AN: Hey guys this is my first DH fic. At first I wanted to make it a love interest for Ash, but I just love Tory too much to do that to Ash so I'm not sure who she will end up with yet. Also I don't own any of the DH franchise it all belongs to Sherrlyn Kenyon. Not me. :( Also if you are younger than eighteen you should not read this fic, it might get graphic, haven't decided yet but just for safe keeping the rating will be M. You have been warned!
"No, please, don't take me away! Please, I beg you, Akri don't let them take me!" The sound of a young girls voice could be heard, as she was being drug out of a smallish house located in the Kingdom of Atlantis.
The person who she was calling out to was indeed her lord and master being that she was a tsolous. She was underweight and had sickly colored skin. Long matted dull copper colored hair fell in front of her tearstained face. She was short compared to the men that were dragging her out of the house and into the courtyard. Standing only at 5'2 maybe 5'3 if she stood as full height, but as it was she was being held up by her arms her feet not even touching the ground. She would have had curves in all the right places except she was underweight. You could see dark bruises on her arms forming where the slaves had grabbed her and drug her threw the house to the courtyard. She couldn't be more than fourteen years of age.
Having been bought by him five years ago she had only been pleasuring for a few years before. Her Akri had a problem, aside from taking her to his bed multiple times a day; he loved to gamble, and in gambling had lost all of his money. This was the reason why two big burly slaves were forcibly dragging her out of the house. Having never been outside of the house she was very fearful of what would happen to her. Her Akri had punished her many times for trying to escape over the course of the first year she had come to him, but recently he had grown more incline to punishment and fiercer in the bed.
"Here she is Estes. Like I promised, she'll make a wonderful addition to your home." Her Akri spoke to a man that was standing by him in the courtyard.
The man turned and immediately she could feel the lust coming of him in waves. Starting towards her, she continued to struggle with the slaves who held her arms trying to pull away and make it back into the safety of the house behind her. She didn't understand what was happening; who was this man, and why was her Akri talking about sending her with him?
"Yes, I can see know that you weren't lying Lakhos, she is very alluring, I see why you tried to keep her all to yourself. " The man Estes had reached her by then. Taking a piece of her hair in his hand he lifted it up to his face. "Where did she get this color hair, it's as if Apollo himself took a piece of the sun and poured it on to her head."
"Does she please you my Lord Estes?" Lakhos asked moving over to them.
She could feel his eyes crawling up her skin focusing on her legs, then her chest finally her face and her eyes. Her eyes they were bright blue like the color of the sky on a clear day.
"Yes, very pleasing to the eyes, but is she as pleasing in bed?" Lord Estes asked dropping her hair.
The girl could still feel his eyes on her skin even though he wasn't looking at her anymore. 'Please don't make pleasure him.' She thought to herself, preying to whatever god would listen to her to take her away from this living hell.
"Oh I can ashore you, she is very pleasing in bed. But me being a simple man am very easy the please." Her master replied to the intimidating man.
"Tell me will you allow me to test her, before I make my decision." Lord Estes ask her Akri.
Still crying from the horror of being dragged naked threw the house and in front of these men, she made a small sound of protest. Lakhos didn't even hesitate to swiftly backhand her across her face, making her fall back into the fierce hold of the slaves still holding her arms.
"Quite whore, you will not make a sound, unless we tell you to." Lakhos yelled at her making her cringe in expectation of another blow, but it never came.
"I must say Lakhos, I had feared that you had gone soft in your treatment of your slaves, allowing them to speak freely to you. Now I know I was wrong, you truly are with out mercy. So what do you say, let me have say an hour with her to decide if I wish her to come to my home."
Lakhos looked at her, it felt like forever before he answered Estes. "Fine, but only an hour and if she doesn't please you, then maybe someone else will find pleasure in her talents. But don't damage her, if you don't want her, I have other buyers in place that would like to see her."
Her heart sank, she just new that this man was going to be a horrible owner. She had had many men and woman in her bed that had beaten her, and she new that he was that type.
"Very well, do you want me to take her here, or would you like to follow me to my home and you can spend your hour in comfort and pleasure while I make my decision. " Estes clapped his hands together before glancing at her with lustful joy written in is eyes.
"If you are offering what I think you are, them I will most definitely take up your most generous offer." Lakhos said as they shook hands to seal the deal that would most definitely change her life.
That hour had been the worst she had ever endured. He was very ruff, never once giving her a chance to recover from anything. He even took pleasure in seeing her in pain, doing things to her that no one had done in a long time. Lakhos was always a simple man to please, a few different positions and he was satisfied. But not this man, this man wanted things that had caused her much pain, and even caused her to bleed in places, making him even more aroused. This man was truly twisted. The first thing he had done once they had reached his home was instructed one of his servants to lead her to a room that was so dark she could hardly see. Then as soon as he walked in he had immediately slapped her across the face and told her that is she was to be his slave then she would have to learn obedience. Grabbing her hair and forcing her to her knell on the hard marble floor he instructed her to prepare herself to please him. After the course of the hour he got up and left her still lying on the bed with nothing to cover herself.
"Clean yourself up whore." He had ordered before gathering his clothes and leaving the room.
Still lying in the bed, she could barely move to even pick her arms up of the bed. She was so sore and hurting all over her body. Hearing the door open she feared it was him coming back to take her again, she let out a small whimper. Then tensed expecting to be yelled at and punished for making the sound.
"Oh you poor dear." A soft feminine voice was heard before the close of the door.
"What did he do to you? I swear that man is going to be the death of his slaves. First forcing Acheron to work when he is sick then bringing you here and using you like he did. I wish that man would just drop dead, but I'm just a servant what to I know."
The speaker was an elderly woman who moved toward the young girl on the bed and started assessing her injuries, before introducing herself to the scared, bruised and bleeding girl on the bed.
"Hello my dear, my name is Enil, Akri sent me in to make sure you got cleaned up before you are to be taken to him. Tell me dear, what is you name?" The elderly woman moved to help her sit up on the bed.
"Aura" the girl whispered to her.
"Aura, like the Greek Goddess of the breeze and cool air?" Enil asked moving away to gather up the remnants of the girls clothing.
Nodding the girl said "My mother named me after her favorite Goddess, even thou she's not even Greek." Making to get up of the bed the elder woman stopped her.
"Oh no dearie, you need to wash first, don't want you to get an infection from anything, let me show you to the wash room and then I'll leave you with fresh linen." The woman gently gripped her arm to steady her on her feet and started leading her across the room to a door she didn't notice when she first came in.
Going threw the door Aura found that it led to a washroom with a pool that looked very inviting for her sore body. Glancing at the elderly woman she couldn't help but feel the sorrow that was rolling off of the woman as they entered the room. Setting herself down in the pool she immediately felt much better feeling the steaming hot water work out the sore over used muscles of her naked body. Sinking down into the water she barely heard the woman say something about sharing the washroom with another bedchamber. Gingerly reaching for one of the small pieces of linen sitting by the edge of the pool and picking up the bar of sweet smelling soap she gently lathered up the cloth and ran it over her body wishing she could was away he memories as easily as she could was away the grim of sex on her skin.
"Dear, you mustn't take to long or else Lord Estes will come looking for you and then you will really be in trouble." Enil whispered to her so as not to startle her.
Nodding Aura ducked under the water to rinse her hair one more time before reaching to pick herself up out of the pool. Enil handed her some linen to dry herself of with before grabbing another piece and wrapping her in it to make a toga.
"I thought I was to be presented to him naked? It's what I've always done." Aura questioned as Enil continued to wrap her.
"Normally you would, but because he left you bruised and bleeding he wanted to cover that incase Lakhos decided to raise his price for you." Enil explained as she step back to survey her handy work. "Now lets do something with your hair." Instructing the girl to sit Enil brushed out her long matter hair and then pulled two or three pieces apart and twisted the to keep the hair from falling in her face. Finishing very quickly Enil then gently grabbed her hand and gripping her chin tilted her chin up so she could meet her eyes.
"Do you know of the royal family of Didimos, Aura?" Enil asked her still gripping her chin.
"Yes. I have heard of them." Aura answered.
"Good. Now that door over there when you go threw it you will see and do things in that room that you must never talk about young one. Especially if you value your life. Do you understand? You must never speak of it." Enil was firm with her grip as she turned Aura's head to the door that lead to the room that she would share the was room with.
Nodding she started to fear what her new life and master would have in store for her.
"You must say it dear, swear on the river." Enil insisted as she turned Aura's head back and met her eye's once again.
"I swear on the river." Aura could hear her voice saying before she really thought about it.
"Good, now let's go present you to your new master." Enil said allowing Aura to stand and meekly follow her out of the washroom and into her worst nightmare.
AN: This is just the first chapter, only a taste of what is to come. I greatly appreciate any and all feed back so please review! PS there will hopefully be more Ash in the next chapter.