It was 1am and things were only getting worse for Amara, the basement was dark and cold. There were rats everywhere, they did not even give her food to eat nor did they give her water to drink, he stomach was grumbling and her throat was dry. She was weak, it felt like time was so slow and a second felt like an hour, she thought that she was going to go crazy staying here in such a place, there was no window which meant no light entered the basement and there were no lights around at all, she did not know what time it was, the walls were cold and lonely, it felt like being in a horror movie. The most painful thing was that age would not be able to attend her own father's funeral, she did not know when his funeral was going to be held and when they were going to finally let her out of this place. This place was quiet, you could only hear the rats moving around. Amara shivered because of the cold, she was sure that she would end up falling sick if she stayed here any longer.
After a while she heard someone approaching, she looked up but she could not see who was approaching because they were holding a torch and the torch was blocking Amara's vew. The person stopped in front of the bars that were separating them and Amara, the person started unlocking the bars and they walked to where Amara was. "You little thing, did you anger master Ian and that is why you are here... Here have some water you must be thirsty, sorry I do not have any food with me." It was a woman, she looked like she like she was in her early 20's, her skin was pale, she had blue eyes, red hair and cherry lips. She was really beautiful, she was wearing and long white dress that had long sleeves. " My name is Lita, I am master Ian's third wife and what is your name." She said with a cheery smile on her face. 'third wife?' Amara asked herself, 'but he said that all his previous wives had died' She asked herself. Amara was confused, she wanted to ask Lita why he said that they were all dead but she decided not to, maybe she was unaware of it. "My name is Amara, thank you Lita." She said. "How did you end up hear, I mean this house, what is your relationship with master ian." She asked sitting down next to Amara. "I am his wife." She said looking down, she did not know how she would feel hearing that Ian had gotten married again. "His wife I see."She said, but the smile on her face did not disappear. Lita had always had a positive attitude towards life, that is why she had always expected every situation with a smile on her face." How come I have never seen you before. "Amara asked curiously. " Well the painful truth is that, master Ian has gotten tired of us so we live down here but not in this cell, there is a better place here in the basement, it has windows, beds, some plants, and we get healthy food every day. And when he misses us he would just come here and have 'fun' with us. "She said. " Tired of you? And you allow him to do that to you?"amara asked, no women deserved to treated like a toy that you can throw away once you are bored with it and then use it again when you no longer have anything to play with, but why would this man treat women like this, is that how he sees women, toys. "I am afraid we do not have much of a choice, master Ian is all we have, we do not have families." She said, again that smile was still on her face. "Why do you keep calling him master, he does not deserve that, well actually he should be called the devil himself." Amara said with a look of disgust in on her face. "What are doing here Lita." Ian said from outside the cell. "I am sorry master, I was passing by and I saw this beautiful lady here, so I just came here to give her some water, she looked thirsty." She said standing up and bowing her head, if his mother knew about how he was treating this women she would probably bury him alive."Lita please leave us." He said, Lita got up and she left. "You never learn your lesson do you?" He said rubbing his chin. "I just want to see my dad for the last time, I am not asking for a lot." She said. "No. You tried to run away so you should be punished." He said. "Even if I let you out of this cage, I will not let you out of house." He said. "Ian, just let me see him." She cried, she knew that he would not let her see him so easily because that is just how Ian was. "No, I will not let you." He said. "Ian, you told me that your previous wives had died, why did you lie to me." She asked. "To the outsiders and my family they are all dead because that is what I told them. But the actual truth is that they fell in love with me when the shouldn't have." He said. "What do you mean they shouldn't have?" Amara asked raising her eyebrow. "I do not marry someone because I love them, but because they are of use to me but the person I marry is not supposed to fall in love with me, you are not allowed too." He said. "Why would I fall in love with someone that I hate with every fibre of my being, I must be a fool if I do." She said. "Don't you know that there is a thin line between love and hate." He said. "In your dreams. Hold on but Lita said that it was because you got tired of them, but you are saying that it is because they fell in love with you." She said. "That is what I told them, so that they can hate me because I like it when a woman hates me, just like you do because it gives me more reasons to make their lives harder but they have just been sweet to me and I don't like it." He said. "Isn't that what you want?" Amara asked. "No, I hate sweet and obedient women, they are easy prey." He said. "But you told me that I should listen to you, that I should do as you sat, then why are you saying that you hate obedient women when all you tell them is to be obedient.." Amara asked. "That's a story for another day, for now just enjoy your stay here with the rats okay?" He said leaving.