He dragged me down halls up stairs and passed too many rooms for me to have any idea where we were going. He paused outside a door and pulled out a key to unlock it. We walked through the door and into our room. He threw me into the room and walked in slamming and locking the door behind him. I picked myself off the floor and started backing away from Alex.
"Sit on the bed now." He commanded.
His eyes were still black and I could see his fangs so I decided it was best that I listened to him. I walked backwards to the bed and then sat by the headboard never looking away from him. Alex began pacing along the end of the bed.
"What the hell were you thinking?" He yelled. I shrank back away from him. I had never seen him truly pissed before and it was terrifying. He used his vampire speed and appeared in front of me on the bed. I jumped and tried to shrink as much as possible into the headboard. He quickly reached out towards me and I flinched afraid he would hit me.
"Anna, you broke three rules. Which three rules did you break?" He asked me. I remained frozen and looked down.
"Anna," his voice was sharp and commanding, "Answer the question."
"Not to leave without an escort, not to leave the castle, and not to disobey you," I whispered.
"Oh so you did listen then this morning and chose to deliberately disobey me. Look at me Anna."
I was too afraid to meet his stare.
"Anna!" He snapped. My head flew up and my eyes met his black ones.
"You knew there would be consequences for your actions and yet you chose to pay the price. Get up and come here." He commanded in a voice that left no room for argument.
I got off the bed and cautiously walked over to him. He grabbed my wrist in an iron like grip and he dragged me from the room never looking in my direction.
"Where are we going?" I asked in a small voice.
He continued to ignore me dragging me down sets of stairs until we reached an old staircase made of some sort of stone. It was cold and damp down there and as we descended I could see it was some sort of dungeon.
"Please stop Alex! Please! I'll listen now I swear!" I tried to rip my wrist away but it was no use. I was panicking and I knew he knew it too.
He turned and smirked at me with his eyes still black. "Maybe next time you will obey me."
He dragged me over to an open cell and threw me inside with him following close behind.
"Give me your shoes Anna."
"No," I whispered shaking my head.
"Anna, you don't need to make this any harder than it needs to be. Give me your shoes or I will starve you."
My stomach growled and I realized it must be close to dinner time. Despite the noises coming from my stomach I remained stubborn.
"No." I repeated.
"Very well then you will starve until you will listen to me. I won't play games with you any more Anna, and it's time you learned who your superior is."
With that he walked out of the cell and locked it and walked up the stairs and out of sight. I sat down on the concrete and pulled my legs up to my stomach trying to keep myself warm. It felt like a cold cellar it was so damp and cold. The lights went out then and I was left in the pitch black until he returned.
I couldn't seem to stop the tears from escaping until I was full out sobbing to myself in the dark with my head in my hands.
"How could I be so stupid…" I sobbed.
My stomach continued to growl loudly the sound echoing around me.
I sat in the dark for what seemed like ages unable to close my eyes for even a second; afraid of what might happen if I did.
It felt like forever before I heard footsteps walk down the stairs and towards my cell. The lights came back on and I had to shield my eyes from the dim light that seemed to burn them. I had not moved from my huddled position in the corner of the cell. I was too tired, cold and hungry to even bother moving away from him when he walked into my cell. I knew he had left me down here for more than one night.
He closed the cell door and stood in front of it. I refused to meet his gaze and chose to stare at the concrete instead.
"Anna, hand me your shoes." He commanded.
"Go to hell!" I hissed in a raspy voice.
He was in front of me in less than a second and back handed me across the face. My head flew to the side and I brought my hand up to my stinging cheek.
"You had better watch your tongue or I will cut it out."
I gulped knowing he was serious.
"Now I will ask you one last time Anna, hand me your shoes."
Reluctantly I pulled them off one at a time and handed them over.
"Thank you," Alex said taking my flats from me. Without shoes my feet were left to freeze on the cold hard floor and I cringed at the contact.
"I'm not sure you deserve food yet, but I can offer you a glass of water."
"What?" I yelled looking up at him. "I did as you asked me, what more do you want." I continued angrily.
"I want you to learn your lesson dear Anna, something I am sure has not happened yet."
I noticed his eyes were blue again meaning he was not as angry as he was before.
"How long have I been here?" I whispered, lowering my gaze again.
"Two days."
"How do I get out?"
"By serving your punishment."
"What is my punishment?" I had to know.
"Well you have two options. One you can stay down here in the dark and I will bring you rationed food every once in awhile until I believe you are ready to come out. Option two is I beat you senseless and I move you to a warm bedroom with food that will be delivered regularly to you."
I gulped not liking any of my options.
"Pick quick Anna, I am leaving now and I'm not sure when I will return."
My stomach growled again scaring me. I looked up into his eyes with pleading ones.
"One or two, which will it be Anna?"
"Two," I whispered.
He smirked and pulled me to my feet. He dragged a chair across the room and sat on it.
"Take off your jeans Anna."
"No, no let go of me!" I screamed.
"You chose my dear, now you must follow through with the consequences of your choices."
He pulled me over to him and pulled both my hands in one of his while he used his other hand to tear my jeans off me. I stood in front of him in my tank top and underwear. He pulled me across his lap and held me down while he brought his hand back and began beating me.
When he had finished my voice had disappeared and the last of my silent tears were streaming down my face.
"Now that was the right choice you made Anna, I'm proud of you." Alex whispered in my ear.
He picked me up and pulled a loose skirt over my hips and carried me out of the cell. As he walked, I passed out in his arms.
