"Katrina," Finn smirked. "Step up to father Seth."
"Come here, my child," Seth said.
Seth tapped his hand on the alter. She had been there many times before. Too many to count. She knew exactly what was about to happen. It never got easier over time. It always hurt the same way.
She never understood why she had to pay for what the priests said was a sin that her parents had committed. She was her parents' sin. She was born out of wedlock. A bastard child like some of the other women in the place. Others were being punished for other sins. Each priest had their favorites. For some reason Finn and Seth both liked her, and they liked punishing her together.
"Repent your sins," Seth said.
There was a time where she would repent anything she could think off. These days she just took her punishment without a word. She had learned it didn't matter to them. They were still gonna hurt her no matter what.
"Sinner!" Finn growled. "Take off your dress!"
She took off her dress and focused her eyes on the wall straight ahead. She no longer tried to cover up her naked body. They were gonna see it and take it no matter what she did. Seth grabbed her neck and forced her to bend over the alter. She let out the lowest whimper she could when he forced himself inside her. It never took long. If she fought back, it took longer. After all this time she had learned to just wait it out. None of them lasted long.
"I must cleanse you with my holy semen!" Seth hissed.
He held still. She listened to his heavy breathing and felt him pull out of her. He stepped around the alter and in front of her. She gritted her teeth and waited for the pain to come. The other pain. The pain caused by Finn. She heard the sound of the cat-o'-nine-tails move through the air before she felt it connect with her back. This time her whimper was much louder.
"Sinner!" Finn growled again. "You are a sinner, Katrina! A sinner in the house of god!"
The whip connected with her back several times. Seth grabbed her arms to keep her on the alter until Finn was done with whipping her. The whip was slammed down next to her face so she could watch it while Finn took her body the same way Seth had just done. Finn was just as quick as Seth. She felt relief as Finn pulled out of her a minute later. It was over for now. When she would be brought back for another round of punishment was up in the air. Sometimes it was the very next day, sometimes there were weeks in between.
"One day, my child," Seth grabbed her chin. "One day you will be purified. Until then we will keep driving the devil out of you. We are doing important work with you. We are important. We are the voice of god. He has shown us this holy way to help you."
She knew by now those words were lies. Lies to cover up their crime and keep her from asking questions. She didn't even believe in their god anymore. If god existed, he would be a sadist when he kept allowing things like this to happen.
"Goodnight, child," Finn said.
That was her cue to leave. She picked up her dress from the floor and put it back on her body. The fabric stuck to her bloody back and she knew it would hurt to take it off again once she got back to her room.
This was her life. Pain. Nothing but pain and fear. There was no way out and nowhere for her to go. She had no voice to be heard, and no person in the world willing to take her in and keep her safe.