CHAPTER THREE

The van came to a stop and a man put a sack over her head as the car was opened. she didn't see where they were going as she was then carried over the shoulder again and into a house. The men whispered between themselves and then put her in a room before removing the sack off her face. She was greeted with a smirk from the man who knew about her parent's death and he left her alone in the room without saying anything, making sure to lock the door after he left.

Althea burst into tears as she remembered all the harsh words he had said inside the van on the way. the way he had disrespected her and her late parents and more painful, the way the other men had laughed at her vulnerability. She stood up from the bed thinking of ways to escape but there was none. There was not a single window insight which she could climb out to escape and the only means of coming into the room was the door they had brought her in through and she was foolish to think it might be opened because the door was closed shut. there was no way she could escape and they made sure of it. She finally accepted that she couldn't escape and so she sat back down on the floor, tears spilling from her eyes as her hands were clenched in fists.

After a while, the door opened and she stood up quickly getting herself prepared for what might come in instead three women came inside the room, one carrying a bowl of something but she couldn't say what was in the bowl while the others carried a bag in their hands. As soon as the ladies were inside the room with her, she heard the door jam shut again.

She stared at the three women, watching them closely to see what they wanted to do. She even thought of knocking one dead and putting on the attire so she could get out of the building but there was no secret place where she could carry out her plan.

The first place moved close to her and dropped the bowl in front of her and she saw that it was clean water. she bent down before her and tried to unbutton her blouse. Althea slapped her hands away from her cloth with anger.

"What are you trying to do, don't you dare touch me you hear."she yelled at the woman who ignored her and tried to undo her button again. She slapped the woman's hands from her body yet again

"If you like yourself, then let us do our job gently and get you ready for the master." the woman trying to touch her said

"If you don't want to get a tattoo and become a prisoner like we are, then you should just let us do what we were asked to do. Be happy as the master's pet or else you will die." the woman said and she stared at her in shock.

This woman said all those things without even blinking her eyes and it scared her to death. but what did she mean by the master, pet, prisoner, and all? they weren't even in the ancient world. this was the modern-day so why would they be calling a man master. we were in a civilized world so why couldn't they save themselves and run away

"You should count yourself lucky to be chosen as the master's new pet or you would have gotten one of one tattoos, the prisoners tattoo and you would have been doomed,"the woman said, opening her cloth to reveal the tattoo on her chest right above her breast.

"This is unbelievable. Why would I become somebody's pet when I am not an animal but a human being? I am not a cat or dog." She said with shock but the woman didn't say any more to her.

She tried to unbutton her blouse for the third time and instead of struggling, because of the fear of getting a tattoo she allowed the woman to take off her clothes and then clean her body with a cloth and clean water. After she was bathed and finished, she sat on the bed baked before the eyes of the three women.

They brushed her hair and braided it and then put little makeup on her face, making her lips extra red. Althea couldn't see her face but she saw the color of the lipstick they were holding and how their face was made. She was still bothered about all this and she wanted to know more but these women weren't ready to say anything or give her answers to her questions.

The bowl was pushed away and the last lady brought her bag close to the first woman who had to bathe her earlier. The other two women didn't utter a word even though the first woman was talking to her as if trying to talk meant death. The woman opened the bag to reveal different undergarments. There were a lot of pants and bras inside the bag but Althea couldn't find even one piece of cloth to cover her body and they had taken away her cloth when she cleaned her body.

The woman wore a very skimpy-looking bra and panties for her. Her nakedness was simply out for the world to see. they left the room and then it was locked again, leaving her alone in the room once again. A few minutes after the three women left, the man that brought her in came inside the room staring at her like a hungry wolf but she didn't blame him. who wouldn't stare at her for too long when she practically had nothing on. her body was practically on display to him to see and she even caught him licking her lips.

Without a word, he pushed her out of the room and she was led down to stares but this time her eyes were opened so she saw where they were taking her. she assumed she was being taken to their so-called master because of the way they brought her out. Soon she was inside a room and the man bowed before leaving her with a man with broad shoulders whose back was turned to hers. Is this the man they called their master, that thought kept disturbing her mind but she didn't say anything.

The man turned and she gasped as the man standing before her, the master of this place was the man she had just broken up with. The master was her ex-boyfriend.