In the dimly lit room, a deep voice echoed, "All I desire is to hear your anguished cries! To witness your pain, begging for aid." Luna, her heart heavy, pleaded, "No, please, don't!"
She explained, "I may have been bought, but remember, nobody, not even my own father, wanted me. That's a lie." Tears streaming down her face, she insisted, "My father truly loves me, with every fiber of his being."
But the voice, growing colder, countered, "Oh, yes, and yet he abandoned you. Cora was the one who betrayed you, leaving him powerless."
Hearing this, Luna bravely defended her father, "You misunderstand, it wasn't him. It was Cora, and he was helpless to stop her."
"You'll listen when I speak!" he bellowed, his harsh tone causing Luna to tremble in fear.
Luna, an 18-year-old girl named after the celestial moon, had been cruelly sold by her stepmother, Cora. Despite her unfortunate circumstances, she clung to the belief that her father still cared for her, despite the painful reality they now faced.
