The Collector's heavy boots stepping on broken glass pierced the silence as he returned from one of his meetings outside of his home.
"Luminosa, what happened here?"
"Nothing, master."
Tivan shot me a look of disapproval. "Tell me the truth."
"Nothing happened."
"Clearly something happened." Tivan approached me and touched my cheek with the back of his hand. There was a fresh bruise under my right eye.
"No, Tivan."
"You are to address me as nothing less than master, Luminosa." Tivan spoke quietly.
He sighed. "I know something happened here while I was away. There are things broken here. Now tell me. Did someone break in and hurt you? Did they take things from me?"
"You should know. You're the Collector, master."
Tivan studied me carefully before letting a painful sigh slip from his lungs.
Finally he said with a hint of anger. "If they hurt you I will kill them, Luminosa. You can tell me who they are."
"They...they raped me."
The sound was so low from my lips that Tivan could scarcely hear me.
"They what?"
"They raped me!" I screamed.
Tivan sighed, trying to control his rage. "Who? Who did this to you? I will take care of them personally. They think they can break into my collection, steal from me and hurt my attendant...rape her?"
"You were gone for hours! They came in and..." I burst into tears as Tivan held me to his chest, comforting me.
"Just tell me who it was, my dear."
"Korath...it was Korath the Pursuer, master. He..."
"Shhhhh." Tivan purred. "Everything will be fine. I will see to it that he suffers for hurting you, my Luminosa."