Chapter 3.

The sun is brighter.

Ana took Eva to a big house where she left her horse in the stable and told her: I don't know what your situation is, but I hope you understand that being here you will not have a good reputation for being my sister, then Eva told her I don't know what you mean because there is nothing wrong with being your sister, but Ana told her: I am a whore, this place where you are today, is where I work, the houses where forgotten and educated women sell their services and the big house has rules which are:

Always loyal, never traitors.

Never fall in love with a client.

Respect each other.

Always help each other when the situation warrants it.

Act quickly if you see that an injustice is being committed against an innocent.

Take care of and teach children during the day.

Remember our place in society.

Regardless, if a woman or a couple is fleeing or escaping from somewhere, provide them with a roof over their heads and bread to live on until they can be free and continue on their way.

Every newcomer to the manor house must be welcomed by one of us as a member of their family.

Once a family, always a family, no matter where you are.

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Do you understand the rules? She answered: I understand the situation, now I understand why you helped me and I am so grateful for it sister, then Ana asked her: What is your name? And she answered: My name is Eva, that is my name and the child is called Cipriano, but I prefer to call him Nari… Ana told her: You see Eva, now that you are my sister you cannot be called Eva, you have to have another name and if no one knows what you call the child, then he will be called Nari in this place, and I almost forgot, my name is Ana.

After a while, Ana had placed Eva in a medium-sized room that had a wooden door and was locked from the inside of the room with an iron nail, but it had very nice windows that looked out onto a lagoon, looking at the clay bed and the wool blankets, she could notice that the air was not tense despite being a place of high sexual tension in which she was living from now on…which was already incredibly calm, to the point that she lay down on the bed, hugged the sleeping child and in just a blink of an eye she was exhausted. Ana, who was coming in, upon seeing her sleeping, sighed and said I don't know where you come from, but it seems that this is the first time in a long time that you can sleep peacefully; then she put winter pillows around the edges of the bed where Eva was lying, to prevent the child from falling at some point during the night, and before leaving she put a kerosene lamp on the floor that would light them that night, then she carefully closed the door, went to the kitchen and said to one of the oldest madams called Lucero: my sister has come from very far away with a newborn and a horse and they are fast asleep in the medium room facing the lagoon and since the trip was long and tiring, she is exhausted, and by the way, she does not sell love like we do. Then Lucero told her: I understand the situation...and if she is your sister, she is my granddaughter and if she is my granddaughter, the newborn is my favorite, so go get ready, because in a few hours the clients will start arriving, I will not let anyone near that room...in the morning when breakfast is prepared for everyone, we will formally introduce ourselves.

Ana felt relieved and went to get ready, putting on perfume and makeup and, like everyone else, stretching the fabric on her clothes that made her look more desirable, while Lucero heated up some chicken soup that was left over from lunch and accompanied it with a jar of orange juice and sweet rolls that the baker always brought them every morning, then went to the room with the lagoon, knocked on the door and when she heard no answer, she entered, and once inside, she closed the door and was safe because the customers were starting to arrive, as their voices and the music were starting to play, so sitting on one of the wooden chairs that were in the room, she realized that the boy was awake playing with his mother's hair, both were like a painting, her beauty was magnificent, her youth and the red on her lips implied that she came from a very high status, but her hair was like that of a fury, which made her remember that there were three goddesses of vengeance that punished the men for crimes against the natural order. They were particularly concerned with murder, unfilial conduct, offenses against the gods and perjury, but they could not only be called Furies but also Erinyes; and according to what was vaguely known, they had a Super Strength far superior to that of a mortal.

The secretion of smoke; The ability to produce smoke, capable of killing… If inhaled by a good witch, the witch will become a Fury: Immunity, The Furies were immune to the powers of the

s witches.

And Lucero had long been able to recognize through the beauty of a person if he or she came from a magical lineage or perhaps his or her destiny was to encounter magic and the supernatural. The child smiled and laughed with the old woman and she told him: you have your mother's face, your hair is white and your eyes are precious jewels, you are definitely divinity in person, she had never seen an infant as precious as a diamond.

When Eva woke up in the middle of the night, the first thing she noticed was that Nari wasn’t by her side and she got up in a hurry to see an older woman holding her son and playing with his little fingers, then she cleared her throat a little to make her presence known, so Lucero told her: wow, you finally woke up, it must have been such an exhausting trip to sleep like that… Eva told her that she had been planning to escape for a long time, I guess it’s never too late to do it, to which Lucero confirmed that it was like that and said: I don’t recommend you go out, it’s still night, the musicians are playing and the rooms are full, there are men wandering around near the area, so as not to waste the moment when a room becomes free; Eva understood the situation, sighed and took the child in her arms to begin breastfeeding him. Lucero then told her: I hope you don't mind me being here, today I've prepared some soup with sweet rolls and a jar of orange juice so you can eat well, girl. Eva thanked her for the food and with her free hand she bit into some bread and dipped it in the soup that was still warm from being next to the kerosene lamp. All this while Lucero sat next to her and noticed that the child on her chest was falling asleep, so she told her: leave him in the middle of the bed so you can eat better since he's completely asleep... Eva, realizing this, did as she said, put the child to bed, adjusted her clothes and then came back and was able to eat freely. Suddenly, Lucero asked her name. Eva thought quickly and said, my name is Luna. Lucero asked, is that your real name or the name you're adopting to be here? Eva answered saying: from now on it's my real name because I'm not going to remember my old self anymore, since then I'd be longing to return to the place from which it cost me so much to escape. Lucero gave her a smile and said, “Well, beautiful Luna, the night is young, I guess it’s not the same to stay up late with this body of mine that is already worn out and on the way out, than to do it with the marvelous monument that you have as a body, therefore, I hope it doesn’t bother you, but I’m going to take the same route as the baby and I’m going to sleep too.”

Eva soon realized that the old woman was about to fall asleep and asked her what her name was and the latter answered, “My name is Lucero.”

The night passed peacefully and the morning welcomed them with the rays of the sun coming through the window, the two women completely asleep and the baby completely awake and playing…