This is a Mephadow story, if u don't like don't read or leave a comment.

YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.

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Normal pov

When Shadow woke up, it was morning. She was confused when she saw her leash was on the side table and why she wasn't hurt, but her thoughts were interrupted when she felt something around her waist. She looked down and saw her new master's arm around her, she wanted to move but her past experiences told her to wait until her master woke up. As if Mephiles read her mind, he started to stir in his sleep. He awoke with a yawn and looked at Shadow. "Good morning." he said in a kind tone "Did you sleep well?"

Shadow didn't know if she could speak so she just nodded and 'uh-hmmed' in answer. "You can speak if you want, okey?" He said/asked sweetly. "O-okey, M-master. Is there anything you want to do this morning?" She asked/said still scared. Mephiles knew she was scared and from the number of scars and wounds on her body, she was abused quite a lot, and possibly raped even more times. So, he answered 'no'.

Mephiles got up and stretched, he noticed Shadow wasn't getting up. "Are you ok, Shadow?" "Yes, Master." She lied, she wasn't ok, she was scared out of her mind and wanted time to think about everything. She also knew she could be tortured for lying and had to come up with some kind of reason, quick. "I need to heal up so I can serve you more efficiently, master." Mephiles knew she was lying but he played along anyway. "Well, I guess I could just carry you to the bathroom to get you cleaned up." He said with a sly smile.

"Wait, wha-?!" Shadow started to say but cut herself off with a squeak of surprise as Mephiles picked her up bridal-style. Her face was blood red as her master picked her up, then set her down on the sink. "Take off your bandages while I start the bath, ok?" He said. "Yes, master." She said and started unwrapping her bandages. After 5 minutes the tub was full of warm water and Shadow's bandages were off. Mephiles, then picked Shadow up and placed her in the water.

At first she didn't know what was gonna happen and just sat there, then she felt a small amount of pressure on her back, she looked back and saw Mephiles gently pushing her into a crawl-like position and said "stay like that until I say otherwise." He then started to scrub all over her body, except her chest and lower back, he let her clean those areas. After she was clean Mephiles let Shadow relax in the water for a bit, then helped dry her off with a towel and lead her back into the bedroom.

"There are some dresses in the wardrobe, I'm sure that they'll fit just fine, when you're all dressed up come to the dining hall. You understand right?" Mephiles asked. "Yes, master. Is there anything specific you would like me to wear?" Shadow replied. "No, just wear any dress you'd like to." After that Mephiles left to get things in order.

When he left, Shadow got up and went to get a dress. She opened the wardrobe and what caught her eye was a lovely red and black dress, it was V-cut at the top, the length of the dress stopped at her calf. She put it on and went down to the dining hall to see her master and king as he asked. As she walked down the halls she noticed that no one looked down on her, but instead everyone looked caring.

She had worked the courage to ask a maid were the dining hall was and her reply was given sweetly and when Shadow looked closer she saw a collar on her. The maid noticed and confirmed that she was a slave, but said that slave means a completely different thing under Mephiles. She said he was caring and treats each slave as the person they are, not the garbage others make them out to be. After the talk with the maid, she showed Shadow the way to the dining hall.