Banou return to the dwelling with Mo Ker's men leading the way back. She is again back in her prison. She spend her late morning reading a book, She keep looking at the flap that the dweller have. She wonder if Mo Ker will come in or those ladies. Her fear comes true when Mo Ker walks in with the younger lady. Banou bow to them immediately. Mo Ker walk up to her and tall her to stand up. In front of the lady, he kiss her deeply with his tongue in her mouth. Banou feels disgusted she can taste his breakfast in his mouth. After along time, Banou push him away. She see that the lady have look away and sit down on the cushion. Mo Ker lead Banou to sit together with them on the spread cushion seating. He make her sit in front of him. His hand circle around her waist.
"Ban Nu, do you want to know who is she."
Banou did not answer him. She keep quiet and both ladies refuse to have any eye contact. Mo Ket keep inhaling her scent.
"She is my wife-to-be. Is she pretty?"
Banou feels horrified at what he said. Meanwhile he and the lady keep having a conversation that Banou did not understand. In the mids of his conversation his hands keep roaming around Banou which is annoying. The younger lady who is a bit shy yell at Mo Ker. Soon, they erupted into an argument. Banou is unsure if she should stay or leave at that moment, the older lady comes in. She yell at them both and stare at Banou. Banou who is remaining in a bowing state did not move. She rush up to grab Banou's hair. Mo Ker try to stop her.It is a chaos in the dwelling. Banou cry as the pain of her hair being grab. The older lady try to yank Banou to the pole in the middle but Mo Ker grab her wrist and twist them. She feels the pain and release Banou. Mo Ker then continue to yell at her. At one point, he wrestle her to the ground. The young lady rush up to stop them. His men and Min Min rush in. Min Min brings Banou out of the dweller. Banou keep rubbing her scalp as they walk. She see Mehmet's daughter in a distance. That girl smirk and mouth the word for Banou to see. 'You deserve it.' She smile and walk away slowly while touching her belly. Banou who can't be bother with her continue to rub her scalp. Min Min brings her to the kitchen and pour her a cup of milk and help her to rub the sore spot.
Later in the afternoon, the ladies depart the camp. They look unhappy so is the young lord. However when the carriage rides off, he suddenly have a smiling face. He looks at his men and pat one of their shoulder. At night, alone with Banou in the dweller, he tells her what is going on.
"So basically, my father wants me to get marry those princess, you saw them. Both of them are sisters but their personality is one a sun the other like the moon. I personality prefer the moon cause the sun is too much for me to handle."
Banou listens but she never give much expression at what she is thinking. Mo Ker smile and grab her chin. He look in Banou's eyes.
"That's why i like you. You are not talkative nor inquisitive about me. You know how to pretend and know to stay away from things that shows signs that they are dangerous. I hope you continue this way, so that you can live longer... and maybe ... safer in my world."
The next day, Banou walk out of the dweller to the kitchen. As usual, a bodyguard will follow her around. Banou doesn't care much. She just wants to see if she can make some dishes that she miss. Before she step into the kitchen, she hears someone screaming. There is also the crying of a new born. Another voice of a man screaming at the top of his lungs. The more Banou hears, the more she feels uncomfortable. She follows the sound and come to a huge dweller, the sound of whipping is getting louder as she walks nearer. She push the door to see Mehket's daughter on the floor. She is being whipped and her flesh is spilt open thus blood is oozing out. Under her is a baby who is crying non stop. Mehket is shielding that child and she is being whipped from the man who is holding the whip. He stop to stare at Banou. His small beady eyes stare at her with fear. He knows that she is the lord's muses, he cannot harm her. Banou yell at him to release the whip by pointing at it. He barely understand and he bow and walk out. Tremble with fear Banou walk to the girl that caused this misery. She is covered with injures from head to toe. Banou mumble in her words of prayer and try to help her. Mehket's daughter who got no strength try to push herself away.
"Take my daughter, please."
"Wait. Don't move. I go get help."
Banou pick up the crying baby and run outside. She see that the attacker is still around. She glare at him before she run of looking for Min Min. A takes a while for her to find Min Min.
"Please help! A girl, she is badly injured! Come with me!"
Min Min who can't understand what Banou is saying but she see the bloody hands and a crying baby, she decided to follow her. They reach the dweller and from the outside Min Min understand. She runs off fast while Banou goes in the dweller. A while later, Min Min returns with an old man. Together with a few girls, they raise the wounded girl and have her on the bed. Banou at this point is sure that he is not a physician but a witch doctor. He seems to mumble some spells and ask the girls to apply cream on the wounds. He then left the dweller. The baby continue to cry for a long time. Later, Min Min returns with some goat milk for the child. The baby soon falls asleep and the dweller is in peace for now. In the evening, Mehket's daughter develop a fever. Banou stay in the dweller to take care of her but she is drag back to the lord's dweller. Min Min is entrusted to take care of the wounded and the child. Throughout the night, Banou hears the baby's cries. She toss and turn. In the morning, she goes to the dweller which is rather quiet. Min Min is asleep with the baby in a corner. While the wounded girl is laying on the bed. Her wounds are dried up but her fever remains. Banou says her prayers when she open her eyes, she sees Mehket's daughter staring at her.
"How are you feeling now? Are you thirsty?"
Banou is about to get up when Mehmet's daughter grab Banou's wrist.
"Sorry... Sorry... Thank ... you."
"Don't say anything. I get some water."
"No... Please... please... take... my... daughter. Sh... she... will... be save ... with you."
"What had happen?"
Mehmet's daughter only can cry and wailing in pain. Banou feels sorry for this girl just then the baby cry. Min Min also wake up from it. Banou offer to carry the child while Min Min go refresh herself. After wetting Mehmet's daughter's mouth. She brings the child outside so that the mother can rest alone. Banou carry the child to the place where those children play however she see that the man who whipped and cause the injures on the poor girl is now tied on a pole. He is being punished. There are whip marks across his back like Mermet's daughter. Even thought the sun is blazing hot, this will not harm him much. His beady eyes stare at the baby in Banou's arms. He closed his eyes to ignore their presence.