One day Fearful is weeding in Prince Iniquity's gardens but cannot concentrate on her work. She is mourning her mother's death. She is also trying to understand why her father ran away from the Land of Enslavement to serve King Holy One in the Land of Promise. If King Holy One is so loving, why did He allow her mother to be killed by Prince Iniquity? Fearful may be inexperienced, but she knows that is not kindness! For this reason, she feels deeply alone. She is grateful for the presence of her friends, and the care of an adopted granny. Yet, they are just as broken and trapped as she is. She is unaware that everything she knows is about to be thrown into upheaval. The Overseer suddenly calls her out of the gardens for she has been summoned to Prince Iniquity's courtroom. Trembling with terror, she runs to the castle where she is presented with a mind-boggling opportunity. Prince Anointed One, son of King Holy One, requests that she travel with Him to the Land of Promise to decide if she would want to serve King Holy One. A slave being allowed to choose whom she will serve? What a bizarre concept! Yet, Prince Anointed One insists that is the law of the universe. So, with much trepidation, Fearful sets out with Prince Anointed One through the desert. In this desert, she is tormented by anxieties about Prince Iniquity's cruelty. He is known to take sadistic pleasure in torturing slaves. She also discovers Prince Anointed One is nothing like she had imagined. She wonders if His kindness is a fa