Accomplice
ESMERALDA
The physical exertion of the day left me exhausted and I quickly fell asleep. The life of a harem slave was, for the most part, a life of luxury and indolence. All the menial labor was done by less valuable slaves. It may have been the first time in my life since I was a child that I was made to work that hard for that long. Even the most strenuous bedroom activities, my usual form of exercise, rarely required more than a few minutes of effort a day.
I woke up what felt like a short time later. I laid still in bed and listened for a while, trying to find the reason for my waking up, when I realized that the ceiling was creaking in an unusually regular and loud pattern. I pointed my ears up and strained to listen, only to hear loud breathing and soft moans, and realized that master Jacob was using Vivian, and that their bedroom was directly above mine. It seemed they were trying to be quiet, but they weren't quiet enough.