Under the moonlight

Chapter 4

I am dragged up stairs into an elevator where it goes up several more floors. The light bothers my eyes and the scent of the elevator hurts my nose. I look at my reflection for the first time since I have been captured. My auburn hair is tangled to the point it seems hopeless. My eyes are still bloodshot and frail. My skin is ashen matching the masters with my body thinned.

"I'll have someone fix you up before anyone sees you." He says. "You will refer to me as master and anyone who doesn't will be killed. So if you hear them refer to me as something else tell me. If you fail to do this you will be killed."

The room he brought me to six beautiful women stood at attention in long dress uniforms. It was a very elegant look and if I hadn't had daggers glared into me I would have felt enchanted. I'm placed into a bath and scrubbed raw after the master leaves. My hair is pulled and tugged roughly but not much of it falls out this time.

Once cleaned I am cleansed they put my hair up with beautiful jewels. The dress the put me in is down to my mid thigh. It is dark red with gold embroidery of the house crest. The crest is a shield with a unicorn charging. This dress shows that I am property like branding cattle.

From there I lead to an entertainment room. The ones who brought me locked me inside so I decide to lounge on one of the chairs. The furniture is all high quality and very comfortable. Before I know it I drift off to sleep. My mind goes back to my old life where my hands would cramp from long hours of working on people. Designs for new tattoos calm me and everything seems okay.

That is until I feel a chill run down my spine. I focus back to the room that I was in without opening my eyes. I hear someone walking towards me. Maybe they will leave if I just stay still. I have a deep feeling it's the master.

Time passes before the person speaks. "You know little pet I've been like this from the start. You see there was prediction for my birth. It is similar to your curse because no one can kill me. The prophecy said that on a night with a moon red as roses and colder than the winter mountain's a child would be born. On this night the first death will be of the mother. Stained by death that child would be cold to others yet not heartless. Though his heart can never be stopped by another. This child shall change the world in a way no one will for see. Blood will be shed and people will flee for this child will become a monster. That only a few will be able to see what it is really capable of."  The master pauses for a moment. "You see that child was me I've never been able to be kind to others. It's not that I don't think of it but I just have no reason to be kind. Even you little pet I find no reason to spare you from my wrath. However, I can't just dispose of you because of the curse and I can't just let you go because you know to much. So for now little pet just sleep to your content because I can not promise that I will be this lenient tomorrow."

He lingered a while more but more of just relaxing at his own leisure than to be around me. With his disappearing footsteps he leaves behind an echo of the words he said running through my head. No one probably tried to love him because of that. Poor child never know what kindness is except the type that is being bought.