Chapter 3

Saky knew once Chloe left the room it was going to be her turn, however Chloe whispered something on Altena's ear to which the latter nodded, then the purple-haired girl placed herself on a near by kneeling accommodation Saky looked down and shook her head slightly at the thought of what was going to happen next. There had been very few occasions in which Chloe had witnessed her going through this and she wasn't exactly looking forwards to adding to them in the near future. However it wasn't her decision and even if it were, it had been her fault they were there on the first place so she wouldn't have been able to deny her.

Before Altena made the first move, Saky clicked the inside auto-pilot she had been given and walked over to her wall, she waited facing it until Altena was done cleaning Chloe's wall, and then Saky turns to face the mother, she was been trained just like her sister, and knows she must watch the preparations made for her, what she did was far worse than Chloe for the most obvious reasons and so the objects displayed before her eyes are slightly more variated than those displayed earlier. She knows she will get not only better quality but also a higher quantity and this of course is no comfort. However she nods once Altena is done placing everything.

The mother nears her and kneels before her just like she did with her sister, what feels like an eternity ago, and then repeats the same words she said then, "Do you know why you're here, Saky?" the fact that their eyes are locked together doesn't help Saky at all, however the auto-pilot knows the exact answer she is required to give.

"Because I deserve to be here, sins cannot be left without penalty and forgiveness shall come only after the sinner has understood, the mind doesn't sin, is the flesh that corrupts" the words fly out of her, meaningless to her mind.

Altena is however not pleased with the answer she got, even if those are the exact words she was expecting to receive, the intention behind them is lacking. Nonetheless she goes on with that she must "Do you know what you sin has been?"

"Yes, I've betrayed my sister's trust and failed you, I've feared and shamed." Saky's words are clear. She knows she's right even if she didn't phrase it the way Altena would have wanted her to.

Altena is unable to refute her child, she knows something is different this time, and she is yet to understand what. However everything has been done according to plan in the surface so she may not stop and wonder about the inside at this point. So she nods.

Saky then proceeds to say the words that need to be repeated every time "The children must pay for their sins in dark and low, this is the only way they will be purified without alteration" her sight is despondent, however she reacts with every nudge, she knows what she must do and her body does it for her.

Altena realizes that something isn't right every time a new reaction comes from the child, but wont stop, so she slaps Saky to show her dishonor, just like she did with Chloe and strips her just as slowly.

The ritual is carried on, Saky has not once rejected it, even if she hated every part, she has not once said a word or shown her displease, yet this time she could feel an unusual humidity in the corner of her eyes, she wasn't about to admit to it, so instead she closed her eyes, and denied herself the fact. Once she was completely naked before the mother, she took one deep breath before turning towards the wall, she had not once felt the true humiliation and shame this ritual brought, not once before today.

Once facing the wall, the red haired child raised her hands, waiting patiently for her righter of wrongs to chain her and take the last piece of dignity she had left at the moment.

She was just as disciplined if not more than Chloe, there was no chance that she would move from her position if Altena requested her not to, however she was treated with the same degradation and shame her sister was. Because at the time she wasn't the beloved child, she was but a filthy sinner that needed to be purified.

After Saky was firmly chained to the wall, Altena took a moment to allow her to perhaps calm down for a moment, she truly detested giving her children unnecessary pain and even though she firmly believed Saky was in urgent need of a discipline reminder, what she saw in her eyes was completely unnecessary and she knew it.

This however only aided Saky to worry, something she hadn't done before either, something about this told her today she wouldn't be the same. Something inside her had broken and she yet didn't know what, she was unable to establish complete control over herself like before, something wasn't right anymore.

Altena took notice in Saky's slight uncertainty and began punishing her, perhaps the best way to go about it would be to get it done as fast as possible. She stroked Saky over and over, she saw utterly new reactions come from her, when they were toddlers, Chloe would lower her head into the wall and bite her lip, she would make fists with her hands and try her best not to squirm, however Saky had never had such problems, after the first time Altena had placed her here, she had understood perfectly what she had to do and not once had she had a single problem going through it. it never even seemed to touch the child.

But this time, Saky had for the first time lowered her head and leaved into the wall, she was breathing heavily at the rhythm of the strokes, by the 40th, she had made fists with her hands and shook her head twice. Altena knew better than to stop, the child would get her worth even if she was feeling it the wrong way, because this was what needed to be done.

Saky's flesh was already bleeding from several locations, even if she had got less than Chloe, her state at the moment was far worse, likely because of her reactions, Altena had made it even worse than she initially intended. However Saky was unable to stop herself, Altena's ministrations were far too precise and lacerating for her to try on thinking straight.

They both knew every time a child made a walk inside this place, they would leave with far worse than they had the tie before, however this wasn't reason enough for this to be happening. Altena didn't understand what could have brought this upon the closer of her children.

At the 50th, Altena turned to switch objects once more and gestured for Chloe to leave, she had witnessed the same amount she had got and now it was time for Saky to pay the remaining dues on her own. The obedient child left the room with a confused look in her face, she didn't think Saky was capable of feeling physical pain. Every time she had gone there, she had taken it in the best of ways.

Once the two of them were left alone, Altena continued her work, and Saky's knuckles turned white, the pressure was starting to be too much.

By the 70th, Altena wished to stop, but Saky's inability to relax stopped her from it, she could not stop if the child didn't simply accept what was coming to her. And that was a fact they both knew.

However Saky couldn't take it anymore, not a single stroke more could she bare. And suddenly a word leaves her lips. A pleading moan that cries "Stop" is muttered inside the room, and it's her lips it exists. Altena stops mid stroke at the sound, her eyes close for a second and her head lowers faintly, her child has given. Saky can see her be disappointed, yet she cannot take it back, she has failed once more, and this time, not only has she shamed herself but the mother.

Altena takes only a moment to unchain the child, Saky never thought that could be the result, she thought perhaps Altena would continue, much harder than before for her insolence, however she is now free, and gestured to go to her room, she wishes to say something, however she knows better than to contradict her after what just happened and simply obeys.

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This is the first time I actually don't update due to my reviews (since I got only one, you meanies) but simply because I wanted to update it today.

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