"It's been a while, Margaret. Come here, let's talk." Charles returned to the drawing board and started drawing once again. 0

Margaret looked hesitant, but she eventually started walking toward Charles. 0

"What happened to your face? Who did that?" Charles asked. 0

Margaret offered no answer. Her expression turned cold, and she sounded respectful as she said, "Governor Charles, was my display of sincerity not enough? If so, then we can renegotiate terms once I've reclaimed Whereto."0

Charles looked away from the drawing board and cast his gaze upon Margaret. He examined her from top to bottom before ripping off the first page attached to the drawing board.0

The paper depicted a pencil sketch of a ship's deck. A young girl was standing on the deck, and her hands were full of food. The slaves in front of her were eating the food she had snuck into her...0