CHAPTER 18

MASTER ADRIAN'S POV:-

 "It all started that day. As you know, I have found my mate. It was the same girl that was sold to me. Her brothers lied to me and sold her. When I attacked you, at that time, I had a nightmare. I saw my mate dying in that nightmare and I was the one who broke her neck." I replied and he shook his head. I knew why he was shaking his head. I had told him that story a few hundred times in a few months. In fact, it was his idea to teach Eve some of my special stunts.

"Tell me something new, Adrian. I have heard this story for about thousands of times. Please, have some mercy on me." He said in a humorous tone. I rolled my eyes in annoyance and raised a brow at him. He cleared his throat and signalled me to continue. I shook my head in a disappointed way then again looked up at him.

"So I was saying, that day I saw myself murdering her three brothers. And I have not told you that before. When I went to their house, I saw them all dead. Three brothers were dead as I had seen them dead. I have not seen myself killing Eve's parents but they were dead too. And all the dead bodies were missing some body parts. When Ryan looked around, he found all of it in Eve's room. But that was the least of my concerns, I was concerned about what I saw on the wall." I replied and he frowned in confusion.

"You never told me anything about this all. What did you see that worried you this much?" He asked me and filled another glass of blood for me. I thanked him as he handed me my glass.

"I saw a ritual circle on the wall. It was drawn with the blood of the whole Daemonium family. I have had Ryan tested that for me. And under the circle, I saw the missing body parts of the corpses of Eve's family. Whoever killed the family, they put the body parts on the wall and drew my name's initials under the ritual circle. I just did not understand what it was all about?" I replied and he frowned even more. It was shocking for him as well. Anyone would be this much shocked after hearing that unusual story.

It was unusual because my territory was the safest territory of Louisiana. And it was near to impossible to breach the boundaries of my territory. With the high security and mature vampires and fully trained guards, how come anyone could kill a whole family without anyone knowing. It was near to impossible. I knew he was thinking about it. "You are telling me something that is near to impossible. That happened in your territory with the guards of your territory. I just can not come to digest it that easily." He replied and I sighed.

"I can not blame you for this, my friend. I am feeling the same. But Ryan is on it. I know I don't have to worry about anything if Ryan is handling the problem. I know, whoever is behind this, they will be in front of me soon." I replied and Vincent nodded his head. He stood up and I did the same. He stepped out of my guest room. I shut the door and went to bed. It was time for me to sleep. The sun was shining brightly in the sky. I also wanted to stay alone for awhile. That was why I laid down on the bed and closed my eyes. 

LIZZIE'S POV:-

The sun started to set down when I opened my eyes. I had no idea when I had fallen asleep. I sat up on the bed I had in my room. My pillow was still wet with the tears I had in my eyes. I peeled off my clothes and went towards the mirror. My face had dried tear marks all over and my eyes were puffy. I saw a dry droplet of blood upon my lower lip. I sob escaped my lips as I looked at the bruise on my left cheek. It had turned blue and purple. 

If it was not for my brother, I would never have come to this hell hole. Master Gerard bought me in exchange for the gold to save my brother's life. And for that, I had to serve Master Gerard for twenty years. It looked like a fair deal to me. And I had a chance to save my baby brother. But never in my life I had thought that it would be so painful. 

When Master Gerard learned the truth about me being a virgin, he instructed me to keep myself safe until Master Adrian would be here. I was so scared because of the stories I had heard from the other slaves. I had heard that Master Adrian never actually has mercy on anyone. If he is aroused, there is nothing that can stop him. And he fucks holes like they belong to a doll. Not living beings. I had also heard that the slaves who had served Master Adrian once, were all sent to the recovery center as they never really recovered from the trauma Master Adrian had given them.

But when he hugged me, I knew they were all just lying. Master Adrian was a very kind and caring Master. Just like Master Gerard. Yes, Master Gerard was also very kind and caring for his slaves. He never actually hurt anyone. But his right hand, Master James was a cold hearted monster. 

After Master Adrian asked me to leave him alone, I came back to my room as I had nothing else to do. But Master James had seen me. He came after me and asked me what I was doing into my room when I was ordered by Master Gerard to serve Master Adrian. I told him the truth and without thinking he slapped me hard on my face. He did not even let me explain that I did not do anything wrong. He wanted to be alone and I could not just force Master Adrian to get into his room. I was following orders of both Master Adrian and Master Gerard.

The door of my room opened and I turned around. I was standing naked because I wanted to take a shower. I grabbed the sheets from the bed and held it with my body to hide my private parts. Then I looked at the person who was standing with the door frame of my bedroom. I shivered as I saw his red eyes. It was Master James. He shut the door of my bedroom and locked it. 

He came to me and I started stepping backwards. He unlocked the belt he was wearing and pulled his leather belt out. A sob escaped my lips as I saw him walking towards me with furious eyes. I was afraid of him. He was an animal. And I hated the fact that no one would come to save me. He had locked the door and no one ever interfered in anything he did. I shivered with fear as I saw a mischievous smirk on his lips. As if he enjoys torturing the slaves. That was what he was good at. Torturing slaves was like a hobby for him.

In a blink of an eye, he was right in front of me. He grabbed my wrist aggressively and snatched the sheet away from my hand. I whimpered as my body was fully on display. I shivered with shame. I tried to cover at least my private parts with my hands but I only had one hand free. I put that hand between my legs to cover my pussy at least. He let go of my hand and grabbed a fist full of my hair. He pulled my hair aggressively and I yelped in pain.

"You were given a task to serve Master Adrian. But what are you doing? You were sleeping peacefully as if you were a princess. Now it is time for me to teach you a lesson you will never forget." He said and dragged me towards my bed. I was crying in pain as he was dragging me by my hair. But I did not dare to yell or scream for help. As I was told, if anyone screams, he doubles up their punishment. And I had just witnessed his wrath a few hours ago. I knew that was not a lie.

He threw me on the bed and flipped me over. I was lying on my stomach. He folded his belt and I shut my eyes tightly. His belt landed on my butt cheek. It felt like someone had peeled my skin off of that part and put chillies on my butt cheeks. The second struck was on the other butt cheek. I bit my lower lip hard to keep my screams locked inside my mouth. I did not want to die. Another one landed on my lower back and with that a loud scream came out of my mouth. Hearing my loud scream, he gritted his teeth and grabbed my hair again. He pulled my hair aggressively and I whimpered in pain.

"Now I will start to enjoy punishing you. Every time you will make a single sound, I will start with 1 again. I am going to whip you thirty times. Just a single sound out of your mouth and I will start the count again. Let's count together, shall we?" He said and I stuffed my panty in my mouth to block my screams. I knew I would be dead by the time he would reach thirty.