Their eyes had met. The Dragon had definitely seen her. She tried hard to break from his gaze but it had felt like she was turned to stone. Reina found it nearly impossible to move away. The butler followed his lord's gaze, catching sight of her as well. He yelled and pointed at her. She had only minutes before someone would catch her.
She managed to break from the handsome man's sight and turned to run from the yard. She didn't get far however. Men grabbed her arms and pushed her to the ground, hard. She gasped for breath as they put their weight on her back and handcuffed her hands behind her back. She spat obscenities at her captors. Then she felt a wack at her head and everything went black.
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Reina awoke sometime later. Her head ached and her face felt swollen and painful. Her ribs felt bruised and battered and possibly a couple were broken. But at least they never took away her clothing. Her secret was still safe. For now at least. She unfortunately was still chained to the ceiling with her feet just touching the ground. Escape would be hard to come by.
She glanced up painfully as a metal door creaked open. The pale light that shown in gave her a decent look at the room she was locked in. Stone walls, stone floor, big clunky chains. It was the typical Medieval style dungeon. Footsteps echoed along the cold stone, coming closer to her. She closed her eyes once more, hoping they would leave her be.
"I can tell you are awake." The voice said evenly. It sounded like the voice of an older man rather than the one she expected. "The master wishes to know what you were doing within the estate."
Reina chose that time to open her eyes to show the pure defiance in her gaze. She stayed silent which only seemed to annoy the butler guy more. He smirked then raised a hand, slapping her across the face. Her cheek stung and the metallic taste of blood was evident in her mouth.
"You will speak." The man growled. "Now tell me, who are you? Who do you work for?"
Reina continued to hold her tongue. This resulted in more abuse. After a few more times the man finally decided to leave her in peace. She breathed out a sigh of relief when he finally left. It was a mistake that she had been caught. It was her first real mistake and it might just be her last one.