Lord’s Personal Servant

"Step forward!" he ordered and Violet didn't hesitate knowing that death would come too easily of she didn't.

Her body trembling, especially her hands when she reached out to take the blade that was handed to her even as she heard the same order she had heard, one that was now directed at her.

"Stab yourself!" 

Violet was terrified and it was the fear that saved her as she found her body slowly moving to obey as she slowly trusted the knife into her hand barely digging through skin.

The silence around her, her heart pounding in her chest, the ringing in her ears coupled with Ravon's eyes which seemed to find a permanent sneer almost like he was asking what exactly she thought she was doing.

Biting down hard on her already bleeding lips, Violet stabbed her hand clean through, tears and snot running down her face as she groaned loudly in pain falling to her knees, vision blurred with tear-filled pain.

"That will be all! The Servants will show you your assigned places!" Ravon's voice echoed across the hall, even as footsteps echoed on the ground as they all bowed to their waist, before trooping out.

"Get up and follow me!" Violet heard him say as she saw him move closer to take a better look at her. With her hand screaming in pain as she pulled the blade out, blood dripping from the wound to the ground, Violet quietly followed behind him, surprised to hear him slowly begin to speak to her.

"Honestly, I'm surprised that you were able to do it. I'm guessing the witch's blood in your veins has something to do with it! Serving Cain with eyes like that will only ensure your death!" 

Violet was mostly out of it until she heard something that stunned her. 'Witch's blood? I'm a normal human!' she thought knowing better than to actually open her mouth to speak.

The walk was long but it wasn't until they came to a complete stop in front of a huge mahogany doors that Violet realized that they might actually have arrived.

The fear having embedded itself in her bones as she felt her entire body tremble from it, not aware of when another servant had stepped forward to bandage her hands before leaving as she stood in front of Ravon with her head bowed as he continued to speak.

"You will serve Lord Cain! Any order he gives must be obeyed! If I'm honest with you, you won't survive. You'll have at most a month! Your salary will be thripled and your body will be sent back to your family in case of accidents!"

The more he spoke the more despair slowly set into Violet's mind as she realized that she would actually have to serve such an erratic person. Ravon's words only terrified her more as she sensed in his tone that he was simply saying the truth and nothing more.

"Watch his moods, that might help!" Ravon continued placing his hands on Violet who felt like a twig that was on the edge of breaking into two as she felt Ravon lean forward to whisper directly in her ears, even as she bent her head even lower almost like she would like to find somewhere to hide.

"…you are to report every single thing that happens to me and above all, you will ensure he takes his medicine on time!" his words soft but laced with threats that Violet didn't need to think a lot about to know it was there.

Feeling Ravon lean back to knock on the door, before pushing it open to step in, Violet mechanically stepping in after him.

The other parts of the house had been luxurious but Violet's eyes couldn't help but widen at the sight of the room in front of her. It was like a completely separate house. The bed could fit at least six people easier with enough space for more. There was a section for a study and books filled a different part of it that made it seem like a real library.

A huge bar with drinks that seemed to have been stocked with every drink Violet had seen in her life and the ones she knew she could never have come across.

Yet beyond that was a door, one she was sure led to another room just as big which was probably the bathroom, her gaze cramping around as she identified two more doors wondering what they contained.

Her mind was still reeling from the opulence when she felt a heavy hit on her cheek one powerful enough to send her to the ground, and painful enough to convince her that one of her tooth had been knocked out.

She howled in pain even as she heard Ravon snap at her with his head bowed as she realized with horror her mistake. She had stood there without kneeling when even Ravon had lowered his head.

"My lord! I can have him broken a little more before I bring him over!" words that brought tears to her eyes and had nothing to do with the pain thrumming through her hand and mouth.

Ravon's words was a promise one that promised nothing but torture of she was to go by what she had seen so far. Worse, if something like that was to happen and they were to find out that she was a woman, she would be killed on the spot and her parents and siblings would meet the same fate in Rexter's hands.

Lowering her head until her forehead was placed on the ground, with her hands beside her head, Violet began to speak. "I swear to serve you to the best of my ability, My lord!" Violet said her body stiffening ss she heard Ravon's feet move ever so slightly in her direction almost like he was prepared to hit her again.