This is actually the first chapter I wrote for this fanfic. I hope you guys enjoy it!

XII

"Your Majesty, a letter has arrived from your wife."

Rhys waved the servant over as he took a sip of coffee. "Bring it here, please."

The servant delivered the envelope to him. Disregarding his breakfast for the moment, Rhys tore the envelope open and read the note.

"To my darling husband,

"Verone is truly a delight. After being away from my home for so long, I am reminded of its majesty by being inside its borders.

"I miss you though, and my parents have wanted to see you. Might you join me here? It would bring a lot of joy for you to be here."

Rhys revealed nothing on his face. Though the letter was pleasant, he could read between the lines. Loosely translated, Gloria was telling him this: "I don't care if you come, but people are starting to talk and it would be better if you come here and settle everything down."

His fingers tensed around the letter, but he resisted the urge to crumble it up. He couldn't see Gloria at the moment, especially inside of her home country. They certainly needed to have a little…talk, but it would be better for Rhys if this "talk" occurred in Ivore and not in Verone. And he wasn't certain that he could feign being in love with her until then.

"Does Gloria want you to go and see her?" Evelyn asked.

"Yes," Rhys said. He set aside the letter and drank some more coffee. "I will write her back, thanking her for the letter but apologizing because my commitments haven't been fulfilled yet."

"…That will upset her," Evelyn said after a long moment.

Rhys shrugged. "It's just how things are."

He focused on his breakfast. After a moment he noticed Evelyn was watching him and looked up. "What is it, Evie?"

Evelyn was smiling, and she looked a little relieved. "You're better now, aren't you Rhys?"

"…Was I unwell before?" he asked slowly.

"You're eating now, and you're lively again," she pointed out. She laughed lightly, but the laugh sounded sad. "I was so worried about you because you were so down. You weren't eating and you weren't sleeping properly. Now you seem to be back to normal!"

Rhys paused for a moment as he contemplated his words. He knew his disposition had worried Evelyn and various other people in the castle. But…yes, he did seem to feel better. "I just had a lot on my mind, Evie. I'm feeling fine now, so don't worry."

"Don't get so stressed out," Evelyn said, reaching out to take his hand. "So much is happening to you, Rhys, that it's easy to become lost in it all."

"I'm a strong person," he told her, smiling slightly. "And I had a bit of a spell recently, but I'm over it. I'm going to work hard to make sure it doesn't happen again."

Evelyn slowly nodded. "All right, Rhys."

When Axis was safely returned, it did make things less tense for Rhys. Without the courtesan to worry about, Rhys's other burdens didn't seem so heavy. He felt helpless that he couldn't severely punish the guilty parties involved, though he did suspend four soldiers. Even that alone caused some ire in the ranks, and it was a further reminder he couldn't take things further.

No matter how much he wanted to. Especially when the guilty Lieutenant never came forward, and allowed his subordinates to take the blame and punishment.

My hands might be tied, but he's safe. He smiled again. And I'm going to make sure it stays that way.

Being the center of attention was always awesome. Except when your body was in constant pain and you couldn't maintain an erection because your ribs throbbed.

"Why would you masturbate when you're injured?" Atros demanded, shaking his head angrily as the servants tended to Axis. "If you'll recall, you have three cracked ribs. You can't do any strenuous activity!"

"I'm BORED!" Axis snapped, ignoring the women checking his ribs. "I'm not the kind of guy who can himself busy with gay shit like reading!"

"I have something Axis can do!" Mercutio sang from the doorway. "All he'll need to do is simply lie there, in my bed—"

"Go away, please," Atros admonished him as Axis's face twisted in revulsion. He turned back to Axis when the other man was gone. "You've only been back for a week, Axis. Asriel said that your ribs would take some time. At least the infection has left your ear."

Axis grumbled, and nursed the bandage over his left ear. "If I could punch one of those fuckers—"

"You can't," Atros said coldly. "You'll only end up bringing more trouble to yourself—and me. I know it's difficult, but you need to bite the bullet and deal with it."

"Easy for you to say!" Axis snapped. "You weren't kidnapped and beaten for a week!"

Atros rolled his eyes. "Count yourself lucky that you've survived that much. And that I happen to be a very patient man, or else I might've tossed you out for the trouble."

Axis snapped his teeth at Atros. "Are you done? Can't you go away?"

Atros's brow twitched, but he said nothing. "I will leave of my own accord. But once you're fully healed, expect to work a 21-day stretch before your next day off."

Atros turned to leave. Before Axis could stop himself, he blurted out, "Boss."

Atros paused. "Yes, Axis?"

"Has…" he wanted to rip his hair out over the fact that he was even saying this, but he forced himself to continue. "Have you heard anything from that guy?"

"That guy…as in Sir Rhys?" Atros clarified. He shook his head. "He has told me he will not come here until he gets everything in order on his end. It's all the better anyways that he stays away for the time being. Though, your concern for a client is quite surprising—"

"I'm NOT concerned!" Axis shouted. "I just asked a fucking question! Don't turn things around into what they don't mean, asshole!"

Atros said nothing more and departed the room, though Axis continued to rant behind him. After a couple of seconds he began cursing heavily in pain. Linneus frowned as he walked by. "Is everything okay, Xanthe?"

"Of course," Atros stated. "Axis has just surprised me, that's all."

"I see." Linneus looked at his closed door. "What did he say?"

"It's not what he said. It's what he meant to say." Because Axis seemed interested in whether or not Rhys was worried about him. Atros certainly knew that Rhys was worried, but Axis's genuine interest, and then continuing to refrain from blaming Rhys for his experience, was a bit surprising.

But Atros wasn't certain if the implication of Axis's feelings was a good thing or a bad thing, especially since Rhys was their future King.

The following day, Axis received a visit from one of his regulars. When Atros announced the individual in, he braced himself, thinking it was Rhys.

When instead one of his female customers came in, some of the tension ebbed away. And he did his best to ignore the twinge in his stomach that felt like disappointment.

"Oh, Axis!" the woman rushed to Axis's bedside, tears streaming down her face. "Oh, my poor sweet Axis! What monsters did this to you?"

"Nobody that I couldn't beat myself," Axis said, forcing a smile. He knew the woman had paid just to come in and see him, so he turned the charm up. "But surviving that hell made it worth it to see your face again."

"I was s-so worried!" the woman blubbered, patting her cheeks with her handkerchief. "When I came here and they told me you weren't here, I knew something was wrong!"

"I appreciate your concern…" Axis slowly trailed off as he floundered on the woman's name. Regina? Rebecca? Raleigh? "…Raleigh," he finished.

The woman shook her head and caressed his cheek. "Poor Axis…those brutes beat you so hard that you don't remember that my name is Nancy!"

Nancy? Why did he think her name started with an R? But he shrugged. "Your beauty and sheer presence are the best comfort in the world."

The woman sniffled and nodded. "Thank you, Axis. When do you believe you'll be well enough for work?"

Ah, this woman was all business. Not that Axis could blame her or anything; he was so awesome in bed that women came back screaming for more. "I was told a couple more weeks. But don't you worry. When I'm healed I'll give you a run for your money."

The woman nodded hastily. "I see…oh, it's a terrible time for me. My husband has bestowed favor on one of our stable girls and has kicked me out of our own bedroom! I sleep in the guest bedroom! It's so lonely…I miss your attention, Axis."

Axis found it hard to believe that any man would pass over this woman, considering how big her breasts were. But he didn't like hearing about his clients personal problems, because it was too personal and annoying. But he dealt with it because he knew most women who came to him were dissatisfied anyways and they paid well.

Then…he had an idea. "I can make a recommendation," he said, smiling a little more sincerely. "Go and see Claret. Her schedule's open right now."

The woman blinked slowly. "Claret? B-But isn't that another woman? Why would I go and see a woman?"

"Because she's better at oral than I am," Axis said smoothly.

The woman reflexively blushed, but she also abruptly brightened. "…I-Is that so?"

"Definitely," Axis pressed. "She'll take both men and women, and the women I've heard her have scream up and down the halls! One woman had to be carried out by one of her footmen because she couldn't walk!"

The woman's eyes glazed over, and Axis nearly laughed. He'd actually described his own experience with one of his customers, but he could see the interest in the woman's eyes. "Go see and Atros will transfer your payment for Claret."

"…I think I will." She leaned forward and kissed him on the cheek. "Thank you, Axis. I can always count on you to take care of me."

"Absolutely," Axis said. She waited until the woman was gone before dropping the smile and rubbing at his jaw. "Man…women are so easy to please."

But he'd done Claret a favor. That was a promise he'd made while he was still in captivity, and it made him feel surprisingly good to do a good deed for another person. Especially Claret.

I just need to heal a little faster, he thought, nursing his ribs with his hand again. Then I can get back to work. And then maybe he'll come and see me.

Axis frowned at this thought. It did irritate him that Rhys hadn't come in and seen him at all since he came back to the Teahouse. Atros had mentioned that Rhys had stopped by the night he'd returned, but Axis thought that hardly count because he was asleep. Rhys owed it to him at least to see him face-to face.

Which was weird, because he didn't like putting any sort of blame on Rhys for what happened to him. Even though Rhys did share in the blame.

Axis's bedroom door abruptly swung open and Rory stuck his head in. "Axis, Atros was wond—"

"YOU DIDN'T KNOCK!" Axis hollered, grabbing a pillow. "Get the fuck out, you FUCKING FAGGOT!"

Rory quickly closed the door. This was good, because Axis had a lousy throw thanks to his hurting ribs. He cursed and curled up, hugging his ribs.

Well…there were some promises he just couldn't keep.

A sudden scream startled Axis and nearly alarmed him. But the scream was prolonged, and it seemed to vibrate off the walls. After a moment, he burst out laughing as he recognized it. It wasn't some murder-scream. Somebody just had an intense orgasm.

And he had a feeling who it was.

"…Damn," he said after the scream faded. It'd last for ten seconds. "Claret might really be better than me at it…"

A week and a half passed before something major happened to Axis.

Axis had to assume that it was a slow-as-hell day, because all of the courtesans decided to congregate into his room. Even Lilith came into his room, though she was visibly disgusted by the pigsty. Though the servants had cleaned his room while he'd been captured, he'd slowly but surely reclaimed his territory and made it dirty again.

He didn't mind Claret's company, but everyone else annoyed him greatly. But…since he'd been holed up in his room for days on end, he had to admit, albeit reluctantly, that he needed some company.

"I think," he said, interrupting the idle chatter around him. "I'm going to try getting back to work today."

"You're not serious, are you?" Lilith demanded, folding her arms over her chest. "Your ribs aren't healed! The doctor said it would take a month!"

"Asriel said it," Axis corrected her. "And Asriel isn't a doctor."

"But Xanthe is taking his word to heart," Linneus said. "You're not being pushed into going back to work. Just try to relax—"

"I'm bored!" Axis snapped, though he winced from pain the shout caused. "I want to do something or I'll crazy!"

"Or do someone," Lilith muttered.

"Y-You should really try to rest," Rory stammered. "What if you—"

"Did I ask for your opinion, you little fairy?"

"Axis, don't talk to him like that!" Linneus scolded. "You don't need to treat us like this when all of us were worried about you when you were kidnapped!"

"I was kidnapped by soldiers and beaten for a week!" Axis snapped. "I survived! So stop belly-aching!"

"Axis—" Claret began. "Please stop it. We really have been concerned for you this whole time. Can't you just appreciate the fact that we care about you?"

Axis sighed heavily. "I—"

Before he could say anything further, the lineup bell suddenly chimed. He sighed and scooted over to the side of the bed, though he nursed his aching ribs with his hands as he stood up. "Back to work…"

"This isn't necessary," Linneus pointed out.

"If he insists on doing this, it will be fun to watch Atros scold him," Mercutio laughed softly.

Axis stretched up to his full height. "Shit!" he nearly hunched over in pain. God, it hurt so much! But he'd already said he would go back to work, and he didn't want to lose-face in front of everyone now. He inched his way towards the door. "Just give me a minute…"

"Just take it easy," Claret said, smiling at Axis. "What are the odds you're going to be chosen?"

It'd better be someone willing to do all of the work, he thought sourly. Again, he held this thought in check.

They filed out of the bedroom and started down the hall towards the main hall. Axis began regretting taking this challenge, but now he felt he was in a position where he couldn't back down. Wanting to get this over with as fast as possible, he took the lead of the group. His ribs began smarting because of how fast he was walking though, and he bit back a curse. Stupid fucking…fucking!

He didn't know what was more frustrating; the fact that he was injured, or that his injuries were caused by people part of the Royal Guard. It was more infuriating that there was nothing he could do about it whatsoever. He couldn't avenge himself against that bitch or those assholes.

And Rhys still hadn't come to see him!

Axis rounded the corner to head to the stairs. He saw who waited at the bottom in the main foyer. Seeing the familiar face idly flipping through a book caused shock tremors to shake Axis's body. He gasped and flung himself backwards, nearly knocking Lilith over. "W-What the hell are you doing?" she demanded hotly.

"Axis, what's wrong?" Rory, though a bit clueless, seemed to guess that something was bothering Axis and that he wasn't acting out.

"That guy!" Axis hissed. He jabbed a finger around the corner. "I can't go down there!"

"Hmm?" Claret peeked around the corner to look at the potential customer. "Is that a Royal Guardsman? What about him? Do you know him, Axis?"

"Know him? He's one of the fucks who beat me up!"

The other courtesans gaped at him in horror. "…Are you serious?" Linneus asked slowly.

Axis jerked his head in a nod as an unpleasant memory filled his mind. "I can't forget any of their faces! And that asshole ripped out two of my earrings! He's a Lieutenant!"

"Oh, my God…" Claret wrung her hands in front of her. "D-Does he know you work here? Why would he come here?"

"I can't go down there," Axis hissed, inching his way against the wall. "It's bad enough I can't report him to the cops, or return the favor for fucking me up!"

"What are you all doing?"

Everyone jumped and turned as Atros came over to them. The other man had his hands folded over his chest, and his expression was stern. "Why are you out of bed, Axis? And as for the rest of you, the lineup bell was wrung. Why aren't any of you downstairs?"

"The client, Xanthe," Linneus said, motioning in the direction of the stairs. "He's one of the people who beat Axis up during his captivity! Axis says he's a Lieutenant, so he might be the one who led the attack!"

Atros started, but only very slightly. "…Really?"

"And he's the one who ripped out my piercings!" Axis snapped. "I'm not going down there, Atros! I don't want to fuck some dude who tortured me!"

"None of you will." Atros calmly brushed himself off and motioned to Argent, who was standing a few feet away. "I'll escort him off the premises immediately."

"Wait."

Everyone stilled and turned to Mercutio. The enthusiastically weird man had been uncharacteristically silent up to this point. Now he was smiling sadistically. "I have an idea, Atros."

"We're not going to beat him up, no matter what he did to Axis," Atros said sternly. "I don't want the police sniffing around here."

"Who said anything about beating him up? I have a far more…delicious idea." Mercutio snickered, his eyes glowing.

"Uhhhhh, what do you have in mind?" Claret squeaked.

"I will need Lilith's help in this," Mercutio said.

"Why my help?" Lilith demanded.

"And we can give Mr. Sadist a most…suitable punishment."

"Isn't that a title that you wear?" Rory asked quietly.

"We're not doing anything crazy like that," Atros said, scrubbing a hand over his face. "That man is part of the Royal Guard. He could stir up all kinds of trouble for me."

"Then why don't we sweeten the deal?"

Everyone looked at Linneus in shock. Linneus simply shrugged. "He's obviously here for something, and he might not realize that Axis works here. Royal Guardsman or not, he needs to be taught a lesson."

Atros stared at him blankly for a long moment. He scoffed and shook his head. "I honestly have no idea why I'm agreeing to this, but if this backfires you're all fired. Even you, Axis. Got it?"

"You're agreeing to it because Axis was hurt unjustly," Claret encouraged him.

"…Whatever." Atros surveyed each of them. "So, what's your brilliant idea?"

Five minutes later, Atros was slowly walking down the stairs, Lilith trailing behind him. "I apologize for the wait," he said with painful politeness. "Unfortunately we are quite busy today."

"I don't mind the wait." Gelding eyed Lilith and licked his lips. "Is that for me?"

"Lilith is available for service, yes. I hope she is to your liking."

Lilith swept past Atros and pressed her body up against Gelding's. Though her breasts weren't as large as Claret's, she pressed them up towards his face as much as possible. "It's a pleasure to meet you," she cooed in the most sensual voice she could muster.

Gelding looked beyond pleased to have her. "She'll do," he said enthusiastically.

"Lilith is our most popular female courtesan, and so she has a very steep fee," Atros stated.

Gelding's face fell a little. "A steep fee? I'm not sure—"

Lilith cupped his face in her palm and kissed him deeply. She pressed her tongue into his mouth and moaned throatily. Unable to help himself, Gelding kissed her back, groping her ass roughly in both hands.

"I want you so bad," she breathed when the kiss. She pouted slightly and batted her eyelashes. "Aren't I worth it?"

Gelding's eyes clouded over and he grasped her hands in his. "Any price! I'll pay anything, but I have to have her NOW!"

Atros tried very hard not to roll his eyes. "About the fee—"

"Take it!" Gelding pulled out a bag of coins and threw it at him. "Take all my money!"

Lilith giggled girlishly. "How very kind of you, sir. I'll make you moan so loud your voice will go hoarse."

Gelding was brimming with excitement as Lilith led him to the stairs. Lilith ducked her head so she could briefly drop the fake smile to scowl. You SO owe me for this, Axis! she thought to herself.

When they disappeared out of sight, Atros handed the bag to Argent. "We're not keeping the money. I'm going to have to ask you to step in if things get out of hand."

"Understood, sir." Argent took the bag of coins.

Lilith had stripped down to a white see-through negligee. Her breasts jiggled with each step she took.

"Can't I squeeze them just once?" Gelding pleaded with her.

Lilith smiled at him as she finished tying his hands to her bedposts. "Now, now. I've learned from experience that a man gets his ultimate pleasure from being at a woman's full mercy. Now, I want you to imagine this." she pressed a hand over his heart. "My fingers digging in right here while I ride you. Your dick buried inside me. My muscles squeezing around you." She slid her hand lower to his stomach. "The way I'm going to rock against you. I'll ride you so hard that we'll burn a hole through my bed."

Gelding's dick sprung to life, fully erect, and resting against his stomach. Lilith's hands ventured close to it, but then drew away. "Just get on with it!" he whined. "I want to fuck you so bad!"

Lilith held onto her smile, trying not to twitch. "Just one moment, dear. I need to fetch something extra special for this occasion."

"Extra special?" Gelding stared at her in wonder. "What sort of thing?"

"Oh, I think you're going to love it." She turned and started heading into her bathroom. "I'm sure you'll cum from it three or four times."

"T…Three or four times?" Gelding echoed. He shivered with anticipation as Lilith disappeared out of sight. "This is my lucky day! The boys will never hear the end of this!"

However, five minutes passed by and there was no sign of Lilith. Gelding's dick grew soft as he waited impatiently. "Lilith!" he shouted. "Where are you?"

"Just one more minute!" came the enthusiastic response from the bathroom.

Gelding stilled on the bed. That wasn't Lilith! It sounded like a man speaking in falsetto!

The bathroom door suddenly came open, and someone stood in the doorway. "Forgive me for keeping you waiting, my darling."

This person wore the white negligee…albeit the top part of it. This person had blonde hair, but it was obviously a wig.

Most importantly, this person was also a dude.

"I wanted to make sure I look my absolute best for you," the man continued, still speaking in a falsetto voice. His silver eyes were glittering. He slowly strutted away from the bathroom door and further into the room. He was completely naked from the waist down except for thigh-high white fishnet stockings and white women's pumps on his feet. His leg hairs were sticking through the stockings. "So…" the man ruffled his blonde wig with one hand. "How do I look?"

"W-W-W—What the fuck is this?" Gelding sputtered.

The man chuckled girlishly behind his hand. He had freakishly long fingernails attached to his fingers. "The most exciting sexual experience of your life, my dear!"

"Where's Lilith? I'm not fucking a dude!"

"You insult me." the man abruptly climbed into bed and slithered across Gelding's lap, straddling his chest. "Mmm…you have such a hard body…" he reached out and began playing with Gelding's nipples with his absurdly long fingernails. "I bet you'd squeeze really tight around my cock…"

"Get the FUCK off me! I—" Gelding hissed sharply as his body began quickly responding to the stimulus to both nipples. The other man's leg hairs pressed into his sides, tickling his skin. He was horrified to find his dick springing to life when the other man began grinding his dick against his stomach. "Uuuuuugh…"

"Yeah…" the man leaned down and licked Gelding's ear. He was even wearing Lilith's perfume! "Feel me, lover boy. Uh, yeah…"

Gelding thought the nipple piercing on this dude would disgust him, but his horror mounted as his dick became fully erect. "J-J-Just stop it, you fucking—"

"Shh, don't ruin the moment." The man leaned back up and rubbed at his own chest. He plucked at his own nipple-piercing. "Oh!" he sighed throatily and arched his head back. "Haa…"

"Look, I'll pay you anything if you get off me!" Gelding pleaded. Then he remembered that he just threw all of his money at Atros. Fuck, FUCK!

The man looked down at him curiously. "Get off on you, good sir? Well, why not?" then he began humping his chest furiously.

"N-No! That's not what I—" Gelding arched back, scandalized that something so gross was turning him on. This guy didn't even look like a chick! "Just—"

"Mmm…" The man reached for something behind his back. Gelding's jaw dropped when a giant green dildo came into view. It had to be at least a foot long and four inches wide, with hideous bumps all along its sides. "You want it all? Want to moan, my lovely?" he began sucking the tip of the dildo. "I'll give you what you want."

"Jesus Chr—"

Suddenly the bedroom door slammed open. A bright flash filled the room. "GOTCHA!"

The man abruptly stopped riding him, and pulled the dildo from his mouth. "Good."

Gelding blinked several times in confusion. His jaw dropped in complete horror as he saw a green-haired girl standing in the doorway holding a camera. "W-W-W-WHAT?"

Lilith emerged from the bathroom, fully clothed, and screamed in horror. "Mercutio! You're supposed to get HIM aroused, not yourself!"

Mercutio put on a pouty face as he looked at Lilith over his shoulder. "Can't I have some fun?"

Gelding continued sputtering in confusion and humiliation. He further started when Atros came into the room. "Atros!" he shouted. "This wasn't part of the deal!"

Atros stared at this horrific scene, of a three-quarters naked Mercutio dressed in Lilith's clothing straddling a completely naked Gelding. He looked over his shoulder. "Does this satisfy you, Axis?"

Gelding stiffened underneath Mercutio. "Wait…Axis?"

That familiar redhead came into the room. His face was still a mess of swelling and bruises from the weeklong beating he'd taken at Gelding's hands and several other Royal Guardsmen. Gelding saw the huge bandage over Axis's ear and began shaking with terror. Oh, shit…I'm going to DIE!

Axis took one at the scene on Lilith's bed and promptly screamed in horror. "WAH!" he stumbled back, but quickly grabbed at his ribs. "Fuck, FUCK! What the fuck is THIS, Mercutio?"

Mercutio smiled ruefully at Axis, who was being assisted by Claret. "This all for you, my dearest."

Axis cursed violently from the pain for a few moments before glaring at Mercutio. "Yeah well, next time you want to get revenge on MY behalf, leave your dick in your pants!"

"Here, let me help you back to your room," Claret soothed him.

Axis sighed heavily, and buried his face into Claret's cleavage. "Can you put me to bed, too?"

Claret laughed. "Now, now, Axis! This just shows you aren't ready for work! I don't want to hurt you further!"

Axis grumbled a bit more before being helped out of the room.

Atros didn't approach the bed, but he stared at Gelding sternly. "You have a lot of nerve to come to my brothel after kidnapping and beating one of my employees, Lieutenant Gelding."

"I-I-I didn't know he worked here!" Gelding wailed. "I was just following orders!"

"Then you'll follow these orders." Atros's glare and frown deepen. "If you ever show your face here again, or if you ever go near Axis again, I'll take that photograph we just took and circulate it to every newspaper outlet in the city. And your…friends had better stay away from here, too."

"W-Wait a minute! It wasn't just me who beat him up! There was like eight other guards!"

"And none of them had better come here," Atros said. "Or the entire city will see you getting off with an apparent she-man on your chest."

"How the FUCK am I suppose to control the social lives of my fellow soldiers?"

"Oh, I'm sure you'll find a way." Atros waved a hand over his shoulder. Argent came in and deposited Gelding's coin bag on Lilith's side table. "Consider this session free of charge."

"Lilith, give me some time to wash these fabulous clothes," Mercutio said over his shoulder. "Then I'll return them to you."

Lilith shuddered with disgust. "Keep them! I wouldn't wear them again even if you bleached them!"

Mercutio stared after her mournfully as she followed Atros from the room. "You're too cruel, Lilith…"

Gelding stared up at him irritably. "You made your fucking point! Can you get off me now?"

Mercutio turned and looked down at him. A dangerous glint entered his silver eyes, and they seemed to glow menacingly. "Not quite."

"…What?" Gelding said numbly.

Mercutio raised the green dildo once more. "You hurt Axis in a most hideous manner, and you need to pay for it."

"I just beat him up!" Gelding snapped. "It's not like I raped him, or anything!"

"You held him hostage for a week. You punched him hard enough to swell his eyes shut. You nearly broke his ribs. And you personally ripped the earrings out of his head." Mercutio licked the side of his dildo with malice. "And I don't take too kindly to such things."

Gelding knew he was in big trouble. "P-P-Please show me mercy!"

Mercutio only grinned toothily and snickered.

"WAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! UNNNUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH!"

In the main lobby, two random customers laughed amongst themselves. "I've have some of whatever he's having!" one laughed.

TBC