Master

Chapter Thirteen

I'm in a basement. I can barely see anything. Cold metal chains weigh down my hands. Footsteps echo throughout the dungeon, and before I know it, Master Baekhyun is standing before me.

"Inell," he says, shaking his head. "Why did you try to run away?"

"I-I'm sorry, Master," I respond. "It won't happen again, I promise."

"You know I have to punish you now," he says. He brings his wrist up to his mouth and bites down. Black blood begins dripping onto the floor.

"You brought this upon yourself."

He holds his wrist over me. The dark liquid begging dripping onto me. Every drop brings new pain. Every scream does nothing.

I look into Master Baekhyun's eyes, but they're not his. Before I have time to see who's they are, I awaken.

"Quite the dream you were having," Kai remarks. "Is that how Baekhyun would punish you when you disobeyed him?"

I nodded my head. "It only happened once, but it was awful."

"I see," Kai said. He paused for a moment. "Inell, you need to understand something. Masters don't always enjoy punishing slaves. A lot do, but not all. A punishment, no matter how unfair it may seem, is always earned by the slave. Understand?"

"Yes, Master," I responded.

"Good," he said. "Anyways, Xiumin is waiting for us downstairs. We need to explain the rules."

We walked downstairs to the dinning hall. Xiumin was sitting at the table, but no other slaves were present. I sat down across from Kai and Xiumin.

"Now," Kai began. "You will be doing basic work around the house. Laundry, dishes, mopping, stuff like that. There's no need to worry about being a blood slave. I already have slaves for that."

I had an internal sigh of relief, but it was short lived.

"But don't get too comfortable just yet," Xiumin said with a sinister smirk that sent chills down my spine. "Quite frankly, sometimes we get pissed off, and that's where you come in. A few of the slaves around here are nothing more than punching bags, and you're one of them."

He got out of his seat and rushed over to me with the inhuman speed that he possessed. He stood behind me and ran his hand through my hair. I tensed up, and I knew he could tell.

He continued, "You are here for us to use and abuse whenever and however we so please. And with you being our newest toy, you'll be getting the most... attention from us."

I could feel the anxiety building up in side of me, and so could Kai.

"Stop it, Xiumin," Kai demanded, his voice stern. Xiumin chuckled and went back to his seat, leaving me with a pit in my stomach.

Kai told me the rest of the basic rules: be in bed by ten o'clock, no going into the royal's rooms unless told otherwise, and no getting into fights with other slaves.

"I believe that's all," Kai concluded. "Is there anything you'd like to add, Xiumin?"

"Nothing," he responded.

"Okay," Kai said. "With that out of the way, I have work to attend to. I'll be back in the evening." He began walking out of the. room, but stopped momentarily and looked back at us. "Xiumin, keep the slaves in line."

A malicious smile crept onto Xiumin's face. "Will do."

Once Kai was gone, I started doing my chores along with the other slaves. But after only half an hour, Kyungsoo told me that Xiumin wanted to see me. I dreaded the thought of what he'd do to me now that we were alone.