Chapter 8 Whips

Selene

I could not remember the last time I had a good sleep. I have not had a good sleep since the day I lost my mother and coven. My sister went missing and I literally lost everything. I had not even closed my eyes to sleep.

I had been potting, doing spells and since I finally got what I wanted, the moment I walked into the small room that I was to stay in, I slumped on the bed. The room was quite comfortable and better than what I expected since we were slaves. The bed was not too big but okay to sleep on. The moment I removed the fucking collar from my neck, I dozed off.

Cold water suddenly splashed on my body and I could feel the coldness even in my skin. It felt like I had been shocked with electricity and I yelled as I suddenly sprang up from the bed with a horrified look on my face. I suddenly became on high alert, ready to see the person who had poured water on me.

“Get your stupid self out of the bed!!” It was Ravenna. Her voice was harsh and I finally saw her. She was holding a pail. “Do you think that this place is an inn and you can sleep as long as you can? Get the fuck up right now?” She hissed and I felt anger course through my veins.

“I was sleeping!!” I suddenly yelled at her. “You could have tapped me to wake me up. How dare you pour water on me?” I asked angrily and I was just a step away from uttering a spell to fry her brain. My whole body was wet and the bed was not even left out.

“And how dare you talk to me in that manner? Have you forgotten your place as a slave? I could punish you for it.”

“Don't forget that you are a maid too. A fuckimg worker!!” I fired at her and then I stood up angrily from the bed. “You just poured water on me and–” I did not even get to finish when she dragged me by my hair.

“How dare you talk to me in that manner?” She tugged on my hair, pulling on it very tightly, but I clenched my jaw and refused to show any pain or even scream in pain.

“You are a worthless slave and I will treat you as you. Once I'm done with you, you will learn your manners.” She swore and she began to drag me out of my room. I followed her, enduring the pains that I felt and j still did not show pain.

Not when we finally got outside and she threw me to the ground. I scratched my skin in the process but I still held a hard look on my face. “You act as if you are possessed. Slave 1, get me my whip!!!” She yelled at the top of her voice.

“Did slave 3 not tell you that you are supposed to wake up by 6? What gives you the right to sleep until 7?” So that is the reason for her stupid actions towards me. Because I overslept.

“She did not tell me. And since it's my first day, you should have used your brain to know that. Instead, you just went ahead to pour water on me.” I said straight to her face and Ravenna’s face darkened in anger.

“How dare you?” She charged at me and then slapped me on my face. “How dare you talk to me in that manner? Do you know who I fuckimg am? I will deal with you so badly.” She swore but I was not scared for her.

“I know that you are Ravenna. And you are just a common maid. A low-ranked werewolf. The head maid. You are just like me and we work under the royals. I do not serve you.” I drew out word-for-word for her.

When Mira was telling me about the place, she did not mention that Ravenna had the power to punish me. Ravenna was the one whose daughter’s fingers all got caught off because she tried seducing Dain. I was not fucking scared of Ravenna and I just wanted to kill her!!

“Fool!!” she slapped me again and Slave 1 returned with a whip. It was a male. Ravenna quickly collected the whip from him and the next second, it was coming down on me. She did not wait any longer and just unleashed her anger on me.

It landed right in my back and I could feel it melt into my skin. Hell, I saw stars. The fact that my body was wet made it even worse. “I will kill you!!" Ravenna was so enraged and she just kept hitting me. Each whip is harder than the last.

I did not cry, I did not plead with her, and just remained sitting on the ground, the coppery smell of blood already filling the air. “Stupid slave!!” She had a confused look on her face because I was not crying or begging. I just continued taking the whips.

The truth was that it hurt like hell but I was not going to show any weakness. “You are a slave, remember that.” She took a step backward and she was literally breathless.

“You’re not crying. You did not beg? How strong-headed are you exactly?” she muttered, her voice soft due to shock and confusion. “Now I’m convinced that you really are possessed and I’m going to beat that demon out of you. You have 10 minutes to bathe your stinky self and come straight to your post. And wear your collar!” She passed the whip to slave 1 who was also confused about how I never cried.

I did not acknowledge Ravenna’s words and it was not until she walked away that I forced and dragged myself to stand. It hurt. It burned so much. It felt like I had been placed on fire.