Some few minutes after she had left, two other guards came over to my cage and literally dragged me out. I thought I would get to see inside the palace, instead they took me around the castle. I grew apprehensive and I panicked. "where are you taking me?". I asked. They didn't respond and that only made my fear heighten. "will they kill me?". I thought.
They took me round the palace. I could picture myself dangling from a gallow, dead. All thoughts of gallows vanished from my mind when we came to halt in front of a big iron bar gate. Two other hefty guards appeared from the inside and pulled at a chain on each side of the gates internally built. Slowly, the big iron gates opened upwards. Soon after, I was left to the mercy of the bigger guards who wore helmets over their faces and some deadly weapons strapped on each sides of their shoulder but they weren't puting on tops or shirts or suit of armors. No, they had none of that. But they had their pants on.
They led me down the dark tunnel. they used fire lit torches to find their way. The ground was wet and slimy, it was outright disgusting. I could hear rats crawling and splashing some of the dirty water as they went. Soon we walked, one in front, me in the middle and the other, at the back, down a lean walkway. The whole middle was surrounded with water. Then there was a huge clearing with an equally huge wall and two huge pillars. There were chains fastened to each pillar. Immediately I saw this, I gasped. They were going to torture me. " well I asked for this didn't i." I thought gloomily. ".
I struggled but they were just too huge, I couldn't get free no matter how hard I tried. They both led me to the pillar and chained both my hands on either side of the pillar so that I was standing in the middle with my hands, wide apart.
"let me go". I pleaded with them but the mask hid their expressions so I didn't know if they were feeling pity or not. I shook my head." please let me go, I promise I won't tell anyone anything and you'll never see me again... " I was interrupted by a sinister rumble of someone's throat. A throaty laughter. I squinted my eyes, trying to figure out who owned the voice. Out of the darkness, the Duke came out from the opposite end of the obvious dungeon.
"did you think you could possibly escape this.. ", he gestured at the whole building," punishment? ", he asked. I was terrified. That was totally an understatement as to what I felt really. "what are you going to do to me?". I asked. I don't know if what I said was funny or not but he laughed. It certainly wasn't funny. That only made me confused. "what do you think?" he asked. I mean, I know the answer but I won't answer that off course. "okay since you've grown dumb.." he said as he stepped closer, "I'll tell you". He held my chin and tipped it up to stare at him and I won't deny how mesmerizing his eyes were. It sadly, made me forget the situation I was in. In those deep emerald eyes, I thought I saw something but it disappeared as soon as it appeared. Then he dropped my head with force and said, "first we'll torture you and you want to know what it is we'll do to you." he paused and asked a very crazy question. "how old are you?" I was so confused and I answered, "nineteen". He just looked towards one of the big guard who out of no where, had a whip, and nodded.. Immediately I knew.
They were going to wipe my age out of me... I closed my eyes and as soon as the first slash landed on my back, I wondered if I would die at number two.This was worse than any other lash I had ever received.
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Dowager's pride
Ficção HistóricaA woman is left to deal with the horrible past behind her husband and admist all this, she must protect that which is the source of her living. It is a rough ground when dealing with resurfaced revelations.
