The Rejected True Heiress (Liora and Callum) novel Chapter 263

The servant’s chin wobbled. He looked between the four of us in terror. My heart sank somewhat, and I stepped forward, placing a hand on Callum’s shoulder.

“Let him go, Callum.”

“What?” Callum hissed.

“He won’t tell us what we need to know if you’re scaring the shit out of him,” Zane pointed out.

Callum released the servant, but he didn’t stop glaring at him.

I turned to the servant. “Did Ambrose put you up to this?” I asked.

The servant didn’t answer. Just stared at me in horror.

I lowered my voice. “It’s okay. You can tell me.”

For a long moment, he didn’t speak. I could hear Callum growl beside me, but I held my hand out, stopping him. Finally, the servant sank back down onto the bar stool behind him and scrubbed his hands over his face.

“I… I’m so sorry,” he whispered, clutching his hair so tightly with both hands that it came partially free from the knot. “I didn’t want to do it. I really didn’t. But Lord Ambrose, he… He beats us if we don’t comply. Starves us. And what he does to the women…” He shook his head. “He said he would hurt my girlfriend. I couldn’t bear it if my girl had to deal with that!”

I looked at Callum, Zane, and Mia. Mia was still clutching Zane’s chest, but her expression softened slightly.

“I could tell you weren’t comfortable with it,” she said quietly. “I’m not angry with you.”

The servant’s head drooped. “I really am sorry. I didn’t know what else to do. We’re all trapped here, in his house. He takes our IDs and doesn’t pay us enough to leave. We’re basically Ambrose’s slaves.”

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