CHAPTER 123 (JOURNEY THROUGH THE SEA)

ANNA’S POV

We were far into sea for at least two days when they finally let me out of the box.

“Where is my father?” I yelled at them, but they didn’t even respond. They just moved on to the next box and when they opened it, my father stepped out, coughing.

Tears brimmed in my eyes as I ran to me. “Oh father… I am so sorry,” I cried wrapping my arms around me.

He hugged me back, rubbing his hand slowly over me. “It is fine my dear child. It is all over now,” he said in a broken voice, and I realized that it was truly over.

We had lost everything. Our land, our status… everything. And it was all my fault.

Tears brimmed in my eyes, but I held them back. I still had my father to protect and take care of. We might have been broken but we were not dead yet.

Still clutching his back, I let my eyes roam around the place we were in. We were in a cargo ship with nothing but boxes surrounding us. I couldn’t see a cabin anywhere around. It was more like a long floatable vessel that transported u