Black Romance Chapter 34

Blue stopped short, knocking on one of the doors . There was movement inside, I could hear rustling and the sound of someone walking around . My heart was beating in my throat and my chest was swelling like a hot air balloon .

The door opened slowly, exposing a sweaty and flushed Virgo . Buttoning up his shirt, he glanced between Blue and myself . "Is it time?" he asked, running his fingers through his hair to fix it .

"You said he would be here at eleven, it's ten of . "

"Mm," Virgo grunted, checking his watch . "Well, perfect timing then . I'm done here anyway . " Looking over his shoulder, he spoke to someone else . "Now you're ready . " His eyes moved back to me, his smile bold and sinister . "Give the new girl a nice smile, Jessie, she's just been inducted as one of our own . "

Virgo turned sideways, allowing me to see inside . There was a young girl curled up in a ball on the bed, her tears fresh and streaming down her cheeks like roaring rapids . Her gaze was wide and full of sadness as our eyes connected .

Another one . Another poor girl who will have to suffer until she is bought or worse .
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This was his ritual, it was how he showed his power and authority, letting you know he was in charge . Virgo always had the first turn with a new girl . He got her before anyone else, and he liked to joke at times about the men in club getting his sloppy seconds .

It made me sick, it filled me with so much disgust, and my experience was no different than hers . Except I fought . I fought and I didn't stop fighting until everything went black .

And I was thankful for that .

But the memory of what happened before everything shut down, burned me from the inside out . I felt so disgusting after, so violated and ruined .

Shadowed fingers traced my shoulder, causing me to look at my arm . Flashes of that night began to pop into my head, taking me back in time, to that single moment where a monster stole my innocence .

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'You know what day it is, my sweet child?' Virgo asked, gently closing the basement door . 'It's your birthday, the day I took you in, the day I decided you belonged to me . '

'It's not my birthday, my birthday—'

Cutting me off, Virgo laughed out loud . 'When will you learn, Jessie? Your life before doesn't exist, not anymore . You were nine when you came into my hands, a small frightened girl, so lost and alone . Today you're eighteen, you're . . . ' Pausing, his smile glistened with excitement as if he had been waiting for this day for years . 'A woman,' he finally said as his feet hit the basement floor .

Climbing off my cot, I kept my eyes on him as I walked backwards . 'What's your point?' I asked, trying to search around in the dimly lit room for anything I could use as protection .

He had gloated about this day for the last two years, talking about it like it was Genesis, a day of reckoning, as if a whole new world was about to open up . I guess I could thank that man, Machi, for allowing me to keep my virginity for this long .

His threat was heard, it was enforced, it was the only time I had seen Virgo show a hint of fear .

'How many times have I warned you about that attitude?' Virgo took gingerly steps in my direction, slowly unbuttoning his shirt with each stride . 'Today things change, today you start your new beginning . '

'Stop right there!' I yelled, knowing exactly what he meant . 'Stay away from me!'

'Or what?' he asked, his smile thickening as moved like a snake across the floor . He stepped with power, making it clear that what I wanted didn't matter . 'You've known this day was coming, stop acting like a fucking bitch . '

Moving against the back wall, I felt around with my hands, praying that something would jump out for me to grab . 'I'm warning you, don't come any closer!'

His chuckle sent shivers down my spine as his eyes twinkled in the shadows . 'The more you fight, the more it's going to hurt . '

'I don't care, I won't let you fucking touch me . You'll never fucking touch me . I've done what you asked . I've been quiet, I've followed the rules, but this! I won't let you!'

Stopping a few feet away, he gripped his belt and unbuckled it, pulling it out of the loops with ease . 'You're being very disrespectful right now, I don't like it . ' Folding the belt over his hand, he clutched it firmly . 'Come here . '

'No!'

'I won't tell you again . '

'Fuck you!'

'I warned you about that, you sound like a cheap whore . And cheap whores get punished for talking with filthy mouths . ' Throwing his arm out, he whipped me across the top of my thighs with the leather belt .

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