Escape is a must |
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Chapter 1 |
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| A rumbling of clouds, a crack of thunder. Then the rain; coming down bucket after bucket, refreshing the red desert land. It had been so long since there had been rain. Many a slave died from dehydration. The rain continued to pour down, returning moisture to the parched ground. In the cover of the rain and the dark night, several slaves met behind one of the barracks. Even in the cover of the pouring rain, the conversation was undertaken in whispers. "We mu' get away, I fear for Gilaine. She grows weak'r every day. She mu' be brough' to Obernewtyn where the healers can trea' her," Matthew whispered, "I say we act tomorro' night. I have an idea to free the other slaves here, but we must get Dragon back her'. I feel that she is the lost Red Queen of these people." "I agree, but the plan must be perfect or we could all just end up in the pit," said one of the rebel slaves. "Yes so tomorrow… |
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