Love Bites

Uh oh

I woke up to being slapped rather hard across my face. The stinging on my cheek was dull but I knew there'd be a mark.

My head and neck recoiled from the impact as I was slapped again. Standing above my cot was my Master. He looked..let's just say if looks could kill I'd be six feet under.

"It is currently 10 in the morning," He hissed at me, "you were supposed to be awake hours ago!"

I brought my knees up to my chest to limit where he could hit me. Master delivered a hard blow to my side causing me to bite my tongue in pain and blink back tears.

"I'm sorry!" I whispered disgusted with myself, "It won't happen again I swear"

"You better swear," he stated, "because that swear is now on your life."

I quickly nodded rather than tell him exactly where he could put that promise.

"Find someone to get you proper clothes. Then I expect you to be scrubbing all of the bathrooms until they shine, Understood?" His eyes showed it was a demand, not a question.

I nodded again, not trusting my voice.

He stormed out of the room slamming the door behind him. I sit on the bed and stare at the wall as I think about how awful my master is.

A young girl who couldn't be more than 13 walked in. She looked me over before retreating to a closet in the corner of the room. I watched her as she found a pair of black leggings and a dark red lace crop top shirt as well as my undergarments.

"Hey, I'm Cahya" I tell her gently.-

She simply looked at me but didn't reply.

As she brought me my clothing I said, "You know..usually people reply."

She opened her mouth and that's when I realized she had no tongue...it had been cut off. I felt my blood boil at the thought someone would do that to her.

I cast her a sympathetic look as I took the clothes from her outstretched hands and changed.

She soon left and I went to work. The next 7 hours of my life were spent scrubbing toilets, sinks and showers.