BEAUTY ROOM

ADELINE'S POV

"Did you hear that, Rock?" Veronica sing songs with a sinister look on her face. "She said she didn't have time. Maybe we should teach our dear Silver mist here about the concept of time."

My heartbeat stops as Rock walks towards Silver.

"No. Please Veronica. I can do it right now. I can dye my hair right now. Please. Please anyone but Rock. Not him please." Silver starts begging. I've never seen her cry before. I've never seen her show any other emotion than the bitterness that she always throws at me. Della's hands immediately find mine and I squeeze gently on hers to let her know that I'm here with her. I'm here and I'm not going anywhere.

"Oh you stupid, stupid girl. You should have thought of that before you deliberately disobeyed me." Veronica steps aside and lets Rock drag Silver mist by the hair. He tosses her to the floor and my eyes widen when he starts ripping her clothes off right here in the beauty room in front of everybody.

"What the hell-" Della whispers. I turn my gaze towards her and her eyes are already watery. None of the other gurls say anything to stop Veronica. None of the help Silver. I don't blame them and I don't expect them to help. They're too scared of Rock being their fates too.

My eyes widen even more when Rock pulls down his pants and reveals his hairy manhood, right here in front of us. The scene will be imbedded in my mind forever. He's going to go down on her right here in front of all of us. He's going to assault her in front of all of us. I can't let that happen.

"What the hell is he doing? Stop him!" I let go of Della's hand and start running towards Rock. Veronica lets me and watches the scene with a smile on her face. She doesn't try to stop me and she doesn't even need to because as soon as I walk over to Rock and touch him, he pushes me back with one hand so hard that I land on my back.

I struggle to breathe as the air is knocked out of me. I'm not going to be able to fight him. All I can hear are Silver's screams. All I can hear is her begging for mercy but Rock doesn't stop and no one stops him.

I force myself up from the floor and push myself towards Rock again. This time, I land on his back and bite his ear so hard that I draw blood. He doesn't even seem to feel it. He grabs my hair, all while he's still on top of Silver. I can't even fathom how big he is. His size isn't normal.

He slams his pam onto my face and tosses me back onto the floor. My head aches with pain. I feel my cheek sting from the slap I just received. I can't see straight anymore and I know the slap will leave a bruise. I've never felt so weak.

Veronica walks towards me and ignores Silver's screams. Rock looks like he's never going to stop. I feel repulsed in the worst way possible.

"Not so tough now, are we?" Veronica taunts me. "I don't know who you think you are, but here, in this building, I make the rules. You are nothing but a means to an end no matter how beautiful you may be and there is nothing you can do about it."

"That's enough Rock!" Veronica says and he finally stops. Silver is barely moving at this point. All I can hear coming from her are faint sobs.

"I hope this teaches you all a lesson!" Veronica shouts. "NO ONE DISRESPECTS ME AND GETS AWAY WITH IT."

She turns her gaze towards me again. "No one."

"I don't know where you girls think you are but you are no longer in the outside world and here at erotica, we have our own rules. If the message wasn't clear the first time, I hope this dramatic display makes things clearer for each and every one of you."

"You will not talk unless I ask you to. You will not laugh unless I ask you to. You will not think unless I ask you to. You will not even breathe unless I ask you to. Your lives do not matter and you do not matter. All that matters is what I ask you to be. If I say run, you run. If I say crawl, you crawl and if I say die, you fucking die! This is the last time I will repeat myself. If I get even the slightest bit of disrespect or incompetence from any of you, I will break you until all that is left is a thoughtless soul."

When she finishes, she stays quiet for a few seconds just staring at all the girls like a vulture.

"Guards!" Men flood the room at the sound of her voice. "Take these two useless bitches to their rooms."

"The rest of you better be finished with your make up by the time I get back."

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I didn't think I would hurt this much from how hard Rock kept tossing me around but now that the adrenaline rush is gone and I'm alone in my room, I feel it everywhere. I know I have bruises but I can't even tell where.

"I don't talk to you for two day and this happens." Colton walks into my room. He's here to bring me my food.

"She made a man hurt a girl right in front of us." I say. "It was disgusting."

His face falls. He sets the tray next to my bed and backs away from me. He doesn't touch me. He doesn't help me up. He just watches me. I don't want him to be in here but at the same time I do.

"I'm so tired. I'm tired of fighting." I state. I don't even want to believe the words coming out my mouth but it's how I feel at the moment. I feel helpless and it hurts because that only means Veronica is winning.

"Now, Now. You can't possibly give up now gorgeous." He says with pity in his voice.

"Shoot me." I tell him.

"What?" He asks me dumbfounded.

"Please." I cry. "Just put me out of my misery. I can't take this anymore. I just want it to stop. I want it all to stop I want it to stop hurting. I know I'm never getting out of here now. I've accepted it so please, just kill me."

The look he gives me is that of pity and grief.

"I'm not going to shoot you Adeline." He says with finality.

"Why not!?" I scream out desperately.

"Because there's no fucking way I'm letting you give up, you hear me? You keep fighting through every day and whatever you do you do not give up and you do not fucking ask me to shoot you. Now get up." He says harshly.

"We need to clean your wounds." He says with a softer voice this time.

"What for? I'm only going to get hurt again." I protest but Colton doesn't seem to be hearing me out. He grabs me from my bed and takes me towards the bathroom. I don't even feel ashamed to have him see me in such a vulnerable state. Everything about this place makes me feel vulnerable and it's not like there were any female maids here to take care of me.

Every single person in sight is a man and Colton is the only one I know won't hurt me.

"God, how hard did he hit you?" Colton asks as he examine the bruises on my body. I didn't even notice how bruised up I was until I look down at my skin. I've always had sensitive skin so any small irritation causes a big exaggeration on my body.

"There's something you should know. Something that will probably get me killed if anyone finds out I told you." He says. I don't answer him, I'm too weak to talk so I just shut my mouth and let him speak.

"They put drugs in your dinner. It makes you weak. I'm sure you've felt your strength deteriorating these past few days." Colton keeps looking around as he talks and cleans my wounds. My eyes widen as I'm filled with shock from his confession. He told me there are no cameras in the bathrooms so I guess it's safe for him to tell me this in here.

"They do it to make you girls weaker. The drug not only messes with your body. It messes with your head too." He explains.

"So what? I can only eat breakfast now?" I ask him.

"It would be the wise thing to do. Unless you prefer slowly losing your strength and mind over time." He focuses on my wounds and I hiss as he pours alcohol on a sensitive spot.

"Why are you telling me this? Why are you trying so hard to help me? What game are you playing at? Is this just one of Veronica's tricks? To make me feel like I have hope only to have it grasped away from me the next second?"

"This has nothing to do with that bitch." He says bitterly.

"If you hate her so much, then why are you helping her? Why are you doing all this?" My voice starts getting louder.

"Because I'm protecting my sister! She's only sixteen! I owed Veronica some money and this is the only way to pay her so she'll leaves my sister alone! I don't have a choice!"

I search his eyes for any hint of a lie. For any sign of manipulation. All I see is raw truth. I don't know how to respond to his confession. For all I know he could be lying and all of this, his kindness towards me must just be another trick. I cannot allow myself to be deceived but how can I argue with that look in his eyes?

How can I argue with the tears that have begun to form in his eyes. I know for a fact that he's not lying, but that doesn't mean he didn't hurt me. that doesn't take away the fact that he still kidnapped me and brought me here. How do I go about judging him for hurting me so much when he seems to have such a good reason?

But thinking about it again, I start to wonder what I would do if I were in his position. I start to wonder if I would put another person's life in this much danger just to save mine and I decide that I do not have the answer to that question. All I know is Colton brought me here. That is all I want to know. I can't feel sorry for him. I have to hate him.

"Can you please get out of my room, Colton?" I ask him in a weak voice.

"Adeline. I-"

"Now Colton!" I say strongly, mostly because I do not want him to see me break down again. I do not want him to see that I feel sorry for him. We're all just victims at the end of the day. We're all just toys to Veronica.

Colton brings the towel containing warm water and a bit of alcohol to the bruise on my face. I flinch when the liquid comes in contact with my skin. I breathe heavily and lose my eyes to keep myself from crying. When he finishes cleaning me up, he walks out of the room without another word.