Chapter 21 - The Choice She Made
Author: NFA
last update2026-11-09 18:36:14

Scarlett hesitated.

“Please answer me, Scarlett. Do we give you food and water?”

“Yes.”

“Do we train you so you can fight?”

“Yes.”

“Have we asked you to pay for that?”

“No.”

“Have we forced you to spend the night with us and be our plaything?”

“No.”

“Apart from training, have we hit you or treated you roughly?”

“No.”

“One last question. Do you think we're truly evil?”

“No?”

She remembered meals laid in front of her, weapons put into her hands. Then Conrad's body returned to her mind. Food and f
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