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Lydia's POV

"Brat, still asleep? Aww you must be pretty tuckered out", Calenfield snorted. Once I opened my eyes, I felt like my head was being pounded or it had a heartbeat. I squinted and whined in pains. Calenfield did no other thing but laugh. He's so mean.

"I'm not the one with the debt, please spare me", I started to sob once again, my head was so heavy and I just wanted to lie down because my hands were tired. 'So this is how torture feels', I was so weak and hungry.

Calenfield stared at me with a frown for a while. My tummy made a rumbling sound due to my hunger and he chuckled to him self.

" So you're hungry huh", he picked up his little knife again and strolled down to me, he traced the knife down from my neck down to my stomach just before he let out a hissing noise.

"You sure you're 16? You're way too endowed" he had a perverted grin while staring at my chest. He's just like my father.

He took away his gaze and laughed histerically

" Your father worked for me when you were little, he was one of my finest men and always performed his duties with perfection, he eliminated most of my worst enemies, i paid him well, i fed him, i did a lot for him"

He smiled while telling me his little story but then turned to look at me in anger and put his knife on my neck.

I held my breath as much as I could because I was scared I'd get cut if I breathe, he put the knife deeper so it can cut my skin, it cut me but not to deep.

I screamed out in pain while holding my back my neck away from the knife.

" He chose to steal from me little one, that's why you're paying for his sins now, you wouldn't really be paying this much if you hadn't spit on my face little brat", he said before spitting on my face.

The saliva was thick and smelly, I flinched at his disgusting gesture and spat back at him.

" You're just a monster, please just kill me if you know you won't give me any food to eat devil", I gained so much courage and i honestly was ready for any attack he had to bring. He could use that knife to stab me for all I care, as far as I was going to meet my mother, I was happier that way.

" I'm gonna ki...",  his words were cut short by one of his servants, I was surprised to see how neatly dressed his servant was. The servant whispered into his ears and his eyes widened in disbelief.

" Beat her up some more before I get back" Calenfield ordered his men once again before walking out nervously with his servant in a hurry.

" Hey, give me some water or food, you guys are so mean, and please clean off this saliva from my face, it's disgusting", I was so tired of their nonsense and all I had in mind was that they'd kill me sooner or later, so there was no point of crying anymore.

" I actually think we should give her some water, she looks beat", one of the men said and picked up the glass Calenfield was supposed to drink from.

He poured the water on my face and they both burst into laughter. Atleast that solves the saliva problem but what about my thirst and hunger.

They soon got to work and started beating me up again, I coughed blood a few times, my eyes were starting to roll to the back, I couldn't feel my body anymore, i felt paralysed, my clothes were torn from every corner by the whips.

One of Calenfield's men picked up a shovel that was on the ground, they were both laughing and mumbling words I couldn't hear, I was going deaf and also going blind. My vision and hearing were fading away. He raised up the shovel ready to hit me with it but the next thing I saw was a tall man wearing black and blood spills. I couldn't keep  my eyes open much longer which led to me losing consciousness once again but the last thing I saw was the man's hand in the chest of Calenfield's man holding out his heart.

What a disturbing site.

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" She's awake", I heard a woman's sad voice followed by a stroke in my hair reminding me of my mother. I opened my eyes briefly and found my self in a beautifully decorated room with dimly lit candles and incense sticks with a very beautiful smell.

"Oh my goodness, gorgeous girl, what have they done to you, you look pale, hungry and sick", she was sobbing lightly while stroking my hair and cleaning my forehead with a wet napkin. The bed was so soft it didn't feel like the one in my home at all, it felt nice.

"But where's Calenfield", I was so weak that barely any word could fall out of my mouth. Even talking hurt badly.

Her eyes widened after I said his name and she started sobbing more.

"Calenfield? That evil monster? He was the one who did all this to you? I heard he has killed a lot of innocent people, most of them have their eyes plucked and hearts stabbed, some even get thrown into the bushes for the hungry wolves, Oh thank goodness master saved you", she adjusted the blanket on my body while still sobbing and ran out of the room.

Why is she crying? Who is master? Who brought me here? I'm so hungry.

Good was the major thing on my mind at that moment.

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"Lydia you're scared of me right? No need to lie to me, you deserve a less evil man who wouldn't hurt you like i always do"

He said with his raven black hair that looked like stars were having an occassion on it and his beautifully built body, he was backing me so I couldn't see his face but I could see his claws.

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This dream again, who's this man, he's so handsome but scary at the same time and why did he sound so sad and comforting at the same time.

" I'm here with food child, please eat up beautiful princess, I may not be your mother but I'll care for you for as long as you're here as ordered by the master", the woman was dressed in some sort of maid dress, she was a maid in this house, this doesn't even feel like a house, it feels like a mansion.

" The master, who's this master you speak off ma'am?" I wasn't interested in food anymore, I just wanted to know who master was. Definitely not Calenfield because he could never be this nice, he's just a disgusting old man.

" You'll see for yourself child, please just eat up so the master doesn't get angry with me. And please do not address me as ma'am, my name is Karen, only the queen shall be addressed as ma'am and she's on a trip for now"

" Thank you Karen" I smiled slightly because of the pain in my jaw. It was really hard chewing anything because of all the pain I felt.

"When you're done eaten, I'll give you a very good and warm bath with roses to heal your wounds in no time my dear"

I nodded slightly with a faint smile. Who's this master?

Soon after I was done eating, she guided and helped me to the bathroom, she took my clothes off carefully and helped me into the tub filled me rose petals, it felt so comforting, she scrubbed my hair gently and i whined in pain.

She apologized and checked the back of my head to see how bad the injury was.

She scrubbed my body gently, I felt like a princess being taken care of by her personal maid or something and also like a baby being cared for by her mother.

The thought of my mother made me burst into tears once again.

" Oh no child, are you in pains, what's wrong? Did I hurt you? I'm sorry, please don't make me cry too", she also started to sob as she questioned me with her trembling hands. She really was the sad type, she cried at any little thing.

" No Karen, my mum died some days ago and I just miss her, I wish I could see her again. Actually I was hoping Calenfield would just kill me so I could see her" she was still scrubbing my body lightly and rinsing off the wounds on my back.

" Ohhh my beautiful girl, please don't say that, I'm sure she's relieved seeing you're safe now, I could stand in as your mother for you, where's your father". The thought of my father made me feel worse.

" Please let's not talk about him, he's a hopeless drunk who owed a lot to Calenfield and he sold me to him, not only that, he raped me a night before selling me", I said in tears due to the pain both from the emotional and physical wounds.

She knelt in front of me and held my cheeks with tears welled up in her eyes before pulling me in for a short hug. I felt so relieved when I hugged her back.

" You're safe now love", she pulled away from the hug and rinsed me my body with more rose water.

She took good care of my wounds and massaged me with some rose oil, which felt really soothing. After preparing me for bed, she closed all the windows and turned off some candles to leave the room dimly lit. I thanked her as she closed the door behind her.

The air smelt really different here and I loved it.

'Where is this land', I thought to my self just before I dozed off into a comfortable sleep, the best sleep I've had in days.

" Thanks master", I mumbled subconsciously when I felt a hand stroking my hair.

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Hey guys, hope you've enjoyed the book so far, thanks for reading, I love you😘

Y'all actually thought that old ugly Calenfield was going to be her master? Well bummer, he's not😂😂