"I swear to all the bloody gods Marei..."
Marei shot her head up to see a tall black woman standing over her, looking down with a stern look on her face.
"Chataya... I was just... I swear I've been working..." Marei stuttered.
"How many?"
Marei bit her lip, "nine."
The stern look on her bosses face grew sharper and angrier.
"Nine?" she repeated, "Dancy has been through sixteen, Jayde eighteen and my baby girl Alayaya has been through nineteen."
Marei lowered her gaze to her bare feet, "I'm sorry..." she started, but couldn't find the right words.
"If you can't do your job right, you'll have to find a new one... we can't afford to have women slacking off! This is the finest brothel in the busiest city in Westeros, and I'm not sure you belong here."
Marei's eyes filled with tears. Chataya had never been so cruel and blunt before.
"Please... I'll do better," her voice shook, "this is my home."
Chataya let out a sigh through her nose, her nostrils flared.
"I'll give you one last chance Marei... and when I say one, I mean it. If I catch you reading your darn books again or skiving off your work, I'll have you thrown out to live on the Street of Silk!"
She stormed off. When Chataya had disappeared from view, Marei wiped her the tears off her cheeks, took a deep shaky breath and closed her vibrant green eyes.
"Hey, you okay?"
She opened her eyes. At first she thought it was Chataya standing in-front of her again, but after a couple of seconds, her eyes adjusted and she looked into Alayaya's concerned looking face.
"Yeah," she croaked, "I'm alright."
"Is it mother? Has she been harsh on you?"
Marei paused and considered her.
"Yeah," she whispered, "but I'm fine, I just gotta focus."
"She don't mean no harm y'know. You mean a lot to her. You all do." Alayaya smiled sweetly at Marei.
"Thanks Alayaya," said Marei, completely genuine.
And with that, Marei collected her books, headed to her private quarters and tucked them beneath a loose floorboard under her bed, not to be touched.
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Episode one: A Cold Whisper {Game of Thrones} (COMPLETED)
FanfictionMarei struggles with life in the brothel, it's not for her and she is ready now to decide what to do with her insignificant life, and she has much bigger plans than whoring. Beck's life was turned upside down because of somebody else's mistake. An a...
