Chapter 7
It opens, there are no creatures, and I am saved. Sitting up I double check my assessment there sitting on the throne in the room is Aphosis, he must have heard me, and he saved me. I am so grateful I could almost cry.
"Welcome Slave. Who is your God?" he asks in his booming powerful voice. I hesitate until I see one of the Jaffa reach into the Vat and pull out one of the bugs.
"You are Lord Aphosis" I tell him. He smiles signalling me over with a beckon of his finger. I go my legs feeling weak, my heart fluttering. He was looking at me and I didn't hurt, there was no pain. He had saved me from the pain, he was truly a God.
"Kneel before me" he requested, without hesitation I dropped to my knees. He grinned reaching out and stroking my head.
"Come slave, we have much to attend to" he ordered walking out, I followed glad to be walking away from that horrible machine. We arrived in his throne room where other women were sitting. He sat on the throne, not knowing what else to do I followed kneeling next to it.
"Slave obey me and get the rewards, disobey me and face the consequences, you have obeyed me well so far" he commented. I smiled slightly, no punishment. He signalled the other girls,
"The rules slave. Obey them. Number1 never speak unless an answer is requested, 2, I am your God you obey my order first even if it costs you your life, 3 it is a privilege to serve me never forget it and pray to me to thank me for the opportunity." He told me, I nodded it didn't require an answer.
"Good get her properly attired; I want her in my chambers to serve me tonight." He ordered them. They nodded taking my hands and leading me away. We arrived in a huge room where they bathed me, moisturised my whole body before attaching a gold neck collar, wrist cuffs, and ankle cuffs. I didn't protest they were all wearing the same and I couldn't go back to the sarcophagus I just couldn't. I let them bind me in the chains; I had to then dress me in blue pants and a silver and blue bra like top that had beads that hung down over my stomach. It was very beautiful if not a little exposing but it was better than being naked. I wanted to thank them but remembered Aphosis's words. No talking. They took my hand leading me back to him. I entered the room where he was sitting I went over to kneel by his side,
"Stop slave, turn" I did so making it a slow circle round. He nodded getting the hand device and melting the joins on my restraints.
I was his now,
"Wine slave" he ordered me. I stood going to the jug and pouring it into the cup, I desperately wanted to fight him but….I couldn't face the sarcophagus again. I brought it over to him, kneeling down and presenting it to him. He took a sip,
"Good job slave, try it" he passed the glass back to me, I looked at him doubting,
"I said try it" he told me, I sipped the wine, it was lovely spicy and rich.
"You see, slave you obeyed me and got rewarded." He told me. I nodded wondering whether I needed to speak or not. He seemed satisfied with my answer. As Sha're walked in, Daniel's wife.
"Sha're" I said forgetting everything, she was here, alive. Daniel would be so happy. The slap from Aphosis sent me flying across the room.
"She is Ammunet, the host is dead. You will be punished for this" he warned. "And Ammunet will do the honour" He promised giving her some kind of device that fit round her hand. She pointed it at my forehead and a golden light came out making my head feel like it was about to explode. She kept it coming and coming, all I could feel was the pain. It stopped and I collapsed to the floor.
"Jaffa place her in the Lokejee let her think about disobeying the rules" he told me as I was dragged off.
The lokejee was the small metal box I found myself in earlier the Jaffa threw a bucket of water over me and thrust me inside locking the door. I shivered as my muscles cramped. This wasn't how I wanted to spend the evening but I hadn't expected Sha're to be here. The cramping got worse so much so I was crying out the shivering not helping. I deserved it, I spoke out of turn, he had warned me I would be punished and here I was.
It was a long night but in the morning it opened. Aphosis stood there. I knelt at his feet, my head to the floor. I couldn't go back.
"I am sorry my lord" I said. He smiled
"Thank you slave it is accepted, now get back into the box or your punishment will be far worse." He told me, I remembered the sarcophagus and the bugs as I crawled back in my muscles automatically protesting. He laughed,
"Very good slave you are learning your place." He told me taking my hand and leading me out of the box. I was learning to obey no matter what the cost.