Chapter 2255

Draco explained, "It's because Draco sounded better than Trey. I'm the third-born in the family, so they decided to name me Trey. There were seven of us kids altogether since people used to have big families back then. It was a real struggle to have enough food back then, though. "I started hustling out there when I was just a teenager. I'll be frank with you; I wasn't above anything—thieving, scamming people, even kidnapping—as long as it meant I could eat. I had no choice since I was constantly hungry. I did what I had to do to survive. "I eventually got mixed up with some shady characters from the underworld and discovered that Ebrea was where the money was. I then used my connections and ended up being trafficked to Ebrea like some kind of livestock." He then smiled wryly and continued, "It was after we were loaded onto that vessel that I realized I had been conned. It was truly barbaric, with hundreds of people being packed into a huge shipping container for over a month at se