After a while I fell asleep, with Kin soothingly running his finger through my hair and I curled up next to Kin's warm body like a kitten. I normally hated my hair being touched after all when Yokai did it, it was to humiliate me and make me feel like I was just some kind of toy for Yokai to do whatever he wants with but when Kin did it, it was more gentle. When Kin stroked my hair it was calming and peaceful, it was a totally different feeling than when Yokai did it. It just showed that it wasn't like I disliked my hair being touched, it was that I disliked Yokai touching it, anyone else and it was fine... Maybe dislike was an understatement it was more like hate. Just like how I hated being here.
I awoke when I felt a movement on the bed and I slowly sat up, at first I was alarmed because I thought Yokai had gotten into bed with me but when I saw Kin I relaxed. I looked out of the widow and I noticed that the sun was raising; Kin should've left hours ago.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to wake you up. You look so peaceful when you sleep, so relaxed. You really are beautiful you know..." Kin said quietly.
I blushed again but decided to ignore his comment even though it make me feel a little happier. "You should've left ages ago, idiot!"
"Hey! I'm no idiot!" Kin said with a smile which I found rather strange; why would someone smile after being call an idiot?
I sighed and rubbed my eyes with my thumb and pointer finger on my left hand due to my right being broken. "The guards will be switching posts so that means more walking about as they have to get to or from their posts and you can't stay here until after the switch. You're more likely to get caught and I can tell you didn't get much sleep from the bags under your eyes. If your tired you'll be unnecessary risking you life!"
"Oh don't worry that'll all just make it more of a challenge. And yeah I got no sleep, you were too cute, I couldn't take my eyes off of you and besides I had to keep you safe!"
I sighed again. "Did I really entrust my freedom and my village to you?"
"Yep! Don't worry, you will be free. I'll take a quick power nap once I'm back at base and then start gathering supplies. I'll come back tonight ok, Angelus?"
I sighed yet again and nodded "be careful, idiot."
Kin laughed lightly and walked out the room, leaving me alone again but now I felt much better, I was still in pain and I was still sick but at least I knew that someone cared. I now felt that Kin really did have a chance, I should trust my vision more...
I got out of bed, put on some clothes and limped to the main room again. I noticed a patch of my blood on the floor from the beating, it was a bigger pool than I thought there would have been and near it I saw another note.
I picked it up and read it "whenever you get your lazy ass out of bed, you WILL clean this up, it is your mess after all!"
I sighed, I guess I have no choice, I limped to the bathroom and got some water and a cloth and began to clean quickly. I was scared that if it wasn't cleaned by the time someone came I'd get hurt again. It wasn't a very pleasant task; having to clean up your own blood especially since there was so much but I didn't have a choice. The sight and smell of my own, now dried blood only made me feel sicker.
Once it was all cleaned, I put back the bucket and cloth and lay on the floor in the main room. I felt too sick and too sore to read but if I went back to bed, I'd really get it...
Yokai came into my room in the afternoon around lunch, the thought of lunch make me hungry, however, I knew I wouldn't be fed again for weeks and the stew yesterday wasn't very much...
Yokai walked over and stood above me, I knew that I should sit up and bow to him but I was hurting and I was really starting to feel worse in the way of health. Yokai lifted his leg and put his foot on my stomach and started to apply pressure. I weakly cried out in pain but he only stood on me harder. I tried to push his foot off but he didn't move it.
Eventually he removed his foot and I coughed. "Why are you not bowing!?" Yokai spoke loudly in his domineering voice.
"I-I'm sorry, Master! But I can't, I cant move... I'm in so much pain and-"
"It's your own damn fault, you stupid slut! If you didn't disobey me you wouldn't be in this pain!" he kicked me in the side, hard and I coughed again this time I coughed up a little blood...
"Please! I don't feel well!" I pleaded though it probably wouldn't do me much good.
"Excuses, excuses! You are getting cocky, you are disobeying me too much recently and I do not like it! Now get up, I should start training you better!" He didn't give me a chance to do anything. He pulled me up and forced me to stand, I wobbled but somehow managed to stay upright. Yokai grabbed me by my wings and pulled, hard and I yelled in pain, my wings were really sensitive it felt nice when touched gently but it really, really hurt when handled roughly like Yokai was doing.
When he stopped pulling on them I fell to my knees and bent down in pain. "That's better, now you're bowing down to me like you should!"
I groaned, I was in pain but more than the pain I was beginning to feel even sicker, I wouldn't be surprised if my face was green. Yokai was talking but I couldn't concentrate on what he was saying... I felt like I needed to through up but if I left to go to the bathroom I'd be beaten but at the same time if I vomited in front of Yokai I'd be beaten. All I could do was hold it in and hope for the best.
However I couldn't keep it in and I suddenly through up on the ground while choking. I noticed that I had also thrown up blood... Yokai was clearly disgusted and he voiced it. "Eww! Fucking gross!" He pulled me up and slapped me, it wasn't the hardest hit but I was weak and I passed out...
I awoke in a room I had not been in before. I was in a bed in a white room and when I looked around I saw other beds a few had injured men in them; I was in the infirmary. There was one man sleeping but the other three were awake and staring at me, whispering to each other.
I tried to sit up but I felt something pull me by the neck. I reached up and touched the collar and felt around to the back where I noticed that there was a chain, I followed the chain with my hand and found that it was attached to the bed, both sides were locked with a thick, heavy pad lock. It was long enough for me to turn my head but not long enough to allow any more movement. It was probably there to keep me from getting away, not like I could in my current condition.
I was still feeling really sick, the pain wasn't as bad but I was still hurting. My illness was far worse however, I still felt like I was going to vomit and I felt dizzy. I groaned and closed my eyes again.
That was when I heard a soft voice "good you're awake, you were only out for half an hour so you should probably sleep more. How do you feel?"
I opened my eyes to see a fairly short man dressed in white robes, I recognised him as a Healer and by the quality of his clothes I could tell he was the Head Healer. He seemed to be gentle and kind which caused me to relax slightly but I knew that I was still in the castle and therefore I was not safe. Yokai clearly brought me here so this Healer was working for him and could not be trusted even if he was forced to work for Yokai.
"I feel awful," I said, my voice hoarse, "My head hurts, I feel dizzy, my stomach, throat and chest hurts and I think I might puke..."
The Healer nodded and handed me a glass of cloudy water. "Here drink this, it'll make you feel better, even though it will taste gross. I'll make sure His Highness, Prince Yokai gives you this medicine until you feel better, I'll also advise him not to beat you and to give you plenty of good food. You'll have to go back to your own room, unfortunately, other people have to sleep and your being here distracts them, I would like to keep you here but..."
"It's ok, I understand. I'd honestly rather be alone anyway," I said as I took the medicine, I pulled my head up as far as I could and drank it all at once. It really did taste gross but I managed to swallow it, it wasn't nearly as bad as some of the food I had been given in the past. The Healer then gave me a clean glass of water and I drank that as well before I asked; "What is wrong with me?"
"Well, during the beating you received yesterday it appears you broke a rip, it probably moved while you slept or when you were beaten this morning. It punctured your lung causing you to cough up blood. The illness you have was most likely caused by you being so malnourished and having been given rotten food. I believe you have some kind of food poising. I will have to check on you daily, to make sure you are recovering. The Prince doesn't want you dead, as I'm sure you know. I have used healing magic on you so your broken bones and lungs have been healed, I am not allowed to heal any cuts because His Highness wants them to scar." The Healer looked at me with sympathy and smiled slightly. "I'll go get the guards to bring you back to your room, where you should sleep."
With that he left and came back with two guards who unlocked the chain and pulled me up before they tightly handcuffed my hands behind my back and attached a longer chain to the collar. They then began to drag me back to my room. I heard the other men who had been staring at me complain and they made comments like "aww don't take it away!" and "hey can't it give us a show! Strip it naked!" and other more perverted comments all referring to me as an "it." It was like I wasn't even human, like I really was just Yokai's play thing.
The guards walked fast as they dragged me along, I could hardly stand and they expected me to walk at their pace, I tried to fly once but as soon as my feet were off the ground I was pulled down and hit the floor, hard. I walked the rest of the way. Maybe it wasn't such a bad thing, my back and wings still hurt from Yokai pulling at them, I probably pulled a muscle or something and I knew that if that was the case, I probably shouldn't fly for a while...
Once I was back in my room and had the chains removed, I slowly walked to the bathroom where I through up again. I then took the Healer's advise and went to bed.
I was awakened not long after by Yokai who jumped onto the bed and lay on top of me, he kept his face a good distance from mine, which was good but he made sure his lower regions were pressed against mine, which made me feel disgusting.
Yokai slapped me in the face and said "how dare you get sick!" Like it was my fault that I was ill, if anyone was to blame it was Yokai for giving me rotten food and breaking my rib.
I turned my head to the side so I didn't have to look at him and muttered an apology, not wanting to anger him further, "I'm sorry, Master,"
Yokai grabbed me by the chin and forced me to look at him. "If you think this will change anything, you are mistaken! You will still tell me about your visions! You are still mine! I will not beat you too much until you are better so that you don't die and maybe, maybe you'll get better food but you will still be in my bed once you are eighteen." He stopped talking to laugh madly before be continued, "it's not long now, I hope that you will have warmed up to the idea by then. You know it'll happen whether you want it or not so you might as well enjoy it!"
I wanted to spit on him or slap him but I knew better and just lay there and tired to think positively 'Kin WILL save me, Yokai WON'T rape me, Kin WILL save me!" I closed my eye and felt tears begin to fall. I was still scared, still afraid that Kin could die in vein but I wanted to believe he would save me even if in the end he couldn't... 'Kin WILL save me!'
Comments (0)
See all