The market

[Maero]

Tiff snuggled into his chest, telling him she was here for him for whatever purpose he wanted, and Lillia, ever the good slave, nodded and agreed to whatever he wished. There hearts were racing, sure, but they were still fresh from rest and all but little Neko could continue to do as they pleased.

Meanwhile, Melody and Sarah sat in the library. Poor Melody had not even been paid attention to, and was just getting worse and worse. Like many of the slaves, she was dead afraid of Arkurus, and completely subdued and trained. Certain, painful death awaited her, and she knew it would come eventually, and with no help or attention or even comforting words, the poor sun elf was slowly driving herself insane with worry and fear. She was curled up, biting her lip with her eyes closed, her body trembling as she lost all hope. Nothing she said would grant her forgiveness...

Sarah was also worried, but for Alex and the others and not for herself. She knew not what the last test was but knew it would be horrible and hoped that they would be alright....

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Many of the slaves were frightened and trembling. They were going to be punished, at least this was what they thought, and most were begging to be let back into the mansion to work, so that maybe they could escape their master's fury. Some were begging to be let out, wanting to escape and rejoin whatever life they had had before, but alas they were to weak or otherwise unsuitable for the real world.