I struggled against all odds. I was taken from home against my will, and now I'm a slave. I am a slave for the most abusive and awful man on earth.
"Girl! Do as I say! Bow down to me!"
I remained standing, staring straight into his menacing eyes. "No."
"Do as I say!" I felt the white-hot touch of the whip. I didn't even flinch.
"Annabeth," a girl named Diana hissed. "Just bow and stop taking pain!"
"No! I will not bow to you!"
I glared at him, and he raised the whip again. I didn't flinch or give a reaction. I just stared. He whipped me until I bled, but I said and did nothing. He would not break me.
"Annabeth Chase..." the man said as I continued to stare. "Your gray eyes... why do the affect me so?"
"I do not know," I replied.
"I did not say you could answer me! Bow, girl, or pay the price!"
"I will never bow." I had faith that Athena would help me get out of there alive. He could not break me.
"I will destroy your will, girl," he said. "Just you wait and see."