Chapter 76: Chapter 76Away from the soldier’s camp, Silvia sat in the brothel staring at the paper in her hands. She couldn’t believe what she was holding now as she believed she would never see this again after the stranger last night left with it.

    She had to thank a customer who once fancied her enough to show her name which she had forgotten what it looked like after years of not writing or seeing it.

    Silvia was one of the few servants that remained in the brothel. There were young girls recently bought who didn’t know where to run off to. They had already gotten used to this being their new home and didn’t know the dangers that were within the brothel to think of running like everyone else.

    Silvia didn’t have anywhere to go. She was well known as a woman from the brothel so the second she stepped out of her, there would be men looking to take her. Men who would expect her to lie with them for free.

    "He’s going to hunt them down and kill them," Silvia said, knowing the other women and servants were not going to be free for long.

    Graham was going to be angry when he returned and found that not only had his brothel burned again but most of the people he owned were missing.

    "This is my chance," Silvia concluded.

    She proved her loyalty by remaining here so Graham wouldn’t kill her. When he returned, she had to plead her case to be made the madam of the brothel. Something like this would never have happened if she had helped him.

    Rose would have never been able to run away.

    Silvia looked to her right where she heard two children she hadn’t noticed earlier crying as they were hungry. What did they know about hunger? They had never faced hunger like she did during the time she was to be sold. Their crying bothered her as this was just the beginning when she had suffered for years. What did they have to cry about at the start?

    "Quit your crying. Do you think if you cry like that anyone would want to feed you? You should get started on cleaning up so we can see what in the kitchen survived the fire. Start moving or I shall whip you on your legs for doing nothing," Silvia threatened the children.

    This was the best way to get them to behave as it had worked on her. There was no point in babying these young girls or children as their lives were no more sweet for anyone to care about them.

    Silvia ripped up the paper in her hands so no one could place her as a slave anymore. She needed to have a way out should Graham not want to make her the madam.

    ’Remember where they are buried,’ Silvia thought. All her gifts from her customers were buried away from the brothel so Graham wouldn’t take any of the money she had earned to use it to rebuild the brothel.

    Silvia then tucked away the rest of the leftover papers. She didn’t know the names of the children nor could she read the names of the few women that were too scared to run away, but all that mattered was that she had taken some slave papers so she owned a few people.

    Silvia stood up from where she sat on the floor. It was getting boring waiting for Graham to return. They needed to get the brothel cleaned up and make use of the rooms that were not too burned so they could be opened for business tonight.

    If she wanted to show Graham just how good of a madam she could be then she had to take it upon herself to act as one. Other than herself, three women remained and four young girls who could busy themselves with cleaning since they were not yet old enough to take a customer.

    "If all of you want to eat, then you will have to work to earn a meal. I have been here longer than all of you therefore Graham would prefer that I lead you. If we all do our part, he won’t get angry and hurt any of us. The three of you will take as many men as you can tonight," Silvia told the other women.

    Briana, one of the remaining women, could not believe her ears. "Are you crazy? We need to rest and Graham has not put you in charge of listening to us. I will not take any customers tonight. Do you know how many men we must entertain for this brothel to make the same as other nights?"

    "Then why are you still here when the others have left? You have nowhere to go. The town called us whores so just do what you know best to make money. It shouldn’t be long before Graham returns and he will buy more women to join you. Either wait or leave," Silvia gave them the option. Sёar?h the Novel?ire(.)ne*t website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

    Briana looked away from Silvia as she didn’t want to leave. Where was she to go? To the town guards who wouldn’t be of any help, the person who sold her, or to find some odd man who would like her as she was? Life outside the brothel was going to be harsher.

    Silvia smiled as they listened to her. Her attention was quickly turned to a young girl who would grow to be quite the beauty. "You there, stay close to me," she said, holding out her hand for the young girl to come to her. "I will make you the star of this brothel if you stay close to me. Forget your friends now."

    Silvia had an eye for what could sell in the brothel and unlike Graham who just shoved the girls into this world without preparing them, she would teach all that she knew to the girls who would follow her.

    Life in the brothel wasn’t so bad to Silvia as long as you saw the benefits of it. Where else could they have men spoiling them so much?

    Today marked the last day that Silvia would ever lay with lowly men of this kingdom. She was going to make use of the women present and take everything from the men who entered the doors as they had taken from her.

    "Come with me," Silvia said, leading the young girl to her room. She would be a fool to let this young one get her hands ruined by cleaning up. "I am doing for you what no one did for me when I first came to the brothel. Do as I say and you will go far. We both will."