The Barbarians' Lover

Chapter 6

Willow sat there looking at the chains that held her there. If the chains weren't holding her prisoner here she would have already made her escape. But they were and she was trapped here. Away from the boat and her friends. Away from her freedom. Standing in front of her was Thomas. He had been here for hours and hadn't done or said a thing. He just stood there staring. As she has been sitting here staring at the chains.

"I can see that you want them off," Thomas finally spoke.

"What gave it away?" Willow asked, " the fact that I've been glaring at them the entire time you've been here, or all the scratches I have around the cuffs."

He was silent again. His look he was giving her made her feel uncomfortable. His eyes held hunger in them. It made Willow feel like she was his prey, and she did not like it.

"If I knew you'd stay put I would take those off," Thomas said," but because I don't trust you they stay."

"What do I have to do for them to come off?" Willow asked. She was intrigued by his statement. If he trusted her he would take them off.

A smirk crept its way on his face. It made Willow want to gag. He walked closer to her. As he got closer Willow instinctively crawled backward. For every step, he took she moved further back. Cold stonewall pressed against her back making her flinch in pain.

"You stay away from me," Willow snapped, her heart pounding hard against her chest.

"Oh come now darling," Thomas spoke his voice laced with desire," don't you want those chains off?"

"Not anymore," Willow said," now get away from me."

She went to push him away. But as her hands made contact with his chest Thomas grabbed ahold of them and pulled her closer.

"Oh come now," Thomas said," let's just have a little fun."

"No!" Willow screamed trying to push him away from her.

But he was stronger than her. He had been starving her so much lately that she was beginning to see her bones. Her aquatic friends would do their best to bring her food, but a lot of time they couldn't catch anything unless they went out into the ocean. Doing that would mean leaving her alone. And they didn't seem to want to leave her alone.

"All you have to do is be a good little kitty," he said against her neck.

She felt his lips moving all over her neck. She continued to fight his grasp, but that just made him chuckle. He moved his hands from her wrists, taking the chains he moved them above her head and latched them on a hook that she never noticed. With her hands hanging above her head that meant his hands were free to travel over her body. Getting annoyed that Thomas was not taking no for an answer she kicked him. Her foot made contact with his money maker. He moved away from her growling in pain.

"You're going to regret that, bitch," Thomas said.

"What part of get away from me and no do you not get?" Willow asked her voice higher than she would have liked.

"Willow?" Jack-o-lantern called out.

She heard two sets of claws scraping the stone and the two climbed. Thomas stood there confused as to what was climbing the rocks, but he soon found out as two angular people stood in front of him. The two fish people were mad and hissing at Thomas.

"I'm so glad to see you two," Willow said her body sagging in relief.

"You've made friends with these things?" Thomas questioned her.

"Hey these things are my friends and they have names!" Willow snapped.

She noticed that he kept his distance.

"Hey, can one of you get the chain free?" Willow asked.

"Sure," Glow sticks said.

The two made their way over to Willow, but it was Glow sticks that got her free from the wall. He was taller than Jack-o-lantern and the other two.

When she was free she noticed that Thomas was gone. Delighted that today she wasn't going to be beaten or raped Willow sat back on the stone floor.

"Are you okay?" Glow sticks asked.

"Yes, I'm fine now," Willow said.

"Maybe we should stick close," Jack-o-lantern said," just in case he decides to try something like that again."

"You don't have to do that," Willow said.

She felt awful thinking about them sleeping in the cave's water just because of her.

"Why did he seem afraid of you guys?" Willow asked.

"Many creatures are," Glow sticks said," and it's due to us being able to create our own poison."

"You can make your own poison?" Willow asked.

"Yes, it comes in handy when we are hunting," Jack-o-lantern said but then quickly added," but when we get your food we make sure not to poison it."

She gave them a smile showing that she wasn't mad. Glow sticks moved to her back and was checking the wounds. Or at least that's what she thought even though he couldn't see he did this a lot.

"So how does he know if they are healing and not getting an infection?" Willow asked turning to Jack-o-lantern.

"Oh that's simple he can sense body head apparently," Jack-o-lantern said," and because of that he said he can pick up the heat of a infection if there was one."

Willow wasn't sure if she understood any of that but nodded her head. She was just happy to have some friends.

"So do you know how long it will be until the others get back?" Willow asked.

Neither one answered her question. Looking between the two she could tell by the looks on their faces that they didn't know. Something warm and wet trailed down her face. Moving her hand to wipe at it she noticed that she was crying. She was losing hope.