The Pregnant Fox And The Dragon King
His heavy leather boot came down on the back of my thigh, grinding my leg into the marble.
"Say the word, Fox, and I will stop."
I squeezed my eyes shut. Blood filled my mouth, metallic and hot. My left hand throbbed under its tight linen wrappings, every nerve in my arm screaming.
I dug my fingernails into the stone cracks, forcing my upper body off the floor inch by inch.
My red Fox tail lashed against the ground, wild and erratic. I turned my head sideways, looked straight at his polished boots, and spat a glob of thick, crimson blood right across his leather toes.