The room was kinda dark and you could see a very detailed pieces of furniture laying around.The bed was king sized and there was a giant mirror to the left of the room with a lot of other cosmetics for body care.

-ehmm...master james do you have a heart queen ?

The woman asked as she nervously glanced at my way using her hand of cards to hide half of her face... i looked at my own hand and replied.

-yes,i have one here

I pulled the card out of my hand and gave it to the female slave that was sitting on the opposite side of me,next to her were the other female slaves and next to me sat my escort.We were all positioned in a circle each of us holding a hand of cards...

As i gave the card to the beautiful woman with long black hair and round blue eyes she seemed a bit surprised and i could also see a sign of fear coming from her but in the end she silently muttered to me...

-i...i won master james...

I smiled to her but realized she couldn't see that smile because of my mask so instead i tried to talk as gently as possible and said.

-Good how about we play again.

The woman picked up on my gentle voice and i could see a slight raise of her lips almost non-existing but still there as she nodded to me the others also seemed to be at ease a bit more and we continued to play card games.The reason we were sitting here playing cards was because i felt very uncomfortable laying down on my bed while the stayed next to me at first when i saw them i asked them to leave very politely but that made the woman even more frightened as they begged me to let them stay at the room they even insisted on doing everything other then leaving the room and one by one started to approach me almost stripping me from my clothes i was a bit panicked and was able to stop them from stripping me by asking them to play a game of cards with me..at first they seemed a bit confused but followed my request and like that we all ended up sitting on the bed playing cards...(sigh)

As i started shuffling the cards the woman around me were quiet and just watched me shuffle them there was not a single sound or discussion around us the atmosphere was very awkward on top of that i didn't want to start making questions like "where did you come from" or "what is your hobby" this kind of question was bound to be hurtful to the opposite party seeing that the only reason these girls were in this room was to pleasure me...

As i was about to finish shuffling the cards i could see my escort who was sitting beside me shifting with her legs for a bit we were all sitting in a formal seiza position and she was probably not very comfortable in this kind of position i could see the others equally discomforted by the way they were sitting but no one wanted to change their position it was as if their life depending on it...maybe it was ?

I made a small coughing sound where after the girls started to look more attentive towards me and asked them.

-So what are your names ?

-...

I didn't move my eyes from the deck as i was shuffling them while i asked that question,but i could see on the corner of my eyes some of the woman seemed to be very confused and surprised why i had asked such question and after another 20 seconds or so the first to answer was my escort who sat beside me as she said.

-my..my name is christina valera...

I could see she was very nervous and tried to hide that part of hers as she was talking but it didn't work very well but at the same time when she noticed i wasn't paying attention..she seemed to be very relieved about it...So her name was christina ?

I took a slight glance at her observingly and caught her long dirty blond hair with blue eyes her skin was slightly tanned making her a bit more striking she had rosy lips and round eyes making her even alluring.

Seeing christinas courage the others were a bit envious of her...until another woman suddenly introduced herself.

-My name is...angela white..

She looked down while she said that so i just nodded to her which put her at ease for the moment out of all the woman she seemed to be the youngest and most fidgety among them.

Once this girl introduced herself everyone else started introducing themselves there were some who told their names more proudly then others and i could tell they were starting to at least open up to me and not stay so awkward and after another 10 minutes we all introduced ourselves with names and age of course i didn't tell them my real age or name in this matter and i could tell they all knew about it too for some reason......womanly instincts are really scary sometimes you know ?

-So where did you all come from...

I froze for a second...and glanced at christina who asked that question and then i looked at the others to see their reaction...they didn't seem to be overly hurt by the question but i could see a lingering line of sadness in their eyes.Christina on the other hand didn't seem to be really that emotional about the question and like last time started with herself with a wryly smile while scratching her head.

-I actually came from the mages circle...

She said a bit regretful i could also hear a bit of anger mixed in her words but it was too faint for the others to hear..

-You see the reason i ended up in this place is because i was missioned to investigate a case where someone was gone missing...well its not really a mystery for someone to have gone missing in this kind of place but the person who disappeared was someone very important so it had to be dealt with and investigated anyways long story short it turns out my supervisor who actually gave me this mission all alone lied to me and tried to send me to this place for me to get killed he hired some assassins to kill me the moment i had arrived here but he probably didn't need to do so ain't i right ?

Her attempt of making a joke wasn't really helping as everyone already knew that was actually the case...she was a bit ashamed and coughed for a bit and continued her story.

-Anyways the assassins sure did catch me but they didn't kill me when they caught me and instead judged my appearance and sold me as a slave and probably told that bastard i was dead collecting the coin for it too...

-Why did the guy want you dead ?

I asked a bit untactful but i never liked holes in a story comes from reading a lot of books i guess.I had already put the deck away to the cupboard no one seemed to have noticed it or cared anyways.

Christina looked at me for a second staring at my eyes she wasn't able to see my expression but she was trying to find something in gaze which she seemed to have found as she sighed and said.

-My family is actually quite famous you see...i was actually going to succeed my house as the new head but my supervisor who was a member of one of my branch families didn't seem to like that idea and wanted to get rid of me...

She said a bit regretful...i could understand her story very much in the end it was another persons gain that brought everyone here and it was truly regretful but i couldn't say she didn't have it coming she must have had some kind of suspicion when she accepted the mission from her supervisor but she didn't seem to have bothered to ask the details and just gone for it making her a idiot in the end that gets preyed by the others.

As she finished her story we stayed silent for another couples seconds until someone knocked the door.

(Knock Knock)

-Who is it ?

I asked and after another couple seconds i could hear a familiar voice resound through the door..chase.

-Master james ! food is ready if you like ?

The woman around me started to turn pale and some even started to panic as they started to strip all of their clothing making me confused on where to look even christina was starting to strip her clothing and getting behind the blanked...

I sighed and just removed my shirt surprisingly when i did so the mask wasn't in the way making it a lot easier.

I started walking towards the door half naked and with a calm manner i opened the door where i saw a woman with silver hair with a sweet wide smile on her face which quickly turned to lust as she watched my muscle lined chest...well honestly i was quite skinny if you had to say it but because i always trained myself in the prison my body had some very visible and rough edges to it becoming more lined...

I glanced at the table beside chase there was a lot of food on top of it a bit too much for one person i thought...I looked to my side where the woman were position naked trying to look as suggestive as possible i didn't try to peek at them but noticed that all of them had their saliva running down their mouth from the aroma that was coming from the food that was on the table...for reason this image of beautiful naked woman with very hungry looks on their faces seemed very wrong to me so i turned towards chase as and said.

-I take it from here you can leave.

As i grabbed the handle of the wheeled table i could see chase coming closer to me her hand was touching my chest the touch was ice cold and i almost flinched when she did so...I looked up meeting her lustful eyes as she spoke.

-Master james honestly saying this humble servant of yours has a tiny request.....i am very sorry if am troubling you with your business...

She said alluringly i noticed her grip was getting a bit stronger so i quickly took her hand off me and asked her coldly.

-Get to the point little girl.

She didn't seem to like it but she also didn't want me to get angry that was obvious.

-You see tomorrow my sisters will be coming for a visit and i would like it if you could join us for dinner even branch is okey and...

-Alright i see what i can do

And with that said i quickly pulled the table to the room and closed the door on her face...i could hear the sound of her grumbling as she left the door.The woman also started to put their clothes on while sighing the youngest one called angela was looking at me red to the face as she put on her clothes.

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I pulled the wheeled table into the room and as i did so the sweet steam that came from the many different cuisines enveloped the room the eyes of the woman were completely fixated to the table almost ready to bounce it but they didn't because they also feared the consequences that would come for the food but as i took a apple from the bowl of fruits and the table i said.

-Help yourself

And as i finished saying that the woman quickly jumped from the bed and started eating the in delish some even started to cry while tasting the soup...

I bit into the apple and sat onto the couch while looking at the woman...i don't why i am so nice to them but i could sympathise with them for some reason...was it because of imprisonment ? I wondered.

They continued to eat for another hour and when they finished they realized how they must have looked and quickly sat down in a seiza as to not continue looking like they did over all i didn't mind and told them i was going to take a nap they all looked a bit embarrassed for some reason and started to stand up once again stripping their clothes..

-hey hey hey i am not talking about that kind of "nap" i am talking about actually sleeping normally so i am taking the couch you can use the bed if you want so good night.

I didn't give them the chance to rebutted as i started to nod off it was a really tiresome day and i really didn't want it to continue another thing to add was that i wasn't worried about them killing me at night they didn't have the guts to do so and on top of that i was able to build a basic understanding between ourselves so killing me should be out of question now...as i said i the reason i let them stay was because of pity nothing else.

And with that thought i started to travel to the worlds of dreams which turned out to be a actual nightmare.

=================Christina's P.O.V==================

As i wanted to tell him to take the bed i could already tell he was starting to nod off...what a troublesome man i thought...

-haha but he is kind...

I laughed at myself as i watched him his upper body was exposed and i knew he would catch a cold like that.

-Everyone help me carry him to the bed

Everyone nodded to my suggestion no one seemed to be against it as their eyes shone and like that we carried him to bed he was sleeping very deeply and i was a bit worried he didn't eat so much only a apple...

-arrhh..

He moaned as he slept no one was about to sleep just yet everyone just stayed where they were and observed this guy...he almost seemed like a little boy for some reason...

The youngest in this group angela was still fidgeting for a bit as she looked at him shyly and said.

-Do you guys think...he can take one of us ?

She said shyly her voice held hope and longing her idea was something we everyone hoped in our hearts he was like god send to lessen the burden in our lives...he was strange he took weird sympathy on us as if he himself lead a life such as ours...maybe he had who knows but that didn't matter..even now i remember how he gave me his hand his words were almost enchanting when he asked me if i would still be his escort now that i am thinking about it i was hesitant at first of course you would be with someone of his standing..

I glanced towards the couch where his jacket was i could see the line of his badge sticking out of the pocket even thought the collar hindered me from using magic it never fully locked it so i could tell by one glance that it was infused with the power of a archfiend...meaning he is a member of the broken brotherhood which has only 666 members...i remembered the incident with that guy losing his leg..haha even now i can laugh at that i remember the days when he casually harassed me everyday by touching me in weird places and even tripping me which was his favorite move he never really got to truly take me which i was glad about and today he got what he deserved...

-maybe or maybe not we can't truly know who is...maybe he is trying to play with us and then take our hope away...

No one in this room truly believed in what i just said not even me.. I was trying to see it as bad as possible and knew that keeping hope was the last thing to do in this kind of place sprouting such selfish ideas of freedom was almost non-existing and we could only hope to at least live another day to experience it all over again...even now we were all in danger in the eyes of the public were the so called untouched "goods" and staying that way gave me hope to keep my sanity to myself and not succumb to my own despair...after all it had been 2 years since i was here i am almost reaching the age of 20 and i still didn't have a boyfriend...i was truly idiotic not to have seen christophers plan on the very beginning i also felt disgusted to myself that i had loved him and unquestionably agreed to the mission...haha there are really things that should not be said even when i told him my story i knew i never wanted to show anyone my face of weakness not even to him...but at the same time i wanted to wanted to cry my troubles onto his chest when he asked......i am probably just being desperate but in the end its true that this guy is the first to have ever shown compassion over these hard 2 years of a struggle....

I looked at the guy again...his name wasn't james nor was he 31 years old his skin coloration and mold were too fresh to be so old and i knew he was lying once he started to talk about his name over the years i could tell what was real and what not its a skill you had to have in order to survive in this place...

-aghhh

He moaned strongly...what ? He was starting to sweat was he having a bad dream ?

I suddenly found myself touching his head only to realize i was feeling the cold and smooth surface of his mask...thats another thing that is strange about him he never showed his face but i knew he was just too young..he probably didn't want anyone to see him so they wouldn't recognize him thats understandable...

- I want to see his face...

Murmured one of the girls more then one of them nodded at her suggestion watching him intently...maybe they were thinking something on the line of at least having him for once before he would leave they might as well try to rape him while he was asleep so they others guys wouldn't get their hands on them...i really wanted to tell them that doing it was bad at the same time...i felt the same...i also wanted to have my first time with him but i knew it was so wrong to do he obviously didn't have any interest in us...but i couldn't do so...can i at least see his face ?

Unconsciously my hand was traveling up his soft chest to his throat about to grip his mask up the other girls also saw me doing it but no one tried to stop me...everyone wanted it so why shouldn't we ?

As i was about to pull his mask suddenly a memory resurfaced to my mind...It was james holding out his hand for me with his gentle golden eyes as he said to me.

-Aren't you still going to escort me ?

Another memory got through this time we were sitting in the carriage as he told me.

-Stop smiling until we get to our destination.

As i thought about it i quickly loosed my grip at his mask and looked at the other girls shaking my head.

-I don't wanna break my trust with him...breaking my trust would hurt me much more then him leaving...

They all looked at me and then back to him..and slowly nodded their heads sighing heavily.

-I don't want this to be a dream...

The youngest whispered she was here for over 6 years and turned 15 today she had long black hair and a small round brown eyes making her petite statue look very cute she always avoided men because she feared them but today she took her courage and talked to this man who turned out to be pretty decent originally when everyone got into this room they probably thought it was the end of their line their last defense breaking down in this very moment they probably didn't think it would be a saint instead of a beast...haha

-I don't want it to be either...

I said as i held the back of his head patting his shoulder long hair i just knew he must look very attractive with his golden use combined with his raven hair...i knew i wanted to live for this at least..

-I will make it happen...i will somehow so please accept us...

I muttered as i placed his head onto my lap his sweet sleeping noise resounded throughout the room as we quietly watched him not even a thought of sleep crossed my mind as i watched him it was the same for the others...

==================Dawn's P.O.V===================

It was hot very hot...it was as if i was being baked in a oven but i wasn't dying it was just and unending stream of hotness...where was i ? what am i doing ? why is it so hot ? i thought for a second..

(CRIEK)

A cry ! the sound of a bird where ? i couldn't see nor move i could only feel and it was hot what was going on ?

As i thought so i could feel that i was moving my head...something was blocking my movement ? My head started to peck onto the thing that was obstructing my way and after another few seconds the wall finally broke revealing light !

-HOT HOT HOT HOT

I yelled but i couldn't hear my voice ? Anyways the light was hot as it shined onto me it was almost unbearable and made me think go suicide more then once and after 2 minutes of inhuman torture the hotness finally stopped replaced by sudden coolness...

I also got to see something other then light but the moment my eyes adjusted to the light i could see something even more terrifying...

(WHOOSH)

As i looked up to the sky i could see a giant black ball of fire coming at me even from here i could feel the familiar hotness coming from it but this time it gave me a sense of dread...where am i ?

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