Chapter Three: No Escape?

CAMILLA'S POV

“You will address me as Master Baron and you will serve as my maid. Tending to my every need without hesitation and mistakes. I hate mistakes. Are we clear?”. Baron said

“Y-yes.”. I said while looking away from him.

“Look at me when I'm speaking to you”. He demanded.

I looked up at him and gulped.

“Now are we clear?”

“Yes”

“Yes who?”. He asked again. I could feel his patience running thin.

“Y-yes, Master Baron”. I said as I corrected myself.

“Good. I'm leaving for work. By the time I come back my room should be in order and the clothes I left on the bed should be washed”

“Yes Master Baron”. I watched as he walked out of the mansion's main doors.

It didn't take me long to realise that I wasn't allowed to go out. He felt like I would escape. Honestly I couldn't blame him, who wouldn't want to escape this hell hole. If given the opportunity I wouldn't think twice.

The security guard led me to his room and stood by the door watching me closely. I picked up the clothes and asked if there was a washing machine of some sort.

“There is,”. The guard replied. “But the master wants it hand washed.”. He said.

That bastard

From the looks of it he was clearly rich and swimming in money, why couldn't he just give it to a dry cleaner?. He'd rather make me suffer instead. What kind of job did he have anyways? He could be a serial killer or an assassin for all I knew.

I spent almost three hours doing his laundry. It was very difficult since I had only ever known how to use a washing machine. Why would he even want them hand washed? This wasn't the 19th century and he definitely wasn't a king.

I wish I could just strangle him and watch him choke.

Calm down Camilla.

After doing the laundry I went to his room to clean it up. It wasn't in bad condition so it didn't take time. His room was large though. With a king sized bed right in the middle. It took everything in me to stop myself from wanting to bounce on it.

It was so dark even in the daytime. The curtains were completely black so that it wouldn't allow any form of light into the room.

Was he Lucifer himself or something?

After cleaning I noticed the security guard had left. Was probably tired of monitoring me. I went downstairs to where I saw Baron leaving in the morning. I looked around and none of the guards were around. I tiptoed to the door and tried to open it but an alarm went off and before I could run some of the guards restrained me and knocked me out.

“Wake up”. I heard a cold voice call out to me followed by a splash of water on my face.

“I said wake up!”. My eyes sprang open and I saw Baron staring down at me like he was about to kill me.

“Are you dumb? Trying to escape my mansion?”. He started laughing and reverted back to his cold demeanor.

I gulped not knowing what to expect. He looked like he would do something cruel.

“Bring the bucket”. He said to one of the guards and they immediately brought a bucket filled with water.

“If there's another thing I hate more than mistakes it's disobedience and defiance. You belong to me Camilla Quinn. Get that in your head. The sooner you understand the better for you. This is what happens to people who defy me”. He said and immediately dunked my head in the bucket.

I closed my mouth and eyes and held my breath. When he brought out my head from the bucket I gasped and choked on the water. He stared at me dead in the eyes without any emotion and dunked my head into the bucket again and again till I passed out.

I can't count how many times I've passed out in this house

I woke up on the cold hard floor in the dungeon. Rats had started to inhabit the place and I didn't want them near me so I'd occasionally wave my leg to scare them off.

I couldn't continue living like this.

I thought to myself as I cried.

I blamed my father for everything that was happening to me and my mom.

I gritted my teeth as I thought of everything he had done. I tried my best to help him so that we could go back to the happy family we were but it didn't work. And now I was here, I didn't even know why I was here serving Baron as a maid.

I suddenly heard footsteps approaching the dungeon.

Ugh, it was him. Felt like every time I thought about him he'd appear.

“I see you've calmed down. Did you really think you could escape?”. He said sarcastically.

“Just please let me go. Please. I don't know why I'm here and I don't wanna be here”. I said in a weak voice.

He smirked. “Daddy didn't tell you? That's sad”

What was he going on about?

“What are you talking about?”. I asked

He just stared at me blankly.

“I've told you before Quinn. I'm your new Master”. He walked towards me, bent down and held my chin.

“You'll serve me without hesitation, questions or mistakes. Else this place… this dungeon will be your new room. You seem to like it so much anyways”. His voice and eyes sent shivers down my spine.

“And understand that there is no escape for you. And don't push me. I mean it. I could take your life in a heartbeat sweetheart”. He said and let go of my chin.

I glared at him. I hated him so much and I had only known him for 5 days. He was the embodiment of evil.

“I'll keep you here for another hour or two. Then you'll resume your duty. Remember, no mistakes. Are we clear”

“Yes Master Baron”. I said reluctantly and he smirked.

“Good”. He turned around and left.

I let out a loud scream and started crying.

The words “no escape” kept resounding in my head. I just wanted to get out of this place but it seemed impossible.

Where did it all go wrong? What did Baron mean by Daddy didn't tell me. What did my father do?