Kama feels an overwhelming sadness as she wipes the tears from her eyes. The strong mountain of a man at the backdoor earlier is now gone. Disappearing from his post seems strange as the distant sound of screams echoes through the halls. It's so strange to hear the sounds as it normally has the 'Waltz of Flowers' or other songs by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky dancing delicately through her mind.
Kama has heard cries of pain and torment and has even heard her screams when she disobeyed something Viktor asked. But these directions take place in the residential wing of the estate where his private quarters are housed. She has even been outside waiting for guidance when a young woman walks out from her discipline, her mascara running down her face with tears, her voice hoarse from screaming. But Kama never heard a sound, and no one ever did in her correction as it was meant to be private.So this, Kama shudders, is terrifying. Walking slowly and reluctantly, she moves towards the great hall. Surprisingly, she finds more and more people lingering in the sitting rooms, library, studies, and other lesser rooms. The unease grows as she sees even the girls she recognizes silently crying, shaking like a leaf in the wind.Moving to step toward the great hall, she is surprised by Alexandra running towards her, tears in her eyes, "Kama! I was looking for you.""What's wrong?" Kama asks, falling forward as the woman, more than twice her age, collapses her body weight against her. Kama clings to her, trying to shield their mutual collapse to the ground as the older woman cries."Boris, Boris, he...." Alexandra cries, her voice trembling."Oh, it will be okay," Kama says, rubbing the woman's back, immediately forgetting about Mandy and her worries. "Whatever it is, Viktor will take care of it."Kama's body spasms in an unnatural fear as the screams begin to unleash from a victim's mouth. The lack of clear language or curses sends a chill down her spine as small sweat trickles down her neck and temple. The sounds remind her of a moment in her past when a man of the Lenkov group, which Viktor ran in defense of the people, committed the most heinous crime.She had witnessed a man who tried to rape her had his tongue carved out of his mouth. Before he was tortured before her very eyes, it's why she brought Mandy here, a victim of the horrendous actions of the abuser; Kamaa knew she would be safe. When the wolf, Victor Volkov himself, stepped in to do the deeds, she knew she would never be taken against her will. He would protect her from the world if. If she submitted everything she was and ever was to a single word."Alexandra, where is Boris?" Kama asks, rubbing the woman's back as the fresh screams are heard. The way the woman clings to her when Kama asks the question sends mixed emotions through her. If Alexandra was lucky enough, it was Boris making the sounds, then she would be rid of him once and for all. Kama had always feared that he would kill her almost adoptive mother in her sleep."He's in there... with," Alexandra starts and begins hiccupping as she cries, "He's in there with Viktor and Mistress Kotenok.""The kitten?" Kama asks as her mind goes blank. The dark black hair and white streaks are terrifying as she walks through the halls. Kama has only ever seen her eyes, but once the softest ice blue eyes hide a soul of balance, the light and the darkness. For she is the light of the protectorate, the demonic mother of the Wolf cubs, Viktor's slaves.Alexandra nods as she weeps into Kama's arms, nestling deep into her shoulder. Kama struggles to find even a sense of compassion, always hating the man, but knowing that his crimes and the loss of Viktor's only son, she would think he would have died years ago. But Viktor admitted that all soldiers go to war with the notion that they can die and go unafraid. That the punishment Boris faced was far worse than any death he could give him.But now, the screams, the terror, Kama wonders if that was true. That there wasn't a fate worse than being imprisoned inside his broken body. Looking around the small corridor, they collapsed in her presence of mind and slowly returned to her."Mira?" Kama asks hopeful."In there, with Him...""Shit!" Kama says without thinking and then clings to the older woman, empathizing with her pain.