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🖤 Cleansing || Ash Landers x Reader (1/2) 🖤

"There she is. The impure one."

"Why do you think lady Angela is keeping her here? So vile! If I were her, I would have thrown (Y/n) out long ago. Classifying her a heathen at the very least."

"She may as well be a prostitute."

Keeping your head on the ground, you attempted to ignore the comments. If only they knew. You were never a prostitute! How dare they think that!

But there was no way you would correct them - you never fought back. Not once. It would only damper your reputation even more. They would think of you as even lower - if that was at all possible. But there was one thing that was certain. You weren't a prostitute.

In fact, you never did anything more than once.

It was one time.

Your first time.

Your last time!

Your only time!

Once with your ex boyfriend.

It was a thing of the past, no longer did it matter. But then again, why were you here? Some of your village people forced you here, ordering for you to be 'cleansed'.

Oh yeah! How could you forget? Just a small little detail.

A fair skinned maiden walked into the room. "Lady Angela is beginning the initiation ceremony. Please get ready and meet in the heart."

With those words, the remaining people scrambled out of the room. Begrudgingly, you followed.

"Stupid system. Stupid royals. Stupid villagers." You continued to mumble all the way to the 'heart.'

Taking a seat in the back row, you attempted to make yourself comfortable. At least as comfortable as you could get on the cold wooden benches. It was awful.

You just wanted to go home. Was that too much to ask for?

Sitting up taller, you watched as Angela walked onto the stage calling four names.

Not one of them was yours.

Confused, you chose to sit quietly. Maybe they did this in groups.

That had to be it.

After all, you were meant to be 'cleansed'.

Still....it didn't make sense.

Pained screams reached your ears during the ceremony. The four people who had been called had long passed out on the floor. You sat, frozen to your seat in absolute terror. If that was cleansing, you would have rather been dirty! It was awful! A complete break of the human mind!

All in favour of staying dirty? You!

By the time Angela had finished with the four, no other names were called. "You are all dismissed. Please take care of our newest members."

Angela spun around, but before leaving she called out one last thing, "(Y/n), please come up into my personal chambers at six pm sharp."

After giving her final order, she strolled out of the room. Sighing, you placed your head in your arms. So you didn't 'escape' after all.

And with the way your luck was going, there was no way that you would be getting off easy.

(Timeskip)

Shakily, you raised your hand to knock on the large wooden door in front of you. The sound from your one knock echoed through the vacant hallway.

A minute had passed, and there was no answer to your knock. Deciding that something must have been holding Angela up, you turned around.