Heaven Sent Her, Hell Obeyed Her

rd to think, yet the unsettling sensation along

n two middle-aged women. One yanked at her pants

pens!" said Eliana, kicking the

ding hard with a startled grunt. "Argh! That hur

g at Eliana's pants and hurrie

n she felt the coarse bite of rope digging

d gone to sleep at her adoptive mother's

her in, a rusted latch sealed the door, and a single thread

, snapped at Eliana, "You filthy brat!

aught her wrist. "Don't touch her face. She's worth

rm. "We gave her enough tranquilizer to knock out a horse. I don't know h

s and asked, "What chec

e need to check if you're still a

was a virgin? Ridiculous! They had no idea who they were deal

ck market, and a single word from her could

as she worked to free herself from the rope, while

opped everything in Eighvale when word came that her adoptive mothe

ext morning. Instead, she'd woken u

smirk, "Janessa sold you to us. Play along, and we might land you a decent man. R

, her voice edged with disbelief, as if the woman had j

road. From that day on, she was paraded as the "adopted daughter", though ev

chores, scraped hands, and exhaustio

she could get her hands on. By twelve, she had

the debt she felt for t

total she had given her adoptive mother by now could have bo

believed Janessa was on her last bre

Janessa hadn't softened. She'd sold her for th

ad suddenly greeted her with smile

woman had changed. In reality, Janessa

oot in Udrerton. She should have listened, becaus

ame goal. The ropes strained, her fingers clawed

belief as she said, "You're out of your mind. Janessa

o long to keep up. He's about to marry the daughter of a corporate gi

egs! We have to confirm you're still a virgin. If you're not, we won't pay the rest. Don't even thin

ss Eliana's face. "Let's find out w

er wrists. She lunged, catching the plump wom

a's grip loose. Color drained from her face, replaced by a dee

m, but Eliana snapped a kick into

g into the wall, and a wet coug

e found her voice and scr

doorway, each wielding a club. They

natched both clubs in midair, her hand

e, startled

Eliana's kicks sent them sprawling to

d tossed aside earlier crept toward h

e enough, Eliana turned around and struck her with

of the burning shed, squinting as th

lare, brushing off the faint, pa

. Her focus was locked on

orth pity, and she had no i

e Holts would answ

when voices echoed a

mebody ge

gers, who came running wit

, Eliana kept her head lowered and slipped pas

fore she reached

r clattering to the floor, d

ped inside, she realize

un," she muttered, a thi

hey could hide. She would track them

nd now it was time to settle the score. Neithe

her childhood room-a suffocating room carved from a s

one she kept hidden beneath her pillow had vanished. Inside tha

tting back to Eighvale woul

igured she could find a phone in town a

set of rapid footsteps pounded

s curved into a sharp smile. It had to be

ng against the wall behind the door and wrapped her

one from the Holt family. A young man stood ther

is cheeks, hair wild from the wind. A rust

inst her side, Eliana asked,

, startled, and froze

w the disbelief hit him, then the emotion that foll

a!" he shouted, charging

half a meter away as Eliana h

d it would cut a