Chapter 12
The carriage at a pace that had Penny place her bare feet firmly on the surface so that she wouldn't fall from her seat . After dealing with the man and the guardsman, the man named Damien Quinn had taken her to the carriage and they now headed to his mansion .
He didn't speak to her and she had no voice right now, not after seeing Frank who had been stabbed quite brutally . She had never seen a display of blood like that and the way this pureblooded vampire had dealt as if poking a lump of meat to check if it were cooked . The only difference was that it wasn't meat but a man's hand . Even though her hands were unbound before getting inside the carriage, she still felt as if they were still being bound by the coarse ropes that had left mark on her skin in the presence of this man who sat next to her .
Discreetly making sure he wasn't seeing, she looked from the corner of her eyes to see his leg crossed one leg over the other . His face turned to look at the window, the view outside as they passed through the hills . From where she sat, Penny could see how handsome he was with the silhouette like a shadow . Sharp jaw and cheekbones, brooding eyebrows with some of his inky black hair that fell on them .
Before he could catch her staring at him, she quickly turned her head away but subtly to make sure he didn't notice her or rather forgot that she existed . But Penny didn't know that the man had been more than aware of her presence in the carriage . Though his eyes were looking outside the window, when the girl shifted slightly away from him, his eyes moved from right to left to watch her .
While Penny tried to be quiet, her stomach had different ideas . Her stomach growled once, then twice before going on for the man to tap the front window to gain the coachmen's attention . Unlike some who had only one coachman, this man had two men riding in the front of the carriage .
"Stop at Mclair's," the one who wasn't riding nodded to direct the other coachman on the order received .
"When was the last time you had a meal?" asked the pureblooded vampire who hadn't spoken to her directly after asking who had caused the wound on her mouth .
A little taken aback from the sudden question, she turned her face to see him already looking at her, "Last evening," she answered, feeling lightheaded due to the lack of sleep as well as food which was never sufficient for the slaves . The slaves were underfed to keep their body lean but there was also another reason for it which Damien was aware of . By providing an insufficient quantity of food to the slaves, it made them weak which made it easier to turn them obedient to listen to the guardsmen .
Seeing him not answer but continue to stare at her, Penny looked away from him . The more he stared at her, the more it got uncomfortable . She wanted to say, 'Stop staring at me!' but she wasn't courageous enough to do it . There was just something about this man that made her believe that it wouldn't be right to speak back at him, the last thing she wanted was to be stabbed by him .
Best was ignoring him and she did just that until the carriage came to a halt . When the door opened, he opened the door without waiting for the coachman, the door almost hitting the lower man to step aside bowing his head .
She had to be careful as she stepped down from the carriage . Her hands were free but her legs weren't, they were still shackled with a single chain that connected either side of the leg so that it would prevent her from moving fast .
Penny looked at the small building that had a board put upon it 'M'claire's Inn', the man had stopped to feed her? It confused her to no end . She had heard some of the stories regarding the slaves on how difficult it was for them with their overbearing owners who treated them worse than a dog or any other lower animal .
Slaves were never treated well . They were the filth who weren't counted in society . With the various decrees of creatures who walked on these lands like humans, vampires, pureblooded vampires, the two different witches, the society was further partitioned into a class where the pureblooded vampires were of the highest being, considered to be elites while it wasn't humans who were positioned at the bottom . There were some humans who had managed to be in the good grace of others to have a better life . It was the slaves who stood at the bottom where people didn't take their life into account .
The very purpose of the slaves was to serve the people who bought them or the people their master or mistress asked to serve . They were the caged beings who didn't have a life of their own .
Penny who had a sheltered life without having to look into this part of the world didn't know what to make of this man's behaviour . The man hadn't treated her badly but that didn't mean he would continue to be the way he was .
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