Ranch
Therese, Elena and Janine stood together along with another ten brand new slaves. The long line of slaves heading out of town that included Penny and Zoe had long gone. They clustered around, talking quietly, waiting for whatever would come next. Eventually they were herded to a new area that had a couple of open wagons. Several men who looked a little like ranch hands pushed and prodded the new slaves into some sort of position. Therese, Elena and Janine, because they had been standing together, were herded to the front of a cart along with a couple of other slaves. Harnesses were quickly hooked up to their body harnesses. Therese looked at Elena in horror. "Are we going to be pulling that thing behind us?" she said, indicating the heavy wooden wagon they were now attached to. Janine looked back with wide eyes. Some of the slaves were being moved into the wagon. Two other slaves were added to the front to help pull, for a total of five. "We are supposed to haul the oth