and it was also winter time which made the sprawling house seem even more colder and suffocating. Inside the common room was a thirteen years old girl named Anna. She sat curled in a cor
that had settled in her bones over the years. She had learned in h
parents died in a tragic accident, Regina made it clear that she was an unwanted burden . Unlike her own children,Victoria,
ing, determined to lose herself in a world where love and kindness existed,where orphans like
th the certainty that everything and everyone within it belonged to him. " You again, hiding away with your silly books", John screamed at her, his voice filled with contempt. " You really think reading will
from her hands and examined the back cover. "What's this? Another story about knights
you're very important. You should be grateful". The words burned in her chest but she refused to act to Victoria's message. Grateful for being treated as less than a servant instead of a family member? Grateful for being loc
making demands? With an aggressive grin, he flipped the book open and without hesitation
his anger. He pushed her backward with a force that sent her stumbling against the table. Her body trembled, not f
re pat
the fin
way he knew how, with violence. The slap came very fast and unexpected, the sharp sting spreading across Anna's cheek. She barely had time to recover before he slapped her a
egant silk gown, with beads labelled on the cloth , she looked every bit the sophisticated mother of the Earnshaw family
ht. " Mother," He said calmly. " Anna attacked me". Victoria gasped dramatically , placing a hand over her chest . " She was so aggresive, Mother! She slapped John
ldly. The single word cut through the air like a whip. Mrs Earnshaw's expression was unreadable as she slowly approached her." After all I hav
arby. " Lock her up in the dustbin room". Anna begin to panic heavily. The dust bin room was a place in the house that terrified her. It was full with a lot of waste dirt of the kitchen was
ed loudly.The housemaid looked at he
every step she began to remember her late mom, if she didn't die she will not be here living with her aunty. The maid gave her a sorrowful glance before pushing her inside and the do
in this world. If only someone would come and save her . But at that moment, locked away