Lion gently turned my face towards him as I can hear the rest of the pack nailing the extremities of all the guards and my master on the wall.
He tenderly cradled me in his arms while sitting on a couch that is facing towards them.
Hearing their screams of pain made me flinch in which Lion calmly told them that they are hurting my ears with their screams and snapped his fingers in which I can't hear their screams anymore.
He continued to give me tender kisses on my face in which he softly told me not to call my master as master anymore as he isn't worthy of that title. Also, I'm the master of my own life and nobody should be controlling me.
He glanced towards them and told them in a cold voice that since they treated me as their plaything, then it's just fair if he treated them as his playthings as well.
With a laugh that gave me goosebumps, he told the rest of the pack to have fun with them in which I can hear the pack snickering as sounds of snaps and bone breaking echoed inside the room.
He kissed me passionately in which he wiped away the tears that fell down on my face.
Remembering the other pleasure captives who suffered much worse than me, I began to sob loudly in which I tried to cover my face.
The noise of the torture stopped as Lion spoke comforting words towards me in which Orm suggested that he will do a time reverse spell on what happened in this room. Lion told him that it is a good thing that he offered as he wanted to see what else they did to me in this room.
Before Orm performed the spell, Lion told me not to look as he is afraid on how it might affect me in which I told him that I need to face my trauma instead of running away from it in order to heal.
He kissed me on the forehead then told Orm to perform the spell.
....
They saw everything.
The beatings, the torture and especially how they left me bleeding in the dark.
How I wasn't given food to eat or water to drink.
The way I screamed when I was branded on my back in which Lion embraced me tightly as he sobbed, apologizing how he wasn't there to prevent it.
They saw how I cry out for mercy in which I wasn't given.
And how I called out their names.
....
The room was filled with sounds of wailing and howling.
I didn't cry though.
It took a few moments before they finally stopped crying.
Lion nuzzled my neck in which he gently positioned me straddling on his lap while facing him, positioning my head on his shoulder as he slowly removed his cloak that was covering my body, showing everyone the brand on my back.
He embraced me tightly as he gently touched the brand while the rest of the pack began to growl and snarl in anger.
He told the perpetrators on how he treated me as his most precious thing in the world and how beautiful my body is in which they have no right to ruin it.
Slowly, he gave me gentle kisses on my back as he caressed my wounds and told the perpetrators to look at him.
He held one of my hands and kissed it, licking my wrist where my skin was torn as a result of being tied up.
Then he covered me with his cloak once more and cradled me in his arms again.
I looked into his eyes as he stared at the perpetrators with a cold and furious look on his face.
Then with a malicious smile, he told the rest of the pack that he's bored and wanted to be entertained.
They all laugh maniacally as the rest of the pack resumed their torture more viciously than before.
Lion suddenly remembered that I haven't eaten or drank some water in which he kissed me and apologized to me, in which several kinds of fruits appeared beside him.
While I was sitting on his lap, he held me with one of his arms then his other hand began to feed me. I only ate a bit before refusing to eat more.
Lion pleaded with me to eat some more in which I told him that it would make me sick since the time I came here, I wasn't fed regularly and by eating a lot instantly would make me puke.
I did managed to drink a bit of water before vomiting everything I just ate.
Lion started to cry again in which he used his magic to clean the vomit. He told me to rest a bit as he will try to feed me something later on.
A bottle of liquor appeared beside him in which he drank it all in one gulp before calling Sly.
Sly walked towards Lion in which he immediately took a huge bite on his forearm and made me drink his blood.
To their dismay, I vomited Sly's blood and told them that I don't want to drink or eat.
Sly then immediately sucked his blood and kissed me while Lion held me tightly, speaking words of encouragement towards me as he told me that Sly's blood will make me feel better.
When Lion saw that my wounds did not heal after drinking Sly's blood, he took a deep breath and told Sly to bring me to one of the rooms in the pleasure house as he is going to have fun here for awhile.
He kissed me deeply then told Sly to find a way to treat my wounds and to feed me as well.
With tenderness, he handed me to Sly who carried me in his arms.
Lion then rolled up his sleeves and smiled towards the perpetrators in which he snapped his fingers.
Sly then walked outside the room in which I began to hear sounds of screaming coming from the perpetrators.
....
Sly held me with one of his arms as he bathe with me inside the bathtub. He washed my hair gently in which he kissed the wound on my head where the satyr pulled my hair in his rage.
He cleaned my face then caressed my cheek in which he told me that he will make me feel better.
Taking a huge bite on his forearm once more, he made me drink his blood, telling me to take my time in which I did but he became upset when he saw that my wounds did not heal.
After we took a bath, he placed me on the bed with my back towards him in which he started to sob while touching the brand on my back.
Then he told me to wait as he is going somewhere fast.
After a short while, he came back, carrying all sorts of potions and stuff. He treated all my wounds and wrapped it in bandages.
He sat down on the bed in which he positioned me sitting on his lap and embraced me tightly.
His wings covered us, providing some sort of privacy in which he finally broke down in front of me.
He didn't say anything except all I can hear is his heartbreaking cries as he nuzzled me all over.
I held his cheek with my hand as he looked at me tearfully in which I kissed him softly.
We kissed slowly in which he started to lick my neck, kissing softly the mark that the second cuff made on my neck.
Then he pleaded with me to eat at least a bit of something, anything as I looked like I'm kissing death on the face.
I'm too tired to think or argue so I simply nodded in which he told me that he will find something and will be back fast.
I finally managed to finish a fruit that he gave me in which he began to smile and told me to close my eyes and sleep as he will be beside me and will never leave my side while I'm sleeping.
With that assurance, I smiled at him and closed my eyes as I felt him covering my body with a blanket.
....
When I woke up, Sly is still beside me, talking to Lion who is sitting down on my other side.
Lion had told Sly about the truth on what happened to Orm's mother. Sly told Lion that it would be better if Orm would hear it from his father than them. Lion sighed and told Sly that he had already expected that there is some sort of conspiracy going on.
They continued on discussing what they suspected that after listening for awhile, I went back to sleep as it would be better to think with a clear head.
....
I slept between Sly and Lion in which I admit that it does feel cosy.
It doesn't feel weird anymore.
Lion carried me in his arms as we went out of the pleasure house.
It feels good to be outside.
I can now think clearly.
The pack and I looked towards the pleasure house in which Lion snapped his fingers, making the pleasure house engulfed in purple flames.
I can feel a breeze touching my body in which I smiled.
Be at peace everyone.
Earlier, Lion gathered several pieces of my violet hair from the floor of the dark room in which he placed a spell on it, making it invulnerable to flames.
He then grinned at me in which we began to laugh at our mischief, as Yilan will finally get his well deserved punishment soon.
It would be funny to imagine him returning to this place and seeing the pleasure house burned to the ground in which he would be devastated to see his beloved soon to be mate gone with the flames.
Ah. I could just imagine all the yearning he will have.
With a tender smile from Lion, I told everyone that we should go to our next destination in which they all grinned at me.
Then we continued with our journey.
....
While the pack was looking for me, they managed to find out the exact location of the stone.
Lion told me that we are going to stop by at a village first as they want to visit a blacksmith that is famous for making mythic weapons and armors of your choice and design.
That's a good idea. Their armor was damaged during the fight with the Nemean Lion. Also, they need to upgrade their weapon's quality as the monsters and enemies we are facing are getting extremely difficult to kill.
We finally arrived at the village in which when I saw the blacksmith, I immediately recognized him and called his name in which he looked surprised.
Yes.
The blacksmith's name is Hephaestus.
Well known in the mythology as the god of fire and a divine craftsman.