Owned ~ Ongoing

Chapter 3

The room we were standing in was massive. The floor was a dark wood and the walls were white with gold accents. There was a king size bed in the middle of the room with black covers that hung to the floor and enough pillows to build a fort.

On the far right corner was a desk that looked liked it belonged in a doctor's office. Behind the desk was a shelf filled with different colour books. They were really thick. Do vampires even read? Sounds like a waste of time for a monster!

On the left was an enormous closet with mirrors on every door. I walked closer to the closet in amazement at its size and beauty till I caught my horrid reflectection looking back at me. So I turned away. I just then remembered how much iv grown to hate mirrors.

I noticed a closed door in the far left corner. 

"That room is off limits!" Jesse said quickly as she noticed my interest. "No one goes in there except the master. Understand?"

"Yes" I croaked, finding my voice. "Is th,..this where I will be staying?" I asked shyly.

"Uhuh" she replied with a smile. "This is the masters quarters."

"Your teeth!" I gasped while pointing to her smile. "You're human!"

"Ofcourse!" she responded, now giggling at me.

"But how?" I asked "You look so...
So well!"

Humans in vampire housholds are slaves. Cooks or maids or something of the sort. They get beaten for any little thing they do wrong and are never treated as anything more than a pet. That's just how it is know. Know your place or say your prayers!

But Jesse didn't like like that at all. She was clean and dressed in regular clothes. And.... she looked happy.

"Now let's get you cleaned up." She sang as she skipped around me.

I followed her to the closet where she opened one of the doors that led to a large bathroom. Everything was made out of polished stone with lit candles on almost every surface. In the middle was a big square shaped sunken bath with a short fountain wall on one end. It was the biggest bath I had ever seen. Like something out of a movie.

I took a step closer to feel the steam coming off of the water.

"Three years" I whispered to myself.

"What?" Jesse asked from behind me.

"Uh,.. nothing." I replied timidly.

"Well what are you waiting for?" She said while scooping my tatty dress off in one quick motion.

I quickly covered myself as much as I could. I could feel my face starting to flush as I cowered down slightly.

"Its alright love. I wont look then." She said softly as she turned around. "Take your time."

I stared at the water for a moment before lowering one foot in to feel the temperature. It was warm. I had forgotten how good this felt. It sure as hell beats being hosed down by the keeper. The water he used was always freezing.

I felt my tention ease a bit as I lowered myself into the warmth that enveloped me. That is until I felt a sharp stinging on my back a sides!

That's right. ... The keeper didn't like it when we talked to the other girls at night. I swear he never slept. It's like he would just stand outside our room waiting for any chance he could get to come in and hurt us. I'm sure he got off on it!

It wasn't even me that spoke, yet I got booted into the wall!!! It was only after he left that I realized the wall had nails sticking out of it.

And I was still stuck on them.

One of the girls came to help me but I just pushed her away. That.... hurt like hell! And now I felt it all over again!

I clenched my teeth and tried not to moan as I lowered myself completely into the water.

"Are you in?" Jesse asked as I looked in her direction.

"Yes" I replied, trying not to let her hear my pain.

"Great" she said " Now you stay there and I will be right back."

I watched as she left the bathroom, closing the door behind her. I was glad. Am I really allowed to enjoy this? Is this real? I slowly leaned forward to pick up a bottle I noticed from the side of the bath near the fountain. The stinging seemed to be easing a little with the warmth on my wounds.

I opened the lid of the bottle to smell it. It had a beautiful floral scent. Body wash. Was this put here for me? It doesn't smell like something a man would use. Then again, who knows? That thought amused me

I poured some onto the palm of my hand and put the bottle back down. The bath was deep and there were steps around the sides. I sat on one of them and gently latherd myself in the floral liquid before sinking back to the middle. I was standing and the water was almost up to my neck. I then leant back to wet my hair.

I can't remember when last my hair was clean. I used the same soapy liquid and washed my hair twice. It was amazing. That greasy, messy, constant itching  was finally gone! This is so relaxing.

CLING...!

Something sounded behind me...

"Hello?" I squeaked as I turned and noticed a dark corner at the back of the bathroom that was too over shadowed for me to see clearly.

"Is s..someone there..?"