d over Elizebeth. It was so

bling on her knees towards

ked with sobs. "I'll do anything. Please, don't

nd hard as stone. "You should have though

away. "It's too l

ying on her lips. "She needs to be taught a

ment. "She's unstable. She

ows. These people were enjoying her suff

he door. "Sir, th

ded. "Bri

other into the room. Her mother was a sm

screamed, trying

" her mother cried, her eyes

handle this," Elizebeth

e yourself." He gestured to the guards. "Take the old wo

of the room, her pleas and scream

f the property. Her mother was tied to a chair in the

ngth born of fear surging through her. She broke free

r own tears mixing with her mother's. She pus

eir steps slow and deliberate. They looked

al bucket filled with hot coals, th

shrieked

o admit that you intentionally burned Jaylah's mother. You're going to ad

cal agony. She looked at her terrified mo

d one last time, her voice

oice rising. "Or the coals

er mother. That was

sting like ash in her mouth. "I admit i

controllably, her body sha

yd? I told you she was a liar." She leaned in and whispered to him, "She doesn't deserv

e looked at the bucket of

, his voice a low growl. "Yo

"It's your fault! You brought this on us! You're a

r own mother had abandoned her. The

motion. "Me," she said, her voice a hollow ec