Hope shuddered at the sound of crop hitting flesh. She wanted to shout at the man who had used to crop on the young girl, like some other slaves where doing, but his words had some truth in them. Better to try to calm down and hope that the one who would buy her would be one of the tamer ones. She swallowed and tried to calm herself. If she could lure the her buyer to think that she was already broken she could escape easier. She was sure of it.<br/><br/>Still the fact that they were being sold like cattle made her want to vomit.