Cruelty
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Chapter 12 Cruelty
THE CELESTIAL IMPERIAL
Kiara watched Darius as he clenched his fits and his jaw tightened. "Hey! You! Come to me!” He pointed at Zendaya.
“Me?” Zendaya shrink back.
His eyebrows snapped together. “I said come to me!” Darius snarled.
Slowly Zendaya stood up and went to him. "Well since your father couldn't pay off his debt so you have to pay for it by serving me." Darius held an eye contact with Kiara as he said those words.
A small sob stumbled from Zendaya as he toyed with her hair and pulled it really hard. "Right now do you know what I want?” He looked away from Kiara and tightened his hold on Zendaya’s hair.
Zendaya screamed in pain as her scalp burned badly. “Please…” She cried.
“Blood. I want to taste blood." Darius released his hold in her hair. “Will you help me?” He asked.
Out of fear, Zendaya shook her head repeatedly. "Blame your new inmate…Kiara for this okay?" He smirked at her
Zendaya turned pale immediately when realization hit her. "Turn around and lean into me." Darius instructed her. Zendaya didn't hesitate to obey him and he moaned when her back leaned against his chest. Darius wrapped his right hand around her neck to hold her in place.
Cold sweats broke out on Kiara’s forehead at the thought of Darius feeding on the young girl. Tears leaked from Kiara’s eyes as Zendaya looked at her utterly defeated. Darius pushed her head to the side completely exposing her neck. And she watched in horror although not sure of what to do as his eyes turned cold and he opened his mouth. Two sharp fangs extracted from his mouth ready to feed on Zendaya.
Kiara did one thing that occurred to her at that moment. She screamed. "No! No! Please do...don't—“ Her voice trailed off when Darius sank his fangs into Zendaya’s neck.
Zendaya shook vehemently in his grip until she went limp in his hold and he dropped her body to the ground. Kiara’s eyes widened as Zendaya’s body fell with a thud.
Darius wiped his mouth as he walked closer to Kiara and wiped his bloody hand on her clothes and he gave her a smug look. Tears streamed down Kiara’s cheeks as she stared down at Zendaya’s lifeless body. The cell was as silent as a graveyard. No one dared say a word or make a sound. Kiara could hardly believe he just did that to a young child! Darius is so heartless!
"Come with me." Darius ordered.
Kiara shook my head repeatedly in disagreement. "No…no…I am…I am…not going anywhere with you…” She stuttered breathlessly.
Kiara was scared of what he would do to her if she went with him. She expected his anger at her rejection but she was surprised when his eyes lit up with excitement.
“That is perfectly fine but just know that whenever you disobey a direct order of the High Council, of which I am a member by the way, then you are a free game to me and I can do whatever I want with you." Darius grinned deviously.
Kiara listened to him in horror and the cruel anticipation in his expression told her he wasn't bluffing. She felt tiny beads of sweat on her neck as she stood rigidly not sure of what to do. She had no choice but to go with him but she didn't want to leave the cell. Something told her he would treat her cruelly. And the thought of it made her tremble in fear.
Darius stepped farther away from her with a condescending smile that grew on his lips. "Joseph…take Kiara to the right room where she needs to learn some morals about how we run things in our world.” He said.
Kiara’s eyes widened in shock and fear. "Let go of me!" She struggled with the two guards that grabbed her arms respectively.
"Whip her until she is out of breathe and begging for my mercy!” He ordered in a stern voice.
"Let me go! I swear you won't get away with this!" Kiara screamed as the guards dragged her along.
"I want to hear her scream out my name and beg me to have mercy on her!" Darius said behind her before they took her out of the cell.
Kiara was taken to a large room where she saw several humans being punished by warriors. Screams of pain and agony filled the air as angry looking female vampires tortured them in a cruel way. And more tears burned down Kiara’s face as she watched her kind being maltreated by bloodsuckers. This isn't fair! Her fear aggravated when Joseph handed her over to two female vampires who flashed her their fangs as he whispered some words to one of them.
Kiara could see deadly weapons hanging on the walls and whips strapped to their bodies. They looked like those sss warriors she had read about when she was a teenager. No doubt she would meet her death here today. Kiara mused.
"General Darius wants you to use whips on her until she begs him for mercy." Joseph informed them.
The two female vampires gave her angry looks and dragged her away. “You dare disrespect our General and tradition! You will pay for it!” One of them gritted.
Kiara couldn't fight them because she was scared of what they would do to her already. At that point, she regretted the fact that she didn’t take martial arts in high school. She had been discouraged cause she couldn’t afford the fee. If she had tried to enroll then maybe it would have helped her. But even if she had learnt it, how many vampires and werewolves would she be able to take down if she had such skills?
They tore at the upper side of her gown till it was in shreds and leaving just the bracelet on her body. The vampires strapped her hands in cuffs before hooking it to the wall. All of a sudden, Kiara fell on her kneels when a vampire threw a kick at her right leg. The first lash of whip came almost immediately and her screams filled the air.
Another one came before she got over the pain of the first whip on her and it continued like that till she lost count. Kiara couldn't bear the pain anymore as she fought for her release. She could feel her flesh opening up at each whip.
“Please!" Kiara screamed out loud as hot tears burned down her cheeks.
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