Madam Lockton is Isabel’s owner, who is harsh and punishes her severely.

Isabel’s friend or now ex friend

Curzon, is slave fighting for the Patriot cause, who has been captured and imprisoned by the British.

Isabel is even shown willing to switch sides to gain her freedom.

Isabel's coping mechanisms are developed and hammered increasingly after being both branded and lost without her sister. Isabel uses the image of bees as a way of straying away with the stress of being both enslaved and alone.

During her spiral, a large fire strikes, this fire kills thirteen soldiers.

Isabel has been working for the Locktons for some time, and her situation has only gotten worse since she learned that her sister Ruth was sold.

The Lockton household, where Isabel is punished.

And lastly Lady Seymour’s home, where she is cared for after being branded.

yet kind, and Lady Seymour provides food and comfort for Isabel, who must work very hard to care for the Hessians and British soldiers.

Madam Lockton wants to assert her power over Isabel and make sure she knows her place as an enslaved person.

The branding is meant to be a permanent mark of humiliation, showing that Isabel has no control over her own life.

However, instead of breaking Isabel’s spirit, the branding strengthens her determination to fight for her freedom.

The event also highlights the cruelty of slavery and how enslaved people were treated as property rather than human beings.

The event of the fire, however, takes place at Lady Seymour's house. Isabel is awoken to the brightness of the flames, and that is when she is made aware of the raging flames outside.