Luca

As he snarled at me spit flew out of his dirty vile mouth and onto my face making me lean back.

He went to walk away then stopped and turned to face me again.

“That’s the last time you address me in that manner. To you I am Sir; you only speak when spoken to and you never look me in the eye. Disobey me and I’ll make sure that’s the last thing you ever do.”

Then he headed out of the hallway and out of earshot.

“Asshole.” I whispered and Lyla giggled. Evan shushed her and looked at the doorway twitching and nervous.

They went to approach me then froze in fear and put their heads down. I turned around expecting to see the boss but a woman about fifty with leathery brown skin and dressed up like she was Christmas, head to toe in gold glitter and sequins scowled right at me. This had to be Mrs Boss.

“So you’re his new little fuck toy.” She sneered.

“Do as you’re told and maybe you’ll last longer than the last three. God knows I don’t want to have to share his bed with him.”

Then she spun round and exited through the door I’d just been dragged through.

How could she? I inwardly seethed. How could she sit by and let that vile excuse of a man use people like he was and let him get away with it? What sort of woman sat by idly as her ‘husband’ screwed around and did God knows what else to innocent, vulnerable people like Evan and Lyla? No way was I putting myself in the same category as them. It was obvious they were slaves. Me, I was still my own warrior. I’d play his game…for now but I was merely biding my time until the opportunity came along to take him down; and it would. Everyone had their weakness, and I was going to find his.

Chapter 30

Turned out Evan and Lyla were twins and both were the sweetest most docile and subservient people I’d ever met. They led me upstairs all the time bowing and stooping like some kind of hunched over medieval servants ready to dote on their master.

“Chill out guys, no need to keep looking down and creep around me.” I said.

Lyla looked up into my eyes as if she couldn’t quite believe that she was allowed to look at me, but Evan scolded her straight away and told her to get on with her job unless she wanted a whipping or worse. He didn’t trust me and I didn’t blame him. I had no idea what these two had been through.

“How long have you lived here?” I asked hoping to begin to gain some insight into their state of mind.

“About three years.” Lyla whispered as Evan shushed her again.

“Fucks sake Lyla, do you want to make him angry again after last night?” He threatened.

“What happened last night?”

I looked at both of them but Evan just shook his head at his sister and they both clammed up. Shit this was going to be harder than I thought. They were so well conditioned into servitude and whatever their ‘master’ had brainwashed them to do that I doubted I’d get through to them in the time I had. I just hoped I could help them too and get them back to their families to live a healthy and more normal life after all of this was over.

Evan ran a bath then placed various lotions and potions out for Lyla. Lyla tried to help me take my clothes off but I pushed her off, I wasn’t about to let her paw all over me and make this whole humiliating experience any worse.

“Why do I have to bathe with you here?” I snapped.

Lyla cowered in response to my anger and Evan just swallowed hard and still gazing at the floor said, “We have to stay in here, the Master told us to. Lyla can help you bathe. I’ll just stay here in the corner.”

“I don’t need help to take a fucking bath.” I shouted, “I’m not a child.”

Lyla reached forward touching my arm then cautiously taking it back like I’d given her an electric shock.

“Don’t make so much noise Chloe, we don’t want to hurt you we’re just doing what we’ve been told to do. Please. If he hears you shouting he’ll come up then we’ll all be punished.”

Her eyes looked petrified, desperate and so full of sorrow I actually felt bad for defying them.

“It’s just us, we won’t hurt you and we’ll get this over with as quickly as possible.” Lyla said trying to show me the kindness behind her dead eyes.

“It would be better for you if you learn to lose the inhibitions you have about showing your body anyway.” Evan chipped in. “After tonight every man in a twenty mile radius will have seen every inch of you and then some.”

He shook as he spoke and I guessed that both Evan and Lyla had experienced that level of personal intrusion. I felt sick to the stomach for myself and for them.

“Fine.” I agreed speaking in a quieter tone. “Let’s get this over with. I have an escape plan to hatch.”