"Did you like the surprise I prepared for you?" Cedric waited for an answer that did not come.
The surprise he had for her… More than half of her entire family rotting away in jail cells? Yes, she saw that very well, but to ask if she liked it?!
As it turned out, the quivering did not stop at the chin. Her vocal cords were as compromised as the rest of her body.
He got his message across for sure. Either she obeyed or their suffering would persist.
"His highness has asked you a question, whore!" the general on the prince's right side growled, startling her in her spot, "Did you like it or not?"
"Yes, your highness," her voice trembled between every syllable as her stomach heaved and dropped, churning nothing but air and sizzling acid.
"Good," the prince sighed, getting further comfortable in his seat. After looking Arabella up and down one more time, he ordered, "Strip," the grin on him only gaining in strength.
