Chapter 212

Military District Hospital- "What's your name?" "Ella." "Do you remember how you ended up here?" The pale little girl on the hospital bed gave a small shake of her head, clearly nervous. Celeste gently touched her hand. "It's okay, don't be scared. I'm just trying to understand, I'm not gonna hurt you." Then she glanced back at the nurse. "How's her condition?" "Nothing serious in the tests. When she first got here, her system had way too much sedative in it. Looks like someone had been dosing her regularly, probably to keep her in a mentally foggy state. But physically, there's no sign of injury." "Got it." Celeste let out a quiet breath. At least the kid hadn't been hurt, not yet anyway. Once the nurse left, it was just the two of them again-her and this girl named Ella. Celeste asked her a few more basic questions. Ella looked unsure but answered them, one by one. She was only thirteen. Apparently, she'd been dropped at an orphanage in Liray when she was ten. After two years, she wa