REBECCA POV
I was chained to the wall, collared and muzzled for how long; I wasn’t sure, but it felt like hours. I wasn’t certain what would happen, but I knew it wouldn’t be good. I was told that if I were silent and behaved, then they would go easy on me later. I wasn’t sure what that meant. Exactly, but I also wondered if I was good, would they just kill me? Would that be acceptable to ask, as long as I behaved while shackled? That would be an acceptable reward, at least for me. I hope today is the day it all ends. That after today, there’s no more pain.
I have done everything right my entire life. I deserved the goddess's mercy and to be welcomed into the afterlife. Somewhere where there was no more pain, only light and happiness.
So, I followed the rules. I didn’t make a sound. I
