The Deal

He paces in front of me, his hands behind his back. "Here's the thing. I've had my eyes on you for quite a while, and I think you are perfect. Because I know so much about you, I'm going to make you a deal I know you'll agree to."

I purse my lips. We'll see about that. And he's been watching me? What a stalker.

"If you work for me for five years, I'll let you go. Simple as that." he smiles at me.

I blink, shocked. "Work for you? Five....five years!?" I jerk my restrains. "No! Please I just want to go home!" I cry.

That lady, Luna was her name, walks up next to the scary man. "You don't have a choice. You can either agree to five years or not, but I'm keeping you here either way." he says

I glare at him. "Piss off old man! People are going to find me soon." I hiss.

He smiles at me. "Luna." he says, turning and walking away.

I glare at her too. She smiles and strokes my jaw, but I jerk my head out of her grasp. She huffs and pulls out a whip. From where I have no idea.

"Oh Apollo, his shirt." She looks at Apollo with a pouty face. He sighs takes a knife out of his pocket, he cuts the back of my shirt open and then walks away, out of the courtyard. Some people leave and others stay to watch.

"This is gonna hurt a little bit." she purrs in my ear. I bite my lip, waiting for the first strike.

When it comes, I was totally unprepared. I scream, arching my back in pain. She strikes me over and over and I think I even passed out once. Eventually I barely felt the blows, and the only sound I made were small grunts.

She stops to take a break, but then continues again. When was she going to stop, I thought. In the background, I could hear people cheering her on.

I hear an angry voice as well, and then strong hands unhooking me and lifting me up. I whimper in pain and crack my eyes open as they had been closed.

Apollo is carrying my through the mansion. Currently we were walking down a hall. "Apollo..." I murmur into his shoulder. "It hurts..."

Instead of answering he just walks faster. I think I passed out again, and the only reason I realized was because when I woke up my back was bandaged and I was laying in a bed on my stomach.