Black Rose

Wolf in Sheep's Clothing

Alice blinks awake as the door to the room open and a stream of light shines into the room. Bru stares at her naked form, huddled on the floor, and throws some clothes to her. "Get those and go clean yourself up. You have 30 minutes." he says before leaving, leaving the door open. Alice slowly gets up and takes the clothes, using them to shield her body as she walks out the room. The light hits her eyes painfully and she shuts them against the assault, waiting until the pain is less before looking around. She walks down the hallway, going to the door at the end of the hallway and enters it. Before she can lock the door, Syl walks in, pushing her towards the bathtub. "Hurry up and get yourself cleaned up, we don't have all day." he says shortly.

Alice takes a breath before getting inside the bathtub, turning on the shower and letting the hot water run, before placing her clothes on the closed toilet seat. After that, she enters the bath and let's the water come out from the shower head, then starts to wash herself up. Five minutes later, she gets out and puts lotion on before getting dressed in the light green sundress that was given to her. Syl grabs her by the arm and takes her out to the living room, sitting her roughly on the couch and pointing at her. "Stay here and don't move. If you do, you'll be severely punished. Understand?" he says. Alice nods and then stares at  her feet, not looking at him. Syl walks away and into another room.

A few minutes later, Bru comes inside the cabin with a person following after him. "Listen, the only reason why you're here is to show her how to behave. You are not to try and escape; just because you graduated doesn't mean you can't be punished. Now you will show her what to do when she meets your master and you will show her how she is to act. Am I understood?" he says, leading the person into the small living room. "Yes sir." a soft voice comes. Alice doesn't look up when they enter, keeping her eyes glued to the floor. The person moves around the furniture of the living room and stops a few feet away from Alice. Bru leaves ,after watching for a while, going to go and meet his partner. The person stands in front of Alice, shifting out of nervousness, before finally speaking.

"U-um. H-hi. I'm here to teach you what you're supposed to do when you meet Master." the person says. Alice looks up and stares at the boy before her. "...Who are you?" she says, tilting her head a bit. The boy startles slightly, not expecting the sudden question,"O-oh. I'm...I'm now Rayze." the boys says. Alice nods and then waits for him to speak. "O-oh. Okay, when you meet Mastser. He likes for you to be presented to him..." Ray trials off, his face turning red as he looks down. Alice and him stay in silence, Alice starting at Rayze the whole time. Finally, after whst seemed like an eternity, but wss only a few minutes, Alice speaks. "I know." she says quietly. Ray looks up at her, blinking,"What?" his voice is as equally silent. Alice stands, coming up to below Rayze ribs,"I said, I know. I've met the sadistic bastard before. But I'm not planning on making it back to him." Rayze's eyes  widen as he hears her speak,"You mustn't speak of him like that. You'll be punished, or worse." he whispers fiercely, grabbing her hand.

"What's your name?" she asks, causing Rayze to blink at her. "I-I already told you. It's-"

"No. What's your name. Your name, not the one he gave you." Rayze looks at her in surprise for a few seconds, blinking at her. Then he looks away and down, his face sullen,"It is...it was Heriel Novak." he whispers. Alice nods,"I like that name, has a good meaning. But I ment what I said. He's a sadistic bastard and I'll not have him near me again." she whispers back. Heri shakes his head, grabbing her other hand,"Please. Just listen to what I say and you won't get hurt. It'll help you." Alice sighs and shakes her head, yanking herself out of his grasp and running for the front door, her foot steps soft and unheard. She runs out the open door and straight down the path. Heri makes a sound of distress as he sees her leave, causing Bru to walk in. "Where the hell is she?" he growls out, going to tower over the boy.