Slave

Chapter 22
Strange Questions and Stranger Answers

Seth sat Cassandra down on the couch before sitting down himself. Cassandra stared at Seth questions swimming in her eyes but he never looked t her, nor answered her questions. After a few minutes of stagnate silence. Alexis entered carrying a try of tea and cookies, her eyes darting between Cassandra and Seth. Seth was the first to speak, "Alexis as I told you a few days ago, Cassandra and I are faced with a dilemma." as he spoke Alexis' eyes drifted over Cassandra' bulging belly.” as I told you in the letter, Cassandra is due soon and in danger of loosing the baby because of her... well.. Um... status.” Seth finished slowly hoping he had chosen his words carefully. As his words washed over Alexis she nodded, her tearful eyes riveted on Cassandra. Alexis knew he meant she was a slave, a damn pleasure slave, and she was a pregnant one as well. Cassandra looked at her mother and recognized that far off look in her eyes, it was the same one she had when her father would come home drunk and she would pretend it didn’t bother her.” as I am sure you could guess, I was unable to final any answers to this dilemma," Seth says slowly gesturing to Cassandra’s belly, “hence why we are here." As he finished Alexis drew out of her daze,” yes, here you are, to have some questions answered.” her response was said so numbly it was as if she had rehearsed it. Seth nodded slowly, Cassandra looked back and forth between Seth and her mother, and they acted as if this was all some part of a plan. "What the fuck is going on!" Cassandra screamed, earning her another hard slap from Seth, to her already bruising cheek. It was the second time in an hour he had hit her. A stray tear streaked down her red and bruising cheek and Alexis let out a soft yelp as the sound of flesh on flesh reverberated through the room. Cassandra scowled but remained silent. Alexis was the first to speak again."Oh...oh my. Where to begin?" she said softly peering into Cassandra’s eyes. "You see Cassandra." her voice hardening and becoming less timid. “Your father is a master, my master to be accurate." Cassandra's mouth fell open and she nearly dropped her sup of tea. "What!" Seth looked from Cassandra to Alexis and back again, he could see the discomfort in Alexis' eyes. “I am going to take my leave ladies." Seth said slowly, calling their attention. “I have a bit of un finished business to attend to.” he rose smoothly from his seat, “I’ll be back for you alter Cassandra.” Seth walked form the great room and a few moments later the girls heard the soft click of the door as it latched closed.

"Start talking mum" Cassandra said coolly. She had begun to relax seeing as it appeared that her father was not at home or anywhere near for that matter. Alexis took a deep breath and began.


"Like you Cassandra I was born into hell, though the hell I endured should not be put upon any child; or woman for that matter; and I’m sorry you have to be brought into this world." Alexis began softly as her memory drew her back to the darkest chapter in her life" I was six years old; my older sister was Jennifer, jinny for short; she was sixteen." Alexis took a deep breath, reliving the nightmare of her past was obviously a daunting task. Alexis sighed and continued with her story. “I remember, she was comforting me after a particularly violent drunken rage from our father." she shook her head, she had blocked all of this for a reason. “Dad had been drinking and jinny had taken me out for the evening, we had gone to my favorite park. When we got home I remember running into the house and up to our mother. She was sprawled out on there floor; there was blood everywhere and she was just laying there covered in it. Jinny walked in and took one look at me and the room and flipped. She grabbed me and raced up the stairs, locking us in the bathroom of the master suite. A few hours later we heard voices in the house and they sounded none to friendly." Alexis paused and looked at Cassandra. A look of shock and terror played cross her face. “We could hear the voices getting closer to the master suite bathroom and jinny scooped me up into her arms, cradling me against her. When they found us they knocked us both out. When I woke up thankfully I was still with jinny, but that wasn’t for long. There were several men standing in front of us, their backs facing us. We could hear them saying they could sell me but jinny could be trained for training others." Alexis looked at Cassandra and took a deep breath. She opened her mouth to continue but he sound of the door being slammed stopped her. The door to the great room swung open and a tall dark figure stood in the door way.

It was the punisher. Cassandra recognized his figure instantly. He looked from Cassandra to Alexis to Cassandra and became outraged. A scream escaped her open mouth. Startling the man. Gabriel lunged at Cassandra. “You filthy whore!" he screamed, his large hands enclosing around Cassandra’s tiny throat. The force of his attack knocking hr against a wall, causing her body to be pinned between it and his rock hard body." why are you here! Filthy whore, did you not learn your lesson the last time we meet?" he bellowed, choking the life from Cassandra. As darkness began to swim before her eyes, she felt her baby begin to writhe from lack of oxygen. "Gabriel no!" the sound of her mother's voice washing over her as Cassandra’s body went limp in Gabriel's hands. "Gabriel you'll kill her!" Gabriel did not seem to care as he did not relinquish his hold on Cassandra's throat. "Gabriel she's your sister!" Alexis screamed as she saw her daughter go limp and feared the worst. Hearing his mothers words Gabriel instantly released Cassandra, as if his hands had been burned.

Cassandra's limp form slid down the length of the wall and crumpled into a heap on the floor. Alexis sat in tears on the floor next to her unmoving form. As Gabriel watched his mother cradle Cassandra something snapped inside him. He had just attacked his sister; he almost killed his sister, his sister, and her child. Alexis lifted Cassandra’s head, stroking her hair, a hand resting on Cassandra’s belly, hoping for movement. Gabriel stood over his mother watching her tend to Cassandra. The moment Alexis felt the tiny child kick her hand she let out a breath she had been holding. Seeing his mother relax slightly Gabriel too released a breath he did not know he held. “What do you mean she’s my sister?" he asked see as Cassandra was showing signs of life. "Not now Gabriel, we have to make sure Cassandra is alright, you nearly killed her and her baby." Alexis said standing up to face him “well I need to know mother she's been with me!" he said half screaming; he felt dirty, foul and duel. He had abused his sister, nit just abused but battered, sacred and destroyed her. He had fucked, ravaged and raped his sister. As the last two words sunk into his mind a mighty wave of nausea washed over him. “Oh my god!" he muttered before he lost his lunch on his mother's great room floor.

At the sound of shattering glass, Cassandra jumped up in a panic. Alexis was screaming something indiscernible, and Gabriel was throwing things around the room in a fit of rage. “Gabriel! That is enough!" she heard her mother scream as Gabriel threw a vase through the kitchen window. "NO you don’t understand mother! She’s my sister, and she was sent to my chamber at the training camp!" Gabriel punctuated the sentence by smashing a glass. "What are you both talking about?" Cassandra asked softly from the door way. Gabriel turned and moved towards her, Cassandra let out an ear splitting scream. "You, you stay away from me!" Cassandra said pointing a shaking finger at Gabriel. He stopped dead in his tracks. Alexis emerged from the kitchen, "sit down both of you and knock it of." she said sounding very maternal. Cassandra and Gabriel both sat down on opposite ends of the great room looking intently at Alexis. "There is something I need to tell the two of you." she said softly.