Chapter 154: The Cage

"Sing if you don't want your tongue cut out."

The threat of bodily harm only served to frighten the woman more and the sobbing sounds grew louder. Unfortunately for the lady in question, patience was never a virtue the expensively dressed man possessed. So with a flick of his hand, the woman was summarily dragged wailing and begging from the room. 

"Bring in another," the man unsympathetically said to someone in the shadows.

"You-- Young Master, that was the last one of the lot," an obsequious voice responded. 

"Tch," came an irritated response.

"You! Can you sing?" the man addressed the remaining person in the cage. 

"I.. I … not well...but.." the woman who sat on the piano stuttered.