Rumors

Ever since joining the manor's indentured servants, she heard a warning whispered among them: “Do your job, or end up like Lily”. She often lied awake at night, wondering if it was true, and what Lily must have felt if it was.

Carrying a tray of drinks for Master and guests, she met his gaze, and stopped. Yearning to tell him something she could not express, she threw the tray aside.

She laughed as they dragged her outside, to where they split firewood. Pressed over a tree stump, she tried to rub her crotch against itself until the axe struck.