Chapter 3 Slave

POV Ayesha

When I open my eyes, I’m snuggled into Thanatos with his arm on my chest on the opposite side of the bed. Apparently, Stella was determined not to let me just crawl back to my side of the bed when I woke up.

I smell his intoxicating scent, and I don’t want to move. Stella is purring in my head. I feel small tingles all over my body anywhere his skin touches me.

I don’t want him to find me here when he wakes up. I slowly move his massive arm off me and slide off the bed. I end up sliding too fast and thump on the floor, hitting my head on the nightstand.

I see Thanatos peering over the bed, shaking his head. He picks me up and sits me on the bed like I’m a naughty child. He looks me over from head to toe for any marks. “Go get dressed and grab your stuff. I’ll see you downstairs for breakfast.”

I grab my things and use his bathroom to change and then head downstairs.

I find the hotel restaurant. Thanatos sticks out like a sore thumb with his size. He barely fits in the chair. I grab my plate and help myself to the buffet.

When I sit down, he smells my food, then puts down his menu and goes to the buffet as well.

I order a pot of coffee and down a cup in seconds. Thanatos sits down with pretty much the whole buffet on his plate. He pours himself coffee and practically inhales it.

We don’t say a word to each other. When we’re done eating, I follow Thanatos to the limo. The driver opens the door, and I get in. Thanatos never gets in.

The limo drives me to a private plane, and the limo driver carries my bag up for me and gestures for me to take a seat.

The minute I sit down, I pass out. I got little sleep fighting Stella last night to not crawl over to Thanatos.

I feel a big hand tap my shoulder. When I open my eyes, I see big gold eyes peering into mine. I stretch and stand up and stumble towards the door, still half asleep.

Before I can step out the door. Thanatos throws me over his shoulder and walks down the stairs from the airplane, then plops me down in front of the limo door.

I get in, and this time Thanatos gets in on the other side. We say nothing, and eventually I nod off again.

I open my eyes, and this time I’m lying in a double bed with super soft pillows and sheets. A fresh breakfast is on the nightstand beside my bed, and I eat it quickly.

“Wait? Didn’t I already have breakfast with Thanatos?”

I step out of the room in search of the washroom. A guard is standing near my room.

“Hey, do you know where the washroom is?” He says nothing and points to the right. I wander down the big hall, and every door I try isn’t a washroom. I decide to try one of the bedrooms and find a bathroom attached.

I’m doing my business when I heard someone yell.

“Who is in there?”

“Just me.”

“Who is just me?”

“Ayesha?”

“Are you supposed to be using the guest bathroom?”

“I don’t know.”

“What do you know?”

“I think I was brought here to be a slave.”

“Are you one of the new hires?”

“I guess so.” I wash my hands and come out. A girl not much older than me with black hair and brown eyes in a maid outfit is staring at me all wide-eyed.”

“Are you sure you're a servant?”

“Thanatos said something about a servant or maybe a breeder?”

“You don’t want to be a breeder.”

“I don’t ?”

“No. So far, none of the breeders has been able to give Thanatos a child. He eventually gets mad and kills them.”

“Maybe a slave then.”

“Slave sounds better. Come with me.”

She takes me to the kitchen, and the head servant looks me up and down and gives me a servant outfit and puts me to work peeling potatoes.

I peel my hands more than the potatoes. She tries to teach me cooking, and I keep burning myself. Next up are the dishes. I brake a few plates. She looks at me flustered and grabs a mop and bucket and drags me to a random room and tells me to mop it.

My dad was never super rich, but he always had a servant to help with dinner and around the house.

I do my best at mopping. When the head servant comes back in and sees the job I’ve done, there’s a lot of screaming.

She finally has enough and pulls off her belt and tells me to bend over. I’ve never had anyone hit me before. Stella is all up for it. She loves the idea of being punished.

She pulls up my dress and hits me hard with her belt. I let out a loud cry, and she laughs like she’s enjoying it. After 15 whacks with her belt. I’m in excruciating pain, and Stella is in her glory.

She sends me off to my room and tells me to do better tomorrow. I find the room my stuff is in and pass out from the pain.

This time when I wake up, I’m in the hospital. Nurses are tending to my wounds, and the doctor comes over when he sees me awake.

“Hello Ayesha. How are you feeling?”

“I can’t feel the pain from my back?”

“We have you on some strong painkillers. Are you able to shift into your wolf?”

“I don’t really feel her right now. I think she’s sleeping.”

“Alright, will lower the dose of the painkillers. They probably put your wolf right out if she’s not used to it. Once she is fully awake, shift and go for a run.”

“Can you promise I won’t wake up in excruciating pain again?”

The doctor just smiles, writes something on my chart and then walks away. I can see him reading my chart to a tall lycan, and it’s not Thanatos.