and dark elves nodding at my appearance.
My heart almost freezes with fear, but I swallow through it, because if I do not, I will collapse.
I have been close to collapsing for several days now. I am not sure why. Maybe I am exhausted from worry. Maybe I am exhausted from grief.
I don’t think it matters why any longer. I don’t think it matters that I am exhausted any longer.
All I can do is keep kicking till they let go of me for one second. Then I can escape.
Both elf servants that hold onto each of my arms twist and I howl with pain. Tears sting my eyes, but I refuse to cry.
Not until I have given up all hope.
Betrayal lingers, burning in the back of my mind as I fight for my life.
I was working well before my master, such as he was, decided to sell me off. I was a good worker, attentive, and kind.
I took care of him, his house, and his family well.
I almost cared for the dark elf. But I think that maybe this was all part of his plan.
To use me up and toss me out. Until the only thing left for me was to lay back with my legs spread for whoever bought me.
The elf servant twists my arms again.
This time, tears fall. I am sobbing now, openly and loudly.
Maybe, just maybe, this will deter whoever thought I looked good enough to buy.
I thought at first that my elf master was joking when he said I was to be sold off.
But quickly enough I realized it was the worst joke that I would ever hear. And the other human servants did not help.
I had always known they didn’t like me, though I am not sure why.
But they had blamed everything that went wrong on me. So I was forced out.
“This feisty one will be sold to the highest bidder!” A dark elf on the stage grins at me, his sharp teeth glittering in the dim fires that sparkle from torches on the walls.
“NO!” I scream the word until I can feel my vocal chords start to crack.
