Sold?

A whole effin month passed by, with me and Nora going over the same routine every single day.

We woke up, had a small argument about who was going to shower first, then had breakfast, then walked to the gym where Caesar along with another member, Ben, trained us until we dropped dead, only getting a short break for lunch and even though the training was finished at 6, neither of us had the energy for dinner or to stay awake. I would say it was no ordinary training, but that doesn't mean it was something very extraordinary. Yes, it did drain us but it wasn't taking a toll on our bodies and it made me wonder about it. It seemed like the routine was especially designed for us. Something that didn't hurt our bodies yet still made them stronger because I could feel it. After a month of following the same routine and exercise I felt that my body was different. Like I had grown a bit stronger? Or maybe I was just too unfit before.

….

I can't deny that I was.

Now that I'm thinking about it, I'm sort of ashamed. Maybe if I had focused on this stuff before I could have out ran Arius's men but I was far from it. I may have given it my all and ran a long way but by the end I was pretty much dead from all the running.

Oh well, can't change the past now can we?

I looked at Nora.

We were supposed to build stamina, that took a lot of time. They were pushing us to our limits and each day felt like my body would tear apart. Well, not really but my mind always told me that because indeed all the training was hard.

Arius didn't show up during this time. And after a whole month when I was in the gym, running on the treadmill, he decided to show up out of nowhere.

"How are my lovely ladies doing?" His sudden voice right next to me, startled me and I lost my balance, tripping over my own feet I was about to fall face flat on the machine, my eyes wide as they stared at the continuously fast moving belt below me, but the distance never closed.

I looked at my stomach, an arm around it, holding me in my place. I looked up at Arius, he stood at the side platform of the treadmill and turned the machine off.

"Be careful cupcake, I can't have you ruining your face now." He looked at me. "How will you seduce my enemies for me then?" He smirked.

Wow. What an asshole.

I placed a hand on his chest and pushed him away as I placed my feet back on the machine. I didn't bother talking to him at all and pressed the start button again.

The machine buzzed to life and I began to jog. I could feel Arius's gaze on me for a while but I did my best not to let it show.

After a while he turned and went to Nora, who was busy punching the sandbag.

From the corners of my eyes I looked at him. He didn't say anything to Nora, just inspected her a bit, then walked over to Caesar to talk to him. Ben didn't come in today, even though he's here everyday observing us and running his hand on his bald scalp.

After a few minutes long conversation Arius decided to leave.

I mean he should have just left but instead, he came and stood a few centimeters away from me and started to observe.

His gaze was uncomfortable, it wasn't disgusting but rather too powerful and somehow weird and, he just wouldn't stop looking!!

After a minute he sighed, "You know, you should wear a sports bra."

His deviant comment made my cheeks flair red, I got confused and stumbled once again, losing my balance, I fell.

The running belt a centimeter away from my eyeballs. I could feel the heat at this distance.

Arius pulled me back, away from the machine, just that this time his arm wasn't around my stomach, rather he was groping my breasts.

Flustered I pushed him away as soon as I discovered the ground to stand on, then raised my hand and slapped him hard across the face.

The voice echoed among the noise of machine wirring.

I stared at Arius wide-eyes, embarrassed and scared. I had no idea what was going to happen next.

I gulped as he slowly turned his face back and looked at me, his cheek was red while his eyes shone a shade of poisonous honey, his smile rather ominous.

He looked at me with a sense of satisfaction.

Why is he doing that? What is he going to do? He's looking at me like he's achieved something.

I flinched as he leaned in, right next to my ear he whispered.

"A wild kitten needs to be tamed."

He then stepped back and took something out from his pocket. A small remote, with a dial button. Placing his finger on it, he grinned, showing me his sharp canines.

It was then that it hit me what that remote was.

The controller to my shock collar.

"You ready babe?"

Note : Just gonna rant a bit more because I feel like doing it. Man my finals are near and this is what I'm doing. I feel like I have my priorities wrong and I know I'm right and sure gives me a lot of stress but then again here I am anyway. Woohoo! I hope I do fine in my exams. Man I'm tired of college. So so glad this is my final year and I won't have to take anymore of this bullshit. God! Can't believe there are some people who just chill away so nicely in all the four years of college as if it was nothing. How the hell do they even pass? whoops