Bound and Broken: Maya's Story

Chapter Forty Three

I'm on a fucking roll.
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Maya's POV:

"No. No fucking way".

We had reached the end of the hallway and were now in an office. From the looks of it it was only halfway done but Step Mother's name plate was already sitting on the shiny black desk. I crossed my arms for the 8th time today and glowered again her.

"What. It's a good idea. Lots of money. She's pretty I'm sure her offspring will be just as such" She said, walking around Summer. I yanked the girl closer to me.

"I'm not making her your new breeding bitch. This whole thing, stupid. Why breed when we can just pick them off the street?" I snapped. Now she was frowning.

"That way is awful. They get here and they defy, break rules, people spend ages training them. Why not get a domesticated pet? Born and bred to be absolutely perfect" She said. I was fuming.

"They aren't DOGS Selena." I spat without thinking. She leaned on her desk and crossed her arms, raising an eyebrow.

"Oh? Then what are they Maya. For someone who helped create the whole pet thing you sure seem to not like it" She said with an mischievous smirk. I froze, unable to say anything. I can't say they're like us. Pets aren't equal. I said pets aren't equal.

She took my silence as a cue to keep going.

"You know. Your father did say you would doubt me on this" She said. Her voice switched from hostile to soft. "Cmon. Maya sweetheart you're the next CEO of the island. I'm sure everyone would mind a break from having to buy shock collars and punishment equipment".

"You know I'm the product of a pet correct. My mother. The one you had put down" I said stiffly. Summer stiffened from next to me. Right, didn't tell her that.

Selena nodded with a look of disgust.

"So? Your father wasn't one and he chose to raise you as an Owner. Owners make the choice." She explained. I was close to practically imploding.

"Listen here step mother, I run the majority of the company right now. I'm in charge. My father only makes the critical decisions. My decision right now? Shut this place down. YOU do not get to run anything and this, is bullshit. I'm not enslaving children and forcing teens to pop out babies. We have rules." I said with a hint of anger behind every word. Selena had gone red with rage, gripping the desk tightly.

"But.."

"No. Shut it down. I'm leaving and going to speak to Father. Get it done."

At that I turned and left, speed walking down the hallway. A weird feeling crept up my chest as we passed the doors. Pity? Guilt? Neither aren't fun.

Finally we made it outside and I got in the car along with Summer. She looked mortified.

"What." I said. She flinched like usual.

"I..uh....Should you speak to your mother that way..? Mistress" She said, playing with her fingers. I rolled my eyes and gave her a peck on the lips.

"She holds no power over me. We aren't blood related, hense the whole step mother thing. Worst she can do is bitch to Father and I get my credit cards taken away" I replied boredly before turning to the guard driving. "My house. Hurry up".

(Time Skip)

Summer's POV:

I sat on the floor by the couch, hearing the yelling from the office. Maya had gone in there nearly a half hour ago, and there's been yelling ever since. I caught a few words like Mother and illegal but the rest was lost behind the tinted glass windows.

Maya said pets aren't dogs. But..I've been people's dog. That's what we are, dogs. Does she not like the world she helped create?

I sat up upon hearing the door open. Maya came stomping out, but with a smile on her face. She came over to me and picked up my leash, pulling me onto the couch with her.

"What Selena wanted to do was fucking illegal. The law states we can't have sex or sexually touch anyone under 17. Pregnancy? I think the age was moved to 20 this year. She was making 15 and 16 year olds have children. But of course with Father loving her so much she's getting off scot free with a stupid email warning. Like that's going to do anything." She ranted, leaning back and closing her eyes. I bit my lip and stayed quiet, unsure of what to say.

"I'm bored. Let's go have a little fun" She said finally, standing up and pulling me to her room and shoving me inside, slamming the door.

(Time Skip)

I woke up to the sound of the door opening. Maya was still fast asleep on the bed next to me, buried in the covers. I looked up and winced at the bright light that was shined in my face. I couldn't make out who it was from the light.

"Perfect" I heard them whisper. They sounded familiar but I couldn't pinpoint who it was before they grabbed my collar and yanked me up.

"Hey what are you—" I yelped as something stabbed into my neck. Immediate dizziness took over and I swayed weakly, falling to the ground and being caught by something. No, someone. I watched through blurry vision as the person with the flashlight crept over to Maya and gently stabbed her with something. A needle.

She winced when it went in, but didn't wake up and instead seemed to relax further into sleep. They turned back around to look at me and the person holding me up let go, allowing me to slide to the floor. I blacked out with two people standing over me, one with familiar looking brown hair.

What's happening?

I woke up in what looked like a prison cell. 3 cement walls and one wall made with iron bars, along with the door matching. My head hurt and my body protested when I climbed to my feet. There was a guard, similar to the one Maya had with her at the hotel, standing adjacent to the door. He kept his eyes straight forward and his hands on his gun being held at his chest. He didn't even seem to be breathing.

"Where am I?" I whispered out to him. Of course I got no answer, but he did shift his eyes to steal a glance at me before returning to the speck of dust in the air. I tried to peer down the hallway by pressing against the bars but all I saw was more prison cells both to the left and right. I strained to hear if any other people were around, picking up faint sniffling and the murmurs of two people talking. Getting nothing useful, I sank back down.

Then heels.

My heart leapt and I stood up as fast as possible, moving towards the bars to get a good look on who was coming down the hallway. I saw the approach of blood red heels before I saw the actual person. Maybe it's Maya coming to save me.

But the person who stopped in front of me was not Maya. It was the woman from before, her step mother. And she was holding the end of a leash, pulling a boy that looked no older than 16 closer to her. She smiled at me. I didn't like that smile one bit.

"Hello, Summer" She said, pulling out a set of keys and pulling open the door. She grabbed my dangling leash that I failed to notice and pulled me out to stand next to the boy.

"Where am I? Did you kidnap me? My Mistress will be angry" I said quickly, scared of what was happening. I've never heard of pets being kidnapped.

"Nonsense. Yes I had to get you away from that awful daughter of mine somehow. And don't worry, once my experiment works she'll thank me" She said. The guard stiffly went to stand behind me, pressing his palm none too gently to my back as an order to start walking. I gulped and began following the woman down the hallway.

Experiment?