Chapter 3

Eloise

...if I had died...

The redhead noticed I was staring at her for too long and leaned in, in so much that I could clearly see the bold freckles on her cheeks.

"Is there something on my face?" I flinched, shaking my head. Looking away, I realized I had been gawping at her. She smirked and asked.

"Are you mute?"

I then agnized that I hadn't said a word since I was brought. My mood dampened. Ida noticed how sour I was.

"Well. How old are you?"

Raising my weak bruised fingers, I held up seven fingers out to her. I was seven years old, but already looked half my age.

"You're seven years old?" She asked, with a brow raised. I nodded again. I was beginning to get a little familiar with her.

"Is that so?... Then what's your name?" She shifted all her attention to me. Once again, I flinched in fear.

I couldn't write, I couldn't even read alphabets, talk more or words. And I couldn't sign with my hands. So I could only mouth the word.

Eloise.

"Eloise?"

I nodded. Seemingly convinced, she shifted her attention back to the lousy food she ate.

"You're one interesting lass... Let me leave you in on a little secret...." A deep smirk appeared on her face.

... "I'm planning to escape this 'prison-hole' soon, and when I do, I'll come looking for you. My name's Ida by the way."

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Hours passed till it was dusk. We were then locked in another cell. The wounds on my back and Body weren't looking like it was going to heal and were still stinging.

"Here."

I heard a soft voice not to far from my cage. I slowly turned around and saw another girl. She looked older than me and had curly brown hair and dark skin but her eyes were a deep blue.

She stared at me intently with something in her hand.

"These will make your wounds Heal better. I guess you need them more than I do." She said in a soft voice. She must have felt pity as I had been battered by the Domineer.

I looked as the things she was holding, she held a little container and some powder in her hands.

I slowly stretched my hand to the other side of the cage to receive them. Her arms too were wounded, but was healing. I bowed my head appreciation as I received them, she was kind enough to sacrifice a valuable thing for me to have.

I slowly sat down, balancing on the rat infested floor and gently move my clothes. some of the wounds had stuck to the fabric of the dress.

Carefully laying the things on the floor, I slowly opened the container and took a whiff of it. It smelt horrible, like rotten fish. But I was grateful nothelesss. It's was Indigo in color and surprisingly slick and smooth.

I tried to rub it's on my sizzling wounds, but as it came in contact with the bare flesh... I almost screamed in pain. It felt As if the flesh was melting. I quickly stuffed my mouth with my garb to muffle the sound I was making. The other girls stared at us.

"sorry... I forgot to tell you that it may hurt. It's made from the blood of elves. Let's me help you with it..."

She said. I was a bit startled, How did she get such a potion? At my young age I already knew the invaluability of such. Time past and she was done. Though it hurt badly, the pain from the wound subsided and didn't hurt like before.

"So Eloise's your name, it's strange though adorable, I'm Ehid, it's nice to meet you."

I slowly smiled, Laying my head to rest. I dated not sleep for fear of what happened before.

•. •. •.

"She's the one... T5017."

I slowly turned, it was dawn but the dungeon we were in was pitch dark. I could see Domineer guards marching towards the cage of Ida, her back facing them as usual. She was awake but refused to get up. Her eyes were calculative and quiet.

They roughly shook her up and released her from her chain, bounding her with a new leash and moving away. I was confused,

Where were they taking her?

As her eyes met mine, the corner of her lips got upturned into a devious smirk. She winked and in a blink of an eye, her expression changed to the one of indifference.

It seemed like her plans to escape was falling into place.

I later got to know that humans in the auction house who were older than the age for bidding were taken either to be bred like animals in breeding infrastructures for continuity, or be used as food for Domineers. Any captive found deformed or malfunctioning was cut off to avoid spreading or contamination to the others.

Slowly but cautiously, I sat up to observe them, most of the myths spoken about the vampires with just lies. They could walk in the sun unscathed, eat garlic like any other person and evidently couldn't turn into bats or manipulate people's minds.

One couldn't easily turn into a vampire after just one bite? In fact no one, human or creature, ever claimed to have turned into a Domineer in all of history. It seemed the lies were just made to blend in easily along with humans. and so was elves, trolls, fairies, mermaids, and order creatures.

I was still in Deep thought when I suddenly felt someone's eyes on me. Cautiously turning around, I froze with fright. I quickly shook my head. It was just my hallucination.

The figure slowly disappeared... the figure of my father.

The doors were flung open again and in came Domineers. We were lead to the washroom and hosed, auction, sold, fed, locked up and daily routine continued...

Days passed and I had never heard again from Ida.

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7 years later...

" you never seen to always stop, no wonder they always dumped you right back after the bought you!"

Whack!

The clothes I was wearing tore with the crack of a spiked whip. I was whiped again and again till he was seemingly satisfied. He spat on my face in disgust and left. I slowly crawled back into my cage and laid. I did the terrible mistake of falling asleep at such a time.

The other girls had gone to sleep but my eyes were still wide open, staring into the darkness. I had no potion or cream whatsoever to heal the wounds I had been inflicted on. Ehid had been cruelly killed along with the others four years ago during the blood moon.

It was a miracle that I along with a few were alive at that time.

Presently my health was deteriorating badly and I really needed medical attention which was sadly not given. Dawn and the day dragged on slowly, and soon, we were taken out for auction. I looked down on my toenails. I had lost a nail again. I slowly sighed. I had grown considerably in heights but not in weight.

I was still as bony as ever. The fever I was having had increased as a result of the beating I received in the morning. I would soon come of age and be slaughtered.

"What about the white haired doll over there?"

White haired doll? I saw no one in the auction house having white hair accept me.

"T5076? quite the choice, Ten gold coins to begin with..."

And that was how I was bidded. I looked up with surprise. I thought that no one was ever going to buy me again. I was even prepared to be killed for food since I was reaching the age and I couldn't school to do breeding houses because of my present state.

"500 gold coins... and sold!"

It was outrageous! Who would spend such ridiculous amount of money for a white hair rogue as me?

I was still in shock and so did the rest of the rogues as they looked at me in astonishment.

I was quickly unchained and brought out from the stand to  a room where I was made to remove my worn out garb, now wearing a loose fitting grey gown. I was then taken to the Mistress's office to wait.

The Mistress I was first sold to before, Mistress Almut Bade walked over with two more figures...

To be continued...

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