Ten years later

Soft sobs were heard as a maid was whipping a young girl on the floor without fail according to the new mistress of the house. The girl's small body was in a fetal position on the cold tiles underneath her, with her painful gasps heard as the whip came in contact with it. A woman who is adorned with elegantly designed jewellery is paired with a fine silk dress that has butterfly and flower prints. An eight-year-old girl dressed in a princess-worthy outfit stood next to her, with her hair beautifully styled in twin tails braided at the top, ending with curls, and adorned with silver flower clips.

''That's it for today. I'm hopeful that she has learned her lesson and won't make the same mistakes again ''. Before departing with her daughter and personal maids, Lady Ashley spoke to the maid who was whipping the girl.

The whipping that she received a few minutes ago had caused the young girl to be shaken from the pain inflicted on her. Poor little thing... She lost her mother on the day she was born and was left alone by her father, who remarried his secret mistress two months after the death of his first wife.