7. Enslaved

I don't know what happened last night—no, let me rectify that. In the morning, until almost sunrise, Julian was still in my room. We did a lot of things, but I didn't imagine that it was going to be fun. Not at all. He asks me, once again, to watch him and Lavenia making love in my room.

I was fed up and decided to go outside and stopped my steps in the garden. Some gardeners were tidying up the ornamental plants there, and when they saw me, they said a friendly hello.

I'd forgotten how long it had been since I'd had a conversation with a human outside this castle. And I assumed this was the first time I'd met a human after almost a month of only struggling with demons during the day and beasts at night. However, I don't regret it because I often still envision Julian from morning to evening and wish I could tie him up in my room forever so that he would never leave and never have to meet and make love to another woman besides myself.

"Is there anything we can do for you, Miss?" asked