Chapter 21

I heard Andrews voice in my head but I couldn't do a single thing about it. All I felt was her whipping, and my hot blood rolling down my back in waves. I knew I was loosing it fast, and it honestly terrified me that maybe this was how I'm going to die. I heard him screaming in my head when she finally stopped, my face blank as I tried to keep my tears at bay. "I'll be back soon to finish." She left with that, the creaking of the stairs alerting me when she made her departure. She kept me tied to the post, my back bare to the empty room and covered in my own blood. I wanted to sleep, to pass out, but the incessant shouts of Andrew kept me awake. 'Whip, hard whip on my back.' 'Oh my god, let me come get you. Please Emilia, I was at dinner when you began screaming. I almost couldn't take it, I almost told them everything because I could feel your pain!' My face paled, how could I let him go through that? My mother was right. I deserved this. I alway