Estienne was confounded by her young charges behaviour. How was she ever going to get her home? "You are my property now. Come with me.", she ordered, taking the girl by the hand, more gently now. "Be a good girl and IŽll treat you decently.", she promised and ran a hand through the slave girls dark hair. "You are so filthy! Come lets get you a bath and something to eat.", she ordered, trying to sound authorative. She wasnŽt sure if she succeded. She looked around the market, quietly hoping a guard or someone would help her. In the end she was just a women past her best age and likely couldnŽt outrun Aiyla if she really meant it. But were would she go being a stranger in a strange land? Maybe following Estienne was her best option.
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