Moonlight

A year later an older servant woman unlocks the door to a chamber and opening it while juggling a try. “Lady Moonlight its time for breakfast.” The lady announces as she place the try on the desk. She then turns to the lump in the bed. “Come now lady Moonlight it’s not a bad thing that lord Anoi is taking a liking to you.”

She walks to the bed. “It an honor maybe lord Anoi will have you as a mistress.” She shook the lump. “Now time to get up and eat. Mi lord wish to take you to the seamstress today since you have been acting good.” The elder woman says trying to make her cheer up. Knowing the girl been cry none stop and for the past few months she have been trying to escape.

She shakes her head again and notices something is wrong. She pulls back the sheets and to see there is only pillows. “Child your only hurting yourself.” she looks around and notice the desk next to the window. On the leg closer to the window have a white sheet tied around the leg. And out of the window. The older woman sighs and walks out of the room to report her escape.

Anoi pushes open the doors to the stables.  The anger in his eyes after hearing Moonlight escapes again. “How can she gets out all the damn time? For a whole year she escapes every goddess day!” If I keep her in a room she would pick the damn lock. When I move her to my bedroom she would poison me to pass out and she escapes. Now this!” His eyes eye fire red in anger. A timid stable boy approaches the lord with his chestnut red horse. With his saddle already strap on along rope and water.

Anoi takes the horse and climes on the horse as it nah in protest, sensing his master’s anger. Three of his bed soldiers climes on their horses as well.  As soon as the doors open wide allowing the others out at the same time they run towards the woods that is a few miles away from the castle and the only place where she can run and hide and no will stop her.

 

Moonlight stumbles over branches and rocks her feet begin to bleed. The dress clings to her sweaty body getting tangles on her legs. She kept looking around for water. She has escapes early in the morning during guards change. But she didn’t grab any water and she been wondering in the woods for most of the morning she the heat was getting worse. “There have to be water around here or how will the plants grows in here.” She says out loud as she looking around.

Then the sound of thunder hits her ears and she looks up at the sky seeing not a cloud in the blue sky. She looks around and then sees flashes of horse. Eyes widen she turn and runs away from the group. “No no, no.” She says to herself. Not wanting to get caught and taken back.

Anoi looks around and sees bare feet tracks leading to the river. “She’s heading to the river stops her before she cross it!” He orders his men as makes his horse gain speed.

“Aye sir!” the three captains shout as they too speed up their horses.

Moonlight hear them coming closer and in a panic she didn’t looks where she is running and every now and then falls and stumbles on the rocks hitting the dry ground. But she didn’t stop she gets back up and continues to run again fuel by fear. Soon she sees the river and smiles. Remembering that the fire kingdom ends by a river, and since they are at war, Anoi would not think twice to get near her.

“Now!” Shouts Anoi.

Two weight balls flat pass the girl and connecting it is a net. Moonlight’s eyes widen is horror. “No!” she screams as she net hits her making her fall once more on the ground. The two weights wrap around her getting her more entangle in the net. But still she struggles to get free.

The fire king jumps off his horse and walk to the captive runaway. “You thought you will get away fro me this time? You might as well thinks again.” He growls at her and kneels down grabbing the rope, puling her closer.

Moonlight looks away from him breathing heavily she is hot and sweaty and the rough rope wasn’t helping her.

“Look at me Moonlight.” he orders growling at her. “If you don’t I will make you.”

She moves her head and look into his burning red eyes that have been giving her nightmares every time.

“Stop running away from your fate. You are mine and you will always be mine no matter what. No one will be coming to save you. You are just the slave. Nothing more, why can’t you accept it?”

“Because I belong to no one. I am human not a pet.” She shouts out at him.

Anoi shakes her hard making her whimper. “We will see who is human and who is pet.” He stands up and walks to the men. “Take her back and clean her up and put the shackles on her.” He commands his men.

“Yes sir! All three of them say saluting to their lord.

As moonlight is being drag away she looks at the river thinking how close she was to be free. She closes her eyes in defeat for now.

    

 

One night the farm girl shuffles into the prince's bedroom carrying a try of daggers and cleaning oils for her 'owner.' She is dress in a harem outfit leaving little to the imagination with only two small piece of fabric to cover her private parts.

Anoi is sitting in a deep red iron chair reading a book as she enters. "Just put them on the desk Moonlight." He says not looking up at her.

"Yes sir." She says bitterly, and walks to the desk placing them down

Closing his book he walks up to her his hand going up her back. "You do know I hate to put chains on a beautiful creature. But you left me no choice." He travels his warm hand up her spin making her shiver. "If you promise to be a good girl I'll take off the chains."

She closes her eyes trying to ignore his touch wanting to get away from him.

      "I bet you are wondering how you can be a good girl for me." He leans in closer putting his head on her shoulder and takes a swift of her scent from her hair.

      "I rather die." she says sharply moving closer to the table to be away from him.

       Anion’s eyes flash red and he grabs her hair yanking it back, until her back arch a bit.

       Moonlight cries out and starts to claw at his hands to get free.

       He leans in closer to her placing his mouth close to her ear. "That can be arranging." He moves his hand up her body as he breathes hard in her ear. "I give you wonderful clothes, fanatic’s food, and a place to keep you warm and dry at night. Do you want me to treat you like a normal slave?"

        "You kill my father!" She shouts.

        He pushes her head back bending her over the desk and he presses his body on to her, pinning her down. "I can do a lot more badly if I treat you as a normal slave." He breathes harder into her ears. "I am offering you a better life then you ever have!" The prince growl.

       "I don’t want a life like this. I'm a person not a pet!" She starts to kick at him.

He growls and moves off of her and to his chair again his back to her. "Well you have no where else to go, you have no family, no land, nothing. It would be in your best interest to become my rare pet."

     The farm girl starts to get off the desk and her hand hits the tray with daggers. She reaches for the small sharp one that felt heavy and cold in her hand.

     "I think you should be grateful." He said looking at the fire.

      She turns around hiding the dagger behind her back. "You are right I am grateful." She shuffles towards him.

      Grinning he turns to her unaware what she is planning. "Now how about..."He stops and his grin vanish as he sees the dagger going for his heart. He shots his hand out quickly stopping her. The fire prince twists her wrist making her drop it as it clangs on the hard marble floor. "You dare try to kill me with my own dagger?!" He turns her wrist more making it hurt causing her to drop her to her knees. "I can see you rather be a slave girl then my pet." He lets go and walks to his closet.

    Moonlight cradles her hurt wrist not looking up at him as she herd him open the door.

    Anoi took a bull whip off a hook and let the tail drag on the floor, as he walks back to her.

    Hearing the dragging she looks up to see what it is and all the color drain from her face.

    "I’ll have to punish you for being a bad slave girl." Moving around to her back he uses the dagger to cut the dress to expose her pale back. "I hate leaving marks on that beautiful skin but this is the only way to teach you a lesson."

     Closing her eyes she get prepare to the blow but even being prepare it didn’t help. As the whip cut into her skin a burst of white pain appears in her eyes. Screaming in pain she starts to crawl away form him.

     Seeing this he grabs her ankle and pulls her close to him and pulling a shackle out from under the bed, connecting that to the bedpost and her leg shackles. "By moving away you are only making it worse for yourself." He shouts bring the whip back down on her back.

     Screaming in pain she couldn’t move at all, every blow takes air out of her lunges and burns her back, which she feel something warm running down her back and on the white marble floor.

     After ten blows on the back, Anoi rolls up the whip looking at his slave girl that is huddling and shaking in pain. He uses the handle of the whip to lift her chin up to look at him. "Let's hope I will not have to teach you another lesson like that."

    Moonlight only whimpers feeling the pain worsen every time she moves. Her eyes close to him.

    "Look at me." He growls at her.

    She opens her eyes wide in fear of getting the whip again.

    "I only did this so you will understand." He said more calmly the anger burning away.

    "I hate you." She says that though clench teeth.

    He slaps her across her face making her cry out. He grabs her hair and forces her to look at him once more. “If you want to be stubborn fine!" He takes the chains off her ankles and forces her to stand half leading her half dragging her to his bedroom door. "I think a few days in the tower will break you."

    Blood running down Moonlight's back and down to her feet making bloody foot prints on the marble.