"What would you do if I let you out right now?"
Maybe because I looked imposing with my fat body or maybe because it was an impossible question to her, maybe that's why she looked at me with the utmost hope and desperate look.
Hope if the question would be truly real and desperation because I may be playing a sick minded game with her just for laughs.
They truly did a number on her… but this is far from what she will suffer if I don't get her out of here.
"I know what I ask seems quite impossible to you, but humor me for a second."
I waited for a while but she didn't answer me and just kept staring at me with those questioning gaze at a stranger. As I thought that she would never speak out any words and was about to get up that's when she spoke.
"I- I… would… kill that bastard!" She said with trembling and scared tone, a tone that didn't get enough water.
"Hmm, do you mean the slave keeper?" She nodded with a frenzied look.
"Impossible." She looked at me with anger as if I was about to deceive her, "Look at yourself, you don't have the strength to kill him." ɴᴇᴡ ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀʀᴇ ᴘᴜʙʟɪsʜᴇᴅ ᴏɴ N()velFire.net
"I can… If I ha- had my hand-"
"Alright, let's say I give you that chance and let you go… do you think you will even be able to walk 10 steps without falling." I asked her.
She looked down to her legs that seemed weak. As if her bones would reveal themselves if she made even the slightest pressure. Her eyes started to tear up in realization, knowing that she was weak and escaping from here was impossible for her. Then came the mind-breaking question.
"What if I gave you time?"
"What if I give you time and things needed to enact revenge?"
"Yo- you'd help me kill him?" She asked but I shook myself.
"I'm not going to do anything to him, you are. Not just him but I'll give you the power to kill everyone who did this and whoever you want to kill."
The girl finally felt that hope was close to her… that she had a chance at killing everyone that killer her and her family. Her eyes slowly turned to fury and within that fury I saw a power… a power that I could use.
"Will you take that chance?"
"I will!" She said with a sudden power to her.
"I will kill them all, I will butcher them, I will burn, cut, poison, maim, torture, bite, kill all of their families, friends and do everything I can to make sure that they wanted that they've never been born."
I smiled at her, this is the one… she is the one I've been searching for.
Then suddenly as if all the anger vanished, a weakness, a fear for the unknown came to her as she stared at me with strange eyes, "What do you want from me?"
"All I want... is you."
"I want your heart, body, soul, anger, happiness, everything you have and more. I'll give you the power to kill and do anything you want, but in exchange you'll have to give me your everything."
She thought that maybe I could be lying to her or maybe I wasn't. But looking at my figure, it only brought more fear to her as she closed her private parts from me.
I sighed, my figure really doesn't enact confidence here now, does it? Got to fix that as soon as possible but first-
"I promise you many things that nobody can and which seems improbable. You can't really trust me with those promises… it's all about trust, right?" I asked but she didn't answer me.
"Then let me earn that."
I get up and call the guy, "Hey Slaver!"
The girl felt fear, as if I was angered by her behavior and called the slave keeper for punishment.
The jingling of some metal rang and the slave keeper came with a large ring filled with many keys, "Yes, sir."
The slave keeper went down to her knees and tried to open her but even after multiple tries, he couldn't find the real key.
"Ha ha… just give me one moment, I- I'll find the one."
I would have waited if not for the look the girl had on her face, as if ready to bite off the guy's ear. Time was going but the idiot still couldn't find the key and the girl was ready to do whatever depravity she had in mind, so I stepped in.
I went down to her leg and looked for the lock.
"It's almost done sir, I- I'm sure this is the right one."
I ignored him and with one tug, I broke the chains along with the ankle lock.
"That's… another way, I guess." The slave keeper smiled and brought out a bowl and paper, "Let me just do the binding and we'll be done."
The girl hearing pushed herself away.
The binding was a magically seal, a slave seal similar to a master and servant chain. If the binding were to be cast on someone, the master, I.E. me, would be able to command the servant to listen to me.
Although it didn't have the power of compulsion to make them do anything against their will, but it had the power to inflict pain on them. That's why the girl scurried away like that.
"You insolent brat! Come bac-"
"It's okay," I stopped him and handed fifty pounds to him, "I don't need one."
Seeing the bundle of cash in his hands, the guy smiled, "Okay sir! About the wolfmen, do you want the seal on them?"
"Alright then, it will take a few days for them to be washed and cleaned before I can deliver them to you." The slave keeper said as he went away.
I turned to the girl and show her my hand, "I know this isn't enough to win my trust, but at least it will be enough to come with me."
The girl looked between me and my hand for a while before approaching slowly and touching me.
"My name's Henry, what's yours?"
'Alice, The Witch Queen.'