The snow fell in the city of Aledera as everyone huddled near the fire.
Scarlet sat near the fire, rubbing her Palms together and pulling her clothes towards her, her ten year old mind lost in a swirl of thoughts.

The bang as the door shut startled her out of her thoughts as she turned to see her father return.
She quickly got up and made her way to her room. She didn't want to see his face.
"Stop right there Scarlet."
She let out a sigh and asked without looking at his face
"What do you want?"
He walked up towards her and said,
"Come with me, there is somewhere I need to take you."
She wanted to protest but his eyes made it impossible for her. She knew she was in no position to disobey him.
"Alright, let me get my coat"
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"What are we doing here dad?"
She pointed towards the ship in front of them and looked around the shore.
They were standing at the sea border of Aledera.
This time, it was her father who kept quiet.

After a few minutes of awkward silence, a man walked up towards them. He had a black hoodie on but she noticed that his body was riddled with scars.
She saw both the men shake hands and then she saw him give her dad money.
"Ok, you can take her."
The man tugged Scarlet by her arm forcefully. She resisted and screamed for her dad. But when she saw that his sky blue eyes has been over taken by grey clouds , reality dawned on her.

"Sorry Scarlet. This is the best use you will have for me. I was meant to have a son."

With that she saw her dad turn around, not even bothering to look back once.
The man dragged her on to the ship, his eyes narrowed to slits behind the glasses he wore.

"Shut up and sit here if you wanna stay alive."

After he left, she felt the ship moving. She curled herself into a ball as tears began rolling down. It only took a while before those tears turned into rage.

"You killed mom, you tortured me and now you want to sell me. Just you wait , you monster."
She wanted revenge, there was fire in her eyes and this was the oath of a ten year old.

Little did she know she would have to come back here soon.