Disappearance

I wanted to call out the names of all the girls, but my lips wouldn’t move, and I felt muted. The truth was that I was scared that if I were to call out their names, I wouldn’t get a reply. The place wasn’t at all large, so I could already tell with a sinking feeling in my core that none of the girls were there anymore.

“There’s no one here…anymore…” I murmured as I felt tears welling up in my eyes.

What happened to the girls? Where did they all go?

The sight of little dear Sally chained and locked in a cage when she was brought up on the stage at the auction house immediately came into my mind. Although I didn’t want to think of that, I couldn’t help but fear that the same thing might have happened to all the girls that used to live here.

“Mila…” the prince called my name calmly.

“Prince Leonard…Leo…where did all the girls go? Please tell me, where did all the girls go? There were so many girls living here…with me…” I asked as I stared up into his face.

I could feel tears swimming