Sargatanis sat in darkness watching as Anna paced and then stood staring out the window. His only wish was for her to bare him a son. "You will bare me a son..."He started, and she jumped at the sound of his voice.
"Or what, you will have me put to death?" She asked still staring out the window. "I'm all ready dead, so what difference would it make?"
He stood behind her kissing her neck, and pulled her to him. He loved to hear her scream as he made love to her. Why did she fight him so?? "Love me." he whispered to her with a hint of despiration.
"Never." She said and pushed him away.
He took her by the arm and yanked her around to face him. "She took your place to save your life. While she screamed in agony, you screamed in lust in my bed." He spat at her venomously and backed away at the slap of her hand.
He walked away from her to the door, leading in Rachel and Dwayne by their ropes.
"What are you trying to do Anna?" He asks as he shoves them to her feet.
Anna and Rachel stare at each other until Anna starts to cry. "I will never love you, no matter what you do!!" Anna crys as she helps Rachel to her feet.
Sargatanis reaches for Rachel, pulling her to him. "Look at her Anna. If you will not bare me a son, maybe she will or die trying." He snarled and then pulled Rachel out of the room by her hair.
Dwayne ran to the door after them, but Sargatanis had locked them in. He beat on the walls until his fist became bloodied.
"I am so sorry." Anna said as she wiped his hands with a wet cloth.
"How did we get here." Dwayne asked, not looking at her.
"I brought you here as I did the others." Anna said as she moved to stare back out the window.
"Are you a witch?" He asked in almost a whisper.
"No, I am not a witch. I do not curse spells, I do not mix potions. I have this gift that I don't understand, only Sargatanis understands." She said and then cringed as if the name burned her tongue.
"Why does he hold you here? Why does he hold us here?" He asked as he finally looked at her.
"He is powerful, fruit of Satan and the darkest witch. He wants me to bare a son, when I have not." Anna said meeting his gaze.
"But, Rachel is not a witch..."He starts to say.
"If you are here, you have a small portion of the gift. I am truely sorry he took her." She says sorrowfully.
"Chester didn't believe us that you were alive." Dwayne says as he sits on one of the beds.
"He hasn't given up total hope, Dwayne. I know he feels me. At night he thinks about me." She says as she holds the cross he had given to her.
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Rachel stood naked in front of Sargatanis, as he looked her over like she was dinner. He pushed her into bed roughly and started to undress himself.
"Don't you believe in foreplay?" Rachel said, as she tried to play along.
"Foreplay?" he asked confused.
"Yeah, let me show you." Rachel slid over the silk sheets to sit in front of him. She closed her eyes as she took him into her mouth and had the sudden urge to bite. She opened her eyes as she felt the blood trickle down her chin and saw his face of pleasure turn to agony.
He howled in pain as he pushed her back on to the bed. She tried to run for the door, but he was too fast for her. He grabbed her and threw her to one of the guards that had been watching over them. "Take her!" Sargatanis said through gritted teeth.
The guard took her to a room that was fire hot. She was almost thankful she was nude until she turned around to see a huge fire and a branding stick. She started to scream as the guard put the brand in the fire. He returned to her as another guard held her still and branded her shoulder with an S.
Sargartanis entered the room and stared at Rachel as she cried on the floor. "You are mine now." He said, and threw servants clothes in front of her on the floor.
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The door opened to the chamber and Rachel came tumbling in with clothes in hand. The door closed just as quickly, as Rachel lay crying from cold and her branded arm. Clothes scattered through the room, Dwayne picked them up and dressed her like a child.
"He branded her." Anna said, as she saw the S on Rachel's arm.
'WHY DID YOU BRING US HERE!" Rachel yelled at her through tears.
"Did he rape you?" Dwayne asked her as he put a put the shirt over her head.
"I bit him." Rachel said wiping her face on a sleeve.
"He will not rape a servant. They are beneath him," Anna said as she handed Rachel a handkerchief.
"Get away from me." Rachel said as she let it fall to the floor.
"I am so sorry." Anna cried and went back to the window as if searching for something, or someone.
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The woman rode him with pleasure. If he could not make the child tonight, he would take his frustrations out on a towns peasant girl. This one whore would not be missed, he thought.
His lips found her neck, and then her breast as he moved within her. She groaned as he nipped at her nipple, almost making it bleed. He wanted to be rougher, and deeper, he wanted to empty himself into her and watch her die.
He rolled on top of her, holding onto her golden hair. They breathed faster as he pumped faster and deeper making her scream and cry. He quivered as him time was nearing. He emptied himself into her, burning her insides as he did. She started to scream in agony instead of pleasure, as he continued to fill her with his need. She tried to push him away, but it was too late.
She lie motionless, as he motioned for a guard to come and take her away. He was cursed, and it could only be broken by the one that hated him the most. He had loved Anna since she was a child, but her heart had always been with Chester.
He lay in bed staring at the fire in the fireplace thinking. He was born in darkness, and one day his beloved with join him.
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Rachel and Dwayne lay listening to the horrible screams coming from somewhere down the hall. He held her close until the screams subsided, both of them afraid of what was happening.
"I will never be his servant, i would rather die." Rachel said as they lay there listening to the heavy silence.
He rolled onto his side to look at her.
"We have to get out of here, and now." Rachel said, as she heard Anna stir across the room.
"I've tried, and it is sealed shut. The windows are too small to crawl through too." Dwayne said as he pulled Rachel closer to him as if to keep warm.
"I know a way out." Anna said as she crawled over to them with glowing eyes.
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At first Dwayne didn't want to leave Rachel alone with Anna. But Anna had insisted that she stay, she bore the masters grotesk(sp) mark. He stood at the edge of the forrest and looked back at the dark mansion. In one window he could see Sargatanis, and he thought that the man could actually see him. He pulled the hood further over his head, and fled into the darkness of the woods.
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Sargatanis watched as the hooded figure fled silentely into the forrest. He would have cared, but his mind was elsewhere.
A vision of the indian swam into his thoughts.