Chapter 1:
Alex stared at Sarov as he spoke with excitement and a huge smile on his face, "We can be together Alex! Family! Father and son! I could adopt you! Don't you see? Stay with me as I make the world a better place for the both of us!"
"What if I say no." Alex asked cautiously and Sarov immediately lost his excitement look and smile, instead it was replaced with a hardened determined look.
"You'll stay with me Alex, my new son, forever." Sarov said with determination swimming in his eyes, before Alex could run of on his horse he was knocked out by a hard hit to the head.
"Take him to my special room Conrad, and make to chain him." Sarov ordered Conrad who nodded and carried Alex like a sack of potatoes to the room.
Conrad threw Alex on the wall in the room and quickly chained the knocked out boy by the ankles and wrists which was also chained to the wall.
"W-What?" Alex groaned as he woke up to a throbbing pain at the back of his head.
Conrad snickered at Alex's situation which made Alex alert by Conrad's voice; Alex looked up and saw Conrad with a huge grin on his face before leaving the room with Alex in it.
Alex tried to stand up but soon realized that he had been chained by his wrists and ankles, he sat back down and looked around the room which contained nothing but him and the chains on his wrists and ankles.
"Well, at least Sarov isn't torturing me to be his son." Alex said, a bit grateful that it wasn't the case.
"Alex! My son! How do you like your new room?" Sarov asked as he bursted into the room.
"I'm not your son, and it's a little boring in here." Alex said before realizing that he probably said the wrong words as Sarov's eyes flashed with anger.
"You will call me Father you hear Alex." Sarov said angrily.
"I will not." Alex blurted out before he could stop himself.
Sarov stomped up to Alex and slapped him harshly; Alex couldn't help the yelp that came out of his mouth at the pain. Sarov grabbed Alex by the hair, lifted his head, and stared harshly at Alex who involuntarily flinched.
"You will call me Father you hear son, there will be worse punishment next time you hear?" Sarov warned and Alex meekly nodded, Sarov released Alex's hair with a bright smile and left the room leaving Alex alone once again.
