Mica turned back to face her sister, her face looking more etiolated.
"Octavia please" she said bleakly. "Leave while you still can".
Octavia shook her head lightly, indicating her decision still stand. She was determined to stay.
Mica scoffed and turned around. She winced and went through a lot, trying to control her emotions. Then,, she turned back to look at her sister.
"Try not to look him in the eyes when he's talking" she said hardly.
"No matter what, be polite. Mind your words. He kills at the slightest annoying thing, Octavia" her voice had almost broken at the end.
"Are you sure you're ready for this?" She asked and Octavia nodded slowly.
Mica finally gave up when she saw the determination in her sister's eyes. She could see two things: determination and fear.
With a deep sigh, she turned to the door and said:
"Let's go".
Octavia took in a deep breath and followed her sister out of the room. Ae kept her head bowed the whole time, trying to prepare her mind for whst was next.
She could do it, she said repeatedly in her head. She could blend with them. All she needed was to belong. Even if she hated it, she had to. She'd look for a way to convince the so called master to let her stay.
She walked behind Mica for a long time and finally,,they got to a door which had two boys in front of it.
"Master Khalid sent for me" Mica said to the boys. Octavia was a little surprised at how bold and rough her sister was. Even her walking steps had changed.
One of the boys nodded and opened the door for her and they walked in.
At first, all Octavia could see waa smoke, smoke flying in the air.
It choked a little and she made a slight cough as she tried to adjust to the acrid smell.
She blinked rapidly and was finally able to take the number of people in the room. She saw boys, girls and boys. The room was very big and looked really.... corrupt.
The young Master Khalid sat on his Kingly seat while Becca sat beside him on the arm of the chair, her hands over his shoulders
She was putting what seemed like a pant and bra to Octavia and she wondered why she had to stay half n@ked.
Due to how shy Octavia was, she was always fond of dancing her eyes on the floor. But with the few seconds she had stared at the Master, she could tell he was very handsome.
He had some unique features, but she couldn't point them out as she could barely stare at him or anyone. She just lowered her gaze to the floor.
"Good day, Master", Mica bowed in obeisance, but Khalid's eyes didn't leave the stranger in front of him.
"So....she's the stranger you let into my territory?", he finally spoke up, and that was when Octavia realized the boys kneeling in front of him.
Oh! They were actually the boys that had let her in.
"We're sorry,,master. She claimed she was Mica's sister and indeed, she was" the first one replied, obviously scared.
Master Khalid was silent for a while, probably thinking of the best punishment he could give to them.
"Draco",he called, his thumb on his lower lip.
"Yes, Master",Draco answered immediately and rushed forth.
"Take them away and make sure they lose four fingers each", he passed the command and the boys shivered in fear.
They didn't try to beg because they knew it was pointless. Khalid never goes back on his word.
Draco and two other boys dragged them off their feet and took them away.
Octavia's heart was racing heavily after the whole scenario. She could feel hot sweat forming up her head, but she tried her best to stop it. She needed to fight it.
"She's your sister?" Khalid asked as he reached for his tobacco pipe and Mica didn't need anyone to tell the question was being referred to her.
"Yes, Master", she replied quickly, her eyes bowing to him.
"Name?"
"Octavia",
"Octavia", he mumbled and smoked from his pipe.
"What's she doing here?" He continued.
"She um...." Mica paused and glanced behind at her sister, then back at the master.
"She wants to be a part of the family, master", she added.
"We don't need no newbie, Mica. Khalid made himself clear",Becca said rhetorically.
"Let me do the talking,,Becca", Khalid chipped in immediately and she clamped her mouth shut.
A few seconds passed, then he asked: "did you tell her about it?"
"Yes, Master. But she insists on staying", Mica replied.
Khalid hummed and smoked more from his cigarette.
"Please...." Octavia found herself speaking up. She was scared his next command might be to kick her out.
"Please,accept me. I really wanna join your clan",
Khalid stared at her intently and when Octavia glanced at him, she could notice how dark his eyes were.
"What can you do?" He asked croakily and Octavia saw it as a go ahead signal. He wanted her to display her powers.
She looked at Mica, but her sister wasn't looking at her.
"I...." She stuttered and gulped nervously, bringing out her weirdo spirit.
"I can move people.....and objects". She stretched out her hand towards a table and it lifted from the floor immediately.
"Seriously?" Khalid scoffed as the table rose to the middle of the air.
Octavia couldn't quite understand what his expression meant. But she tried to focus.
She turned the table around so it could fly downwards in the air.
"And how is this special?" Khalid asked. "Even a kitten can crash this".
And with that, the table came crashing on the floor, arousing laughter from his rest of the people in the room.
Octavia flinched and felt bittered that he'd crashed the table from her. She bent her head as usual.
"Get your sister out of here, Mica", the master said as he left his seat.
Becca stood up as well
"We don't need a cockroach" he added and started towards the door, arousing more sniggers from the boys.
Getting to the door,,he was about turning the knob when it suddenly caught fire.
The flames didn't hurt him, tho. But they took him unawares and he withdrew his hands quickly.
"Hah!" Becca gasped and they all turned to see the source.
It was Octavia - her hands were stretched towards it with a streamline of blood running down her nostrils.
Khalid's eyes darkened as he stared at her.
"Please..." She whimpered.
"I just wanna stay"
Khalid stepped away from the door and went to stand in front of her. Octavia was almost shaken, but tried her best not to look at him"You really are so determined, aren't you?" He asked softly,,his eyes on her face, while her eyes stared at the floor."Mica" he called without raising his voice.His dark eyes were still glued to Octavia's face."Yes, Master" Mica rushed over and bowed.There was a short silence. Then, he said:"Bring her to the hall at exactly 9 p.m.""Yes, Master" Mica replied immediately and taking one last look at Octavia, he turned and walked away.**"Octavia, are you sure about this?" Mica asked as they sat in the room together."You can still leave if you want to. I can talk to one of the guards to convince the master",Octavia just stared keenly at her and suddenly lifted
In the room...."Do you really have plans of taking the girl?" Becca asked as she stood behind Khalid who was taking off his clothes.A deep silence met her question and she twitched"Khalid...." She pouted."I'm yet to decide, Becca", he snapped and she kept her mouth shut.Despite the fact she was his girlfriend, she still knew her limits.She walked up to him and held him from behind. She felt so lucky - she was the only female in the clan who got to hold him that way - the Almighty Khalid."Khalid..." She moaned his name as she ran her hands on his bare tattood chest."How did the meeting go?""Well,,still the former. They're working on choosing a new leader of the X-family" he said simply and Becca smiled."Oh Khalid.." She giggled and rested her head on his back.
"You'll need to chose one", the words rang in her head.She wouldn't say she wasn't warned about it. Mica had warned her but she chose to stay. She chose this part - for her personal reasons.She gulped hard, her eyes unable to leave the floor. She could Khalid's cold gaze on her."I'll...I'll lose it" she swallowed hard again and Khalid scoffed.He lifted his hands to her chest again and caressed her b**bs."So small..." She heard him mutter.He scrutinized her and when he was done, he moved away from her."At this point", he began. "You only have two options: you stay, or die."You had the chance to leave, but you turned it down. So, now, you can only stay or die. I'll be giving you some tests and conditions, If you're able to pass all the tests, you stay. If you fail them, I'll kill you for trespassing.
Mica closed the door and turned back to face her sister."Get ready. We need to leave for the hall" her voice was hoarse, her eyes couldn't look at her.Octavia didn't need a seer to tell her there was a big problem"He...He wants to make me bleed?" She stuttered."But how?"Mica stood and looked at her, allowing ger see the dreadfulness in her eyes.""They're gonna finger you...till your hymen splits' she replied and Octavia froze.This time around,, she couldn't cloak her excitement.A brief silence ensued betwwwn the two sisters."Come on" Mica said huskily and left the room.Octavia found her legs too heavy to move. They were gonna do awful things to her - pretty awful things. How would she rake it?She gulped hard and took in several deep breaths. She co
Octavia laid,,crying on the table as the boys walked out. She couldn't move - out of shame - until Mica ran to her."Hey!" She caled and held her,,helping her down from the table.Octavia whimpered as she climbed down, tears strolling down her face.Mica picked her clothes from the floor and gave them to her. "Here, put them on, so we can leave".Octavia nodded tearfully and began redressing. Her thighs were stained with the blood, but she wore the clothes anyway.Mica signalled her to follow her and they walked out of the hall together.Octavia tried as much as possible to stop her tears as they walked out to the open. She didn't want the people to see her cry.It hurt her a lot, both the humiliation and the pain. It hurt her to know she'd lost her virginity in a crazy way. Like...who does that??And to
They walked out of the hallway quarters to the garage where some of the boys and girls were already waiting beside the bus.Octavia walked timidly behind her sister, wishing there was a way she could perhaps, get lost into her."You kept us waiting,,Mica. If it were someone else, we'd have left already", one of the boys growled."Yeah, I know. I'm sorry", she replied grumpily and got into the bus with her sister.Master Khalid has already left with his close guards."Hello, blue eyes" one of the ladies smirked from behind."Wow! Your sister's looking awesome, Mica. She looks like she's going for a ball",a boy said and the others chuckled.Octavia just bent her head and didn't say a word as the bus began moving. They were all strangers to her and she couldn't find herself communicating with them.&n
Octavia quickly bent her head again, shame and fear taking over her completely.She didn't want to look at any one, not even the master.Her sister's words rang in her head:"On no occasion must you disobey him. If you do anything wrong,,Master Khalid would kill you".She needed to do this; needed to get through this - no matter what."And it's time for the bid..." The boy on stage commenced."Who goes first?"He turned to look at Octavia and the rest of the girls on stage."Let's go with the blonde one. Highest bidder....!"Octavia listened as the men started dragging the bid, acting like they were pricing a commodity.Her breath became unleveled as conniption gripped her. She can do this, she kept assuring herself.Soon, the bid for the first lady was over a
Octavia felt her heart stop beating as she stared at the mess she'd caused.The Master lying unconsciously on the floor. She had hurt him!! She hurt him!!Oh! What has she done???She stood up from the bed and ran to him immediately, and he seemed to be asleep, his head still bleeding.How could she had done such a thing? How? Why did she have to cause such a mess?Consternation took over and reflected in her eyes. She had just made a terrible mistake; a terrible one. What would she do?No; she couldn't stay. She needed to get far away - despite the fact it was something she was scared of doing.She took off her shoes, opened the door and ran out of the room and doing that, she saw some boys coming her way. They'd been drawn by the clamorous sound from the room and immediately, Octavia started running away, taking the opposite direction.