Barons of Babylon by Bowers Terrell

Author:Bowers, Terrell
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-01-23T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWELVE

Justina opened her eyes, confounded as to how she had managed to cover herself with a light blanket and get the mosquito netting into place. Her last memory was of crying herself to sleep. The mystery was not long in being solved. She spied an Indian girl sleeping on the floor next to the door.

​The girl slept with only a thin sheet over her and nothing but a mat between her and the floor. Justina recognized the mat as being the same variety as the one she had shared with Kyle. Not more than a couple inches thick, she could vouch for its lack of comfort. The subtle sounds of Justina stirring alerted the girl. She sparked to life and sat up straight.

​“Are you in need of something, mistress?” she asked Justina, instantly awake and offering her services.

​“I suppose it must be about time to get out of bed. You needn’t do likewise.”

​The last words were wasted. The girl was already up, folding her sheet and placing it neatly at the head of the mat. She quickly brushed the wrinkles from her plain, one piece linen dress and hurried to roll up the netting around Justina’ s bed.

​“Master Loayza tell Myla to tend to you.” She offered the information cheerfully. “Myla treat you very special.”

​Justina smiled at her. The girl’s flowing, raven-black hair reached the small of her back. She had glistening black eyes, a petite nose and heart-shaped mouth. She appeared quite young, but there was a hint of maturity to her youthful build. The most striking feature about her was an overall innocence that positively emanated from her being. There was no sign of vanity, greed, suspicions, or any other tainted personality traits of the human race.

​“I’m Justina King. I’m very glad to meet you, Myla.”

​The girl bowed, ducking her head low. When she stood erect once more, a timid smile enlightened her facial features.

​“Myla your servant, Mistress King. Whatever you want, Myla will see you have it.”

​“I don’t need anything at the moment,” she replied, swinging her legs over the edge of the bed. She paused and examined her new servant.

​“How old are you, Myla?”

​“Myla not certain, fifteen or sixteen rainy seasons.”

​“Have you a family?”

​She smiled a bit wider and a light shone within her eyes. ‘Myla have a brother, Benito. Myla see him sometimes.”

​“No one else? No parents or other relatives?”

​“Myla servant for Master Lizardo,” she said, as if that ought to explain everything satisfactorily.

​“Only to him?”

​“If Master King desires Myla, Myla sometimes his servant.”

​Justina felt her heart ground to a sluggish stop. “By desire, do you mean that you are forced to... to sleep with him?”

​Myla considered the question. Her brows knitted into a puzzled little frown. “Master King take many girls to serve him, but he does not wish to sleep. He has never went to sleep with Myla.”

​Wilting under the girl’s candid stare, Justina suffered renewed waves of disillusionment. Not only did her father resent her coming to South America, not only

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