Lillia heart raced within her as she stood at the narrow bush corner.
She didn't know what to do next and going back was a bad idea, probably the captor and Rufus hadn't yet come to find her because the area was quiet.
As she stood in the part, she held her breath hoping for any miracle to happen.
Having already decided to move ahead a little, she walked forward. But her legged tripped over an uneven piece of something.
"Ahh",she winced.
She stood up and looked at what had fell her over only to see a white something stuck half into the ground.
She picked it up and dusted it, it was a paper.
Get the lady, and bring her to me .
Don't do anything stupid.
.... Tiberius
Lillia bit her lip hard, she found the name familiar.
"Am the duke daughter, Rose Tiberius".
Her heart leaped, rose was involved in all this.
But why?
What had she done to her to deserve this?.
But she didn't have enough time to ponder about it because her captor had seemed to notice her disappearance and where looking for her.
"She mustn't have gone far, find her now",they yelled.
They where getting so close to her now.
She tried to move but her body refused to move probably because it had given up, accepted the fact that there wasn't any way again but to pray and hope for the impossible.
"Have seen her, over there", someone screamed.
The person came into her view, it was a young looking guy, he dressed funny , he resembled a pirate, a rogue one. With one of his eyes covered.
He grabbed her roughly, before rendering her immobile.
"You witch, causing us trouble",he sneered, his brown ugly teeth came into her face, she cringed away but that only caused the ugly guy to smack her hard at her back.
"You better stay one place. You got lucky that the boss ordered us not to touch you",.
Lillia felt her back burn from the hit but she didn't let it show on her face, she wasn't going to let the defeat show on her face.
"Why are you doing this",she asked trying her luck to make him spill a little secret that could be of use to her.
"For money",he laughed, already taking her back to the house, pushing her roughly.
"You cost a lot queen".
"You know am the queen and you are doing this?",she asked. "If the King finds me, your head would be on the plate".
What she hoped to make him fear only made him laugh, his laugh was disturbing in her ear, causing her to cringe more.
"That not possible queen, the king doesn't even know where you are",
"Now enter",
By now he had led her back to the house, and pushed her inside.
Few others that dressed exactly like the one that held her where surrounding the house.
"Good thing you found her Drusus. I never knew this chick would be this troublesome",one of them said, with a cigarette at his hand. He puffed a huff of smoke at her face, smirking at her, probably mocking her for her failed attempt.
Lillia shot him a deadly look, and it only seemed to make the guy laugh. He brought his face forward, he was barely away from her face.
The smell of the cigarettes blocked her nose and she couldn't move back because the guy probably called Drusus won't let her bulg.
"Even though we aren't allowed to hurt you that doesn't mean we can't have fun",
Lillia eye widened and she began to struggle to break free but couldn't.
Everyone laughed at her as she struggled, they enjoyed her pitiful plight.
"That enough",a husky voice commanded.
Everyone kept hush at this and the guy who was clearly trying to molest her backed off.
Lillia felt glad at this, she almost passed out from the smell coming off of the guy.
She looked at who saved her "Technically".
It was the guy who came to talk to rufus earlier.
"Tie her up now",he ordered.
***
Few minutes later, she was tightly bonded into the chair again. This time her hand and leg where bonded to the chair behind.
Her captors didn't stay outside but inside the house with her.
They made a fire at the middle of the house, each of them surrounded the fire, holding a bottle at their hand.
They talked and laughed together not paying attention to lillia at all.
But later, the Drusus guy came to her and shone his dirty brown teeth, he wobbled on his feet clearly drunk.
He held a plate of dried bread in his hand and he dropped it at the ground close to lillia.
"You don't deserve anything for the trouble you caused earlier",he said, not able to stand straight.
He looked at Lillia and saw that she was crying. Her face was so wet with tears, her eyes where so red.
Her face was very pitiful and the beautiful glint that was once in her eyes where gone, instead they gloomed.
"Why are you crying?, don't you appreciate the bread, you ungrateful witch",he sneered.
When she didn't reply, he walked towards her and slapped her hard in the face. The pain hurt so much, her face burned red.
She couldn't resist anymore, her pain that was bottled up bursted and she cryed out. Her tears fell in huge drop. The others didn't come to stop the drunk drusus, they just chatted to each other.
"You are still crying, stop that. You are making noise",he hitted her face again sharp and loud.
"I said stop...",he wailed
Lillia tears increased and this time they where able to get the others attention.
"You leave her alone Drusus"they said. But none of them stood to stop him.
"The fool is making noise and I hate it",he replied. They stopped talking and just let him have fun.
He picked up the dried bread and rubbed it on her face,
"You want this huh!!",he mocked.
He threw the bread and bent down leveling his face with her's.
"You are quite pretty",he smiled sinisterly.
Lillia gritted her teeth,if she was going to be treated badly while not just go with the flow. She spitted at the drunk fools face.
"I rather get killed than sleep with you ",she hissed.
Drusus smiled as he wiped away the spit from his face.
"You are quite the annoying type",he pulled out the belt holding his trousers firmly.
Lillia felt her heart leap, was he going to hit her with the belt.
He rose his hand up and the very first whip touched her thigh hard, the whip tore through her soft skin, drawing out blood.
The pain seemed to stop her breath, and the pain spread through her heart.
Was this her fate?
Was this her ending?
When she saw him raise the whip the second time she closed her eyes, her mouth gave out sudden Yelp as she prayed for anybody to save her.
But just as the whip was about to drop a voice resonated around the building.
"Where is she?",
Lillia looked up and relieved washed over her face.
"Aiden",
As if the devil was in their mist everyone fearfully stood up.
A tall shadow stood at the door, with him was a badly beaten up rufus with a broken nose and blood all over his body