Those were her favorite days, the ones where she could escape down the vine that crept from her third floor window into the back gardens. “And if I refuse?” she asked, knowing what was next. XXX Ari sucked in a breath, holding back tears from the man at her feet and the pain in her side. Trying to get a look at the ship are you? “No women allowed except for in the slave quarters, and that’s not a place you want to be lurking, lady.” She grew frustrated. Her handmade helped her finish getting ready for the day, and about an hour later she was left alone. “Please, I’m not ready.” She said quietly. She sucked a breath in, and clutched her side. Ariana hid behind a bridge that led from the woods into the shipyard, Careful that nobody noticed to she was.
