~~Amber~~ My entire life… I never imagined I’d end up like this. A maid. Wearing this rag on my body. Scrubbing kitchen counters like my existence didn’t matter. First, I was supposed to be married off to that monster. But no. Now I was here—trapped in his house, under his roof, under his rules. He held my life in his hands. He wouldn’t kill me. That would be too kind. He wanted me to beg for it instead. Father will pay for this. Both of them will. “I swear it,” I muttered as a single tear landed on the counter. “What did you say?” one of the maids beside me asked. It had been two days. I didn’t know her name. Didn’t care. Nothing here mattered anymore. Not names. Not faces. Not hope. “No… just thinking,” I replied. “About my life. When my mother was still with me… she’s not de

