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There Is Nothing You Can Do

Marwa looked over her shoulder just as the door to the cellar flew open. Zarqa stood there, panting heavily for air, her eyes wide with both rage and fear before she rushed over to the woman's side, checking on Laila's state.

 

The younger woman was fighting to breathe, her face swelled, her whole body covered in wounds, and blood still blotched her clothes and messy hair.

 

Zarqa held on to her clutched hand, and for the briefest of moments, she felt the cold touch of a metal on her palm.

 

Her eyes narrowed as she recalled the older women's words from earlier.

 

" A servant found her this morning beaten up in the Lord's quarter…"

 

" Apparently, he had asked for her last night, but, she fought back. And he got so angry with her that he beat her senseless and left her there until she was discovered…"

 

" I heard she was in a bad state…"