Chapter 81

NAILAH

I had lost hope many decades ago about ever being freed from the prison that my life had become.

Life was an endless cycle of being brokered and used for other people’s profits. So many people throughout history cast judgement on those who sold their bodies. Many, if not most, of those people did not consider whether or not it was our own choices.

In the beginning, I had fought it. I did not care if they ended up killing me as a result. I would welcome death with open arms and return to the Goddess Bastet. However, I was worth too much for them to ever allow my death. Instead, they held the lives of others over me instead. I did not believe they would actually do it until they did. I would always carry the guilt of the one who lost their life because of my choices. So, I found a way to numb my emotions and find a way to mentally escape while my body went through the motions.

It all changed when a special little Fae with a penchant for mischief waltzed her way into an event a