My Demon, My Love... - A Slave's Redemption

“Now, first charge?” Reve asked.

“Bathing in your personal shower, your highness.” Deirdre responded.

“Well, as I have given her permission to shower in my shower for her safety, there is no offense here, so minus ten from the total.” Reve informed her without hesitation.

“Total: ninety lashes.” Azlyn kept score.

Azlyn breathed a sigh of relief that she had, at the very least, dropped below one hundred lashes. On the other hand, she could hardly believe that Reve admitted to allowing her to shower in his bathroom. Especially, openly admitting to being concerned to her safety. Deirdre was dangerous and absolutely despised humans; who knows what she would do with that information.

“Next charge, please.” Reve continued.

“Using your bathing products and was intending to use one of your towels.”

“Once again, if I have given her permission to use my shower then I am not bothered by her using my bathing products. I can easily procure more when they run out, so this is not something that concerns me. As far as the towel is concerned, she did not use it and if she had I would not have been bothered by that either. So, we can minus both of those from the total score.”

“Total: seventy lashes.”

“Excellent. Now we are getting somewhere.” Reve affirmed.

Deirdre was growing confused. It almost seemed as though Reve was attempting to help this slave get out of her punishments.

“She also touched your rug and bled on it!” Deirdre accused, growing desperate.

“I have every reason to believe that the only reason that Azlyn touched or bled on my carpet is because of your assault against her. I cannot in good conscience punish a slave for damage that you caused, Deirdre. Minus those from the total as well.”

“Total: fifty lashes.”

“What are you doing?! Why are you helping her?!” Deirdre cried out.

“What were the other charges again? Oh yes, inadvertent harm to both of our eyes. Well, I am not at all bothered by her nudity. I actually find it quite pleasant, if I am to be honest. You have only been forced to look at her nudity because you are attacking her, so once again this is your fault and I will not punish her for it. I believe this removes thirty more lashes from her total.”

“Total: twenty lashes.”

Azlyn could not believe that Reve had just admitted to being attracted to her. How could he tell something like that to Deirdre without any concern? She was vindictive and there was no way that she could be trusted not to tell everyone in the realm their secret.

Deirdre stood there with her mouth hanging open. She could hardly believe that she was standing before a prince of the demon realm, listening to him defend a filthy human.

“Ah, yes, the final twenty lashes. Well, I obviously cannot punish her for not having her whip as I am the one who had it. I assumed that I would be the only one punishing my personal slave. That is, until I walked into this scene.”

“Total: ten lashes.”

“Well, considering that you’ve clearly given her, at least, five lashes already; not to mention, the other damage inflicted, plus this was all done WITHOUT my permission to MY slave. I do not see much reason to even bother disputing the final charge, seems to me that she’s suffered enough punishment. However, I would like to know exactly what order she disobeyed from you?”

“I saw that disgusting excuse for a mark on her shoulder. I demanded to know who had committed such an unspeakable act and she refused to tell me who the demon responsible is. If you want to be angry about someone laying hands on your personal slave, that is the demon that you should be punishing!” Deirdre argued.

“Well, I have a very simple explanation as to why she refused to answer your question.” Reve began to explain. “I am aware of her mark and I also know who gave it to her. I, personally, have forbade her from telling anyone who marked her. So, since she was following the orders of a superior demon, you were the one in the wrong for beating her without cause.”

With that revelation, Reve’s demeanor immediately changed from calm and collected to angry and violent. He, suddenly, rushed towards Deirdre. Before Azlyn even knew what happened she could hear the sounds of a body being slammed against the bookshelf, knocking several books to the floor.