*Mira*
I woke up in pain. My hands and feet were tightly bound, and I was lying on the cold, hard ground. Hunger gnawed at my stomach, and my throat was parched. As my eyes adjusted to the light, I realized that the place was all too familiar—the dungeon of Luscious Garden.
How did I end up here? Ah, right. Natalie.
She asked me to help her collect ice roses, but the moment I left Star Ocean and crossed into Snow Mountain's border, a flash of light caught my eye. Then something pierced my neck and my consciousness faded quickly. They must have hit me with a tranquilizer.
I had no one to blame but myself for underestimating Natalie...
Splash!
A bucket of freezing water was dumped over me, sending a shiver down my spine.
“Bitch, didn’t think you’d end up back in my hands, did you?”
I looked up and recognized the man instantly. Freylock, the slave trader who first brought me to Port Bayton after I was exiled from Bluevera.