Chapter 10

LIVING WITH A DEVIL

I finally find the courage to find Herberus when the sun has set, finding myself with no other option but to submit to his will. Not for myself but for the child. A child, that to me is nameless. Maybe I didn't think things through when I decided to save her. Ofcourse I had no intention of finding myself in Herberus' clutches either.

The scence before me when I make it into the grand hall isn't what I expect. I half expected him to have the child chained to a wall, maybe having a few carnivorous animals salvating after her flesh. Instead I find her very much entertained and eating, completely oblivious of my internal meltdown. The patrons are drinking and laughing, dancing and singing, Herberus being enterained and fawned over by women all who are scantily clad. Yeah, even with the world almost coming to an end, there were women who didn't see the need of being virturous. Though I had to commend them, only a woman could bring a man to his knees and that was only t