Punishment Room

“What… what is that?” she stuttered.

“This is a whip, Aikiz,” he answered calmly.

Aikiz swallowed hard and asked, acting calm, “And what is it for?”

Harvey smiled at her bad acting, “You know what it is for. We use it to punish bad girls.”

“How amusing,” She mocked. “And you think I am a bad girl because I don’t want to stay here?! Didn’t you already kick me out of this place?! Didn’t you say that a mischievous orphan like me does not belong to the Blue Castle?! ” 

“So what? Now I want you to stay. And guess what? You will submit to me.”

“Either submission or violence?”

“Yes. Smart girl. Now, you have to promise me something.”

“What?”

“You will accept me as a protector and a master. But you will never fall in love with me and you will never try to seduce me.”

“Alpha Harvey, I’m not a wh*re. I don’t need to seduce you. And I don't want to.”

“And you will watch your language too.”

“And brush my teeth three times a day and go to sleep early! Sir, I’m not a child! I am a mature adult and you ought to treat me as one!”

“An adult doesn't try to end their life the moment things get serious.”

“It is my own life! I can do whatever I want with it!”

“Those are the words of a teen. Not an adult. How old are you, girl?”

“Twenty two.”

“You’re a child.”

“You should be so proud of your thirty-seven years!” she mocked.

Harvey giggled loudly. This girl has guts! How fun would it be to tame such a wild cat!

“I don't mind you being sassy, honey.” He said, caressing her cheek “But you will promise me to never endanger your life again.”

“Tell me why you care. And I will give you my word.”

Harvey sighed as he answered, “I feel responsible for your safety. Mother cherished you a lot. And I can’t deny the fact that I also cherish you, even when I am angry with you.”

Aikiz teared. Those soft words were everything she ever wanted to hear. But her heart was so numb by the pain that she felt no relief nor happiness. So she cried. She cried like a child missing her mother. She cried and he wiped her tears and caressed her hair gently to calm her down. He treated her as a child; and deep inside, she liked that. She was thirsty for love, “If you’re gonna treat me like a child, then be my family. Every child needs a family. Isn't it?”

“I am sorry, Aikiz. Your master can give protection and respect and diamonds, but not love. I should never love you and you should never love me.” 

To his statement, her face turned red as a tomato. “I HATE YOU!!! Is that what you want?! I hate you! I hate you to the core! I hate you to the moon and back! I hate you to the point I can’t stand you! Let me go! I have to leave!!”

“You‘re going nowhere, Aikiz. So calm down. It’s useless.”

She cried and yelled, “How can you be this calm when the person in front of you is having a mental breakdown!” 

“Don’t yell, Aikiz. I may empathise with your pain. But I can never tolerate disrespect. Am I clear?”

“Go to hell!”

Here, Aikiz crossed the line. The next second, his hand was choking her throat. 

Aikiz recalled the late Luna once telling her, “Never enrage a Blue Wolf, Aikiz. They look docile like water, but once they get mad, the calm water transforms into a tornado, a tsunami.” There, Aikiz realised the stupidity of her reckless act.

“You… You will kill… me….” Aikiz was suffocating. The moment her body used the last galp of oxygen it had, Harvey stopped blocking her airway, then blocked the blood stream instead, “Do you still want to die? Can you finally see how horrible death is?”

Like the dog-headed girl she is, Aikiz didn’t help a mocking laugh, “If you want to kill me, don’t torture me in the process. Do it fast and clean… And…” her voice softened as she added, “And I am sorry for being naughty.”

“You being naughty is not my biggest problem. You will submit. If I ask you to stay alive, you will.”

“I can’t. I hate you. Did you forget?”

Gabreil squeezed her blood streams even harder and she started feeling dizzy. He bent over her and whispered into her ear, “Submit.”

“No…”

“I never met a girl as tenacious as you.”

“That’s an old word from an old man.”

Harvey laughed at her witty comment. And unconsciously, he licked her ear deep. “Submit, Aikiz. Submit to your master.”

He let go of her throat slowly. A shot of blood, oxygen and hormones reached her head and made her even dizzier.

“That’s a sweet delirium,” she whispered.

“Do you like being choked?”

“I just discovered that I do,” she realised.

“How funny,” Harvey smirked.

“Are you mocking me, sir?!”

“I am. You have a problem?”

“That!...”

“Now promise me, you’ll never try to run away again. Suiciding is considered running away too.”

“Can I ask for something in return?”

“Yes.”

“I will submit. But you have to take care of me, as you used to do in the past.”

“So, I am your caregiver. And you are my good obedient girl.”

“Deal!”

Harvey smiled. He reached his objective without hurting her or breaking her. That was amazing. He freed her legs and hands. But like the rebel that she is, she pushed him with all her power and opened the window to jump off. Harvey sighed and went after her. He carried her from her collar like a kitten and threw her on the bed. “That was the most stupid thing I’ve ever witnessed someone doing. And since we have an agreement, then I have the right to punish you.”

Aikiz got pale as an autumn leaf. She gathered both her courage and cuteness to implore, “But no one in their right mind whips a child!”

“I am not gonna whip you.”

“Thank-”

“I’m gonna spank you.”

“What?!”