Silence

Chapter 15

"Brought them," Lukas smiled to another man. He chained Sebastian to the wall with the demon chains, taking extra care to make sure that he couldn't just break out of them. He then used rope to tie Adalina's hands behind her and attach her to a low hook on the other wall. "You can do whatever you want to them. You'll get paid extra if they share anything useful on the Phantomhive kid."

"Why don't you just go kill him now while they're both here?" the other man asked.

"Do you want more money or not?"

"All right, all right. I'll see what I can get out of 'em."

"Good. I'll be back some time this evening." Before Lukas left, he said quietly to the man, "I want that demon dead."

Lukas left the chamber and the other man smirked at them. He looked over at Sebastian. "So you're the demon I've heard so much about. This should be fun." He then looked at Adalina. "And the head maid. Let's get that whip off you now." The torturer went over to her and untied the whip from around her waist. "I could use one of these."

"I can tell you right now that neither of us will be giving up any information," Sebastian said. "I've survived much worse than anything you could do, and that young woman cannot possibly give you anything."

"You'd be surprised what I can squeeze out of people. Why don't I start with you? Now, seeing as you're a demon and all, when's the last time you've eaten a soul?"

"Not that it is any of your business, but it has indeed been a while."

"You could go out and eat any soul you want from any person you want, couldn't you? Why not just do that?"

"I grow weary of just any soul. I crave the beautiful tortured soul belonging to the master I currently serve. I shall wait as long as I must for such a sweet-tasting soul."

"I can't imagine how hungry you must be now."

"The hungrier I am, the more delectable the meal will be."

"I'm sure. Well, I've heard from Lukas that you can feel physical pain, and in such a state of hunger, that will make what I'm about to do feel even worse."

The torturer smiled sadistically and began using Adalina's whip on him. Adalina tried to move and go to him, but the ropes were tied very tightly and she could not escape as easily as she had before when protecting Ciel.

Sebastian looked over at her, seeing her struggle against her bindings. She had intense desperation on her face as she tried to get over to him.

Perhaps she cared more for him than he realized.

The torturer forced Sebastian's coat and shirt open and continued to whip him. His skin turned red with each lash and eventually his skin began to break. Dark red blood flowed down his chest, intermingling with beads of sweat.

Adalina fell to her knees and turned away. She could not watch this, even if she knew that he would be fine in the end. It still made her feel horrible to watch him endure something so painful.

After several minutes of that, the torturer came over to Adalina. He took her head in his hand and forced her to look up at him.

"Do the two of you have something going on? I don't think you would react like that if you didn't."

"We are nothing more than two servants who work for Lord Phantomhive," Sebastian told him. "Romantic attraction is not appropriate between two servants. And demons cannot love. It is as simple as that."

"Let's test that, huh? We'll see how you feel once I get to work on her."

The torturer put down the whip and picked up a poker than had been sitting by a small fire. He took a firm hold of Adalina's arm and set the end of the poker down onto her bare skin.