Chapter 5

Chapter 5

Lucifer took Katherine home and carrying her in his arms, he led her down a narrow corridor to a place she didn't know. It obviously wasn't the same room she had been kept in when she was here. 

Katherine didn’t resist, even as her heartbeat quickened in her chest. She already knew how gravely she had offended him so she didn't say a word. She would be lucky if he locked her up, she thought. 

"Do you realize the gravity of what you have done?" Lucifer's raspy voice asked as it echoed through the corridor while they went. Katherine remained silent. She didn't want to say a word. Her eyes were already heavy with unshed tears at her flopped escape from him. Here she was again, back at his house and now at his mercy. 

 When they reached a heavy wooden door, Luci opened it to reveal a room that was oddly furnished. The room was quite dark with very low lightings. It was stylishly furnished with what Katherine recognized to be chains, ropes and implements that made her stomach churn and her heart lurch in her chest. The walls were padded with red leather that made it look like the place was sound proof. 

Oh no. 

It dawned on her before she even realized it. This was no ordinary room—it was a space that had been designed to break and to humiliate.

The place seemed just like any story book room of torture would look like, except this time, it was Katherine's reality, there was nothing intriguing about that. 

Without a word, Lucifer quietly guided her to the center of the room. There her eyes caught the pair of chains that dangled from the ceiling. Her eyes darted over to him in what was a silent plea for mercy, but his expression remained stoic and impassive. 

"Please....." Katherine begged in a whisper as she realized what he was about to do. But Luci wasn't listening to her. 

He secured her wrists with cold metal cuffs and that seemed to raise her arms above her head. Than he fastened her ankles tightly to a threshold making her utterly vulnerable. 

Katherine inhaled but the atmosphere in the air seemed to be filled with a dreadful and cackling tension that was threatening to zap her at any moment. She practically struggled to steady her breath as he began to take off her clothes from her body. She didn't know what he was going to do to her but she knew it wasn't good. Judging by the look on his face, she could tell that this was something he was accustomed to doing. It was something he did judiciously judging by the way his hands moved expertly over the equipments. 

Wasn't it supposed to be illegal to have a torture room? She wondered as her lips parted once again in a silent plea. She was naked and she felt the cold breeze of air in the room touch every inch of her exposed skin and it caused her body to tingle with dread.

Soon after he was done with securing her tightly against the restraints, Lucifer picked up the whip and her heart sank deep into her chest.

"This is punishment for disobeying me." He said in a low voice as he lifted the whip and she flinched in reaction at what to expect. The first crack of the whip on her bare skin sounded all over the room and it instantly a shock of pain through her body as it struck her back. 

Ouch! It was painful and Katherine bit her lip while refusing to cry out. The second one came and she shut her eyes in agony as she tried to take in the pain but it was getting too much. Each strike grew more and more merciless and the leather lashed out across her skin in sharp and somewhat searing arcs. 

Her body jolted with each impact and the pain continued to intensify with each crack of the whip on her skin. . This went on for minutes with Lucifer flogging her and Katherine taking it all in until she could no longer contain the gasp that escaped her lips.

The flogging went on, nonetheless and each and every single stroke left in it's wake a fresh feeling of agony. She bit back her lips which were quivering uncontrollably. 

By the time he stopped, her body was trembling and her skin was now a map of raw welts and bruises. She could feel every single breath come out sharp and shallow, as if her chest might shatter from the strain. She limped against the chains exhaustedly as her body sank into a state that was beyond pain and resistance.

She couldn't believe what had just happened. 

Without another word Luci turned and left her there in the room. The sound of the door closing signaled that he had left with her still being tied up. 

.........

The first day went by without her even realizing it. She felt hungry and her stomach churned and gnawed at her as her throat burned with thirst. She had by now lost track of time; it was just an endless and torturous loop of consciousness slipping in and out. She tried to shift her weight, but even the smallest movement brought a fresh surge of pain through her entire body.

By the second day, her limbs felt numb. The room remained silent and oppressive and her only solace was the distant sound of her own heart beat. She shut her eyes as she willed herself to hold on, to endure just for a while longer.

On the third day, her body felt broken and her mind was on the edge of despair. She was hardly even aware of the sound of footsteps that approached until the door creaked open and a servant entered. 

The servant's face was unreadable as she looked at Katherine who lay there bound and helpless. She struggled to lift her head, but she was too exhausted to do so. 

Without a word, the servant set down a tray of food and began to untie her wrists and ankles. The relief was out of this world as Katherine's limbs fell to her sides. They were stiff and ached terribly, she felt hot tears sting the back of her eyes. Her hands trembled when she tried to reach for the food as she was way too weak to lift even a single morsel to her mouth.

The servant watched her then she hesitated and finally picked up a spoon and brought it to her lips. She ate slowly with her mind detached from her body . It was as if she was watching herself from afar.

After she’d eaten, the servant stood and resecured her restraints before she left her alone and vulnerable once again.

 This pattern continued each day everyday for the next couple of days. The servant would come, untie her, feed her carefully and then finally leave without a word Katherine would be left alone once again to her silence and solitude.

By the end of the week Katherine's body had adapted in small ways even though she still felt pain here and there in her body. She was fastly recuperating and she wondered why Lucifer had not come to check on her since the first day. Silently, she wished he wouldn't. She wished that he would forget about her in here. She could handle that one as punishment. 

She wasn't sure of if she could take any more torture from him again.