The World Beyond The Veil discussion

All prisoners. Must be tied like this:
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VM6Ea12S_FQ...

((jesus christ, really?))

(Yes, because then their is less chance of people fighting.)

((and less chance of them keeping their arms intact!!!!))

(Just a clarification they still have their clothes on!)

((I'm going to school. Won't be on until later))

(Ok)

Bella laid on the floor, her shoulders restrained back, her arms brutally tied, the rooms grinding into her skin with her every breath. Some place were already bleeding, some just bruising. Her lips were dry. How long had she been out? Her hair fell loose around her face as she sat painfully up.

Joanna sat infront of her flipping a dagger.

Bella didn't move or say a word. She had expected it this time. She didn't want to, but she knew it was inevetable. She was going to die down here one way or another.

Joanna walked behind Bella and cut one of the ropes, restoring the blood flow to her fingers.

Bella gasped, rolling her shoulders a little as her fingers went through various stages of pins and needles. She looked up at Johanna. "Why are you helping me at all?"

"You actually love him..." She said astonished.

"What's it to you?" Bella asked harshly. She turned so that her hair blocked her bitter eyes. She wished her arms would go back to numb now. Numb was better than pain, and the ropes hurt. It wasn't like she was goin to fight back.

"But why did you do that's all I want to know, why did you rat her out?"

Bella's head dropped to her chest, she pulled her knees in, seeming like a small child, biting her lip. "At the time. I didn't know I was. I just felt so terrible. How could he love her, when she loved someone else?"

"He gets every one even Analisa, the only one who could actually stand him because as kids they were inseparable 'till..."

"What, what horrible thing did he do that even his sister didn;t like him at all?" Bella asked. Her pain obvious in her voice, as well as her frustration and longing. What could Aldrich have done, hit her, abuse her, ha, those was his everyday actions to anyone he encountered. Had he lied or banished someone? That was nothing. She had seen him do much worse things many time. She had seen him try to kill someone just for the fun of it.

She took a deep breath. "When Aldrich was younger he was a sweet by, he was so nice but one day when he and Analisa were playing around, i had decided to turn around to grab something...." She rubbed her wrists."...The next thing i hear is Analisa's sobbing and see that Aldrich is gone, Analisa was all cut up and bleeding....."

Bella flinched, repressing a shudder.She knew Aldrich hadn't always been this way, but something like that. Sometimes she wished she could get inside his head. She didn't think he was everything he seemed to be. She thought he was a scared little boy, but no one would believe her. "What happen to them after?"

"I-I-I don't know what happened....." She whispered.

Bella's breathing got heavy, hard as she tried to stop the sobs building in her chest painfully. She leaned back against the wall, her whole body shaking. She knew what happened after. That was when she had first seen Aldrich in town at the bar, young as he was, no one had opposed his presence. Her breathing became even more ragged and her vision got hazy.

Joanna leaped up."Breath Bella...." she said untiring the ropes and cradling her head.

Bella sobbed so hard she literally couldn't breathe, passing out, her heart beating hard in her chest. Aldrich would hate her, now and forever. He had made her his head maid and now she couldn't even do anything. She was doomed, hopeless. Nothing ever went right for her.

Joanna craddled Bella against her like a mother would a child, she cared more about Bella than she did herself. A tear slipped down her cheek.

Bella slowly came back to consciousness, blinking her eyes open, finding herself once again on the floor of the dungeon, Joanna gently holding her. She bit her lip, closing her eyes. Why couldn't this all be a dream?

"I shouldn't have said anything...." She whispered. "...I'm sorry."

"It wouldn't matter. The queen would have found out any way." Bella replied bitterly. "Now I'm stuck here."

"No only for a few days ...." She said with a sad smile.

"Yeah, okay." Bella whispered. "Am I incapbable of being loved? Tell me the truth Joanna, everyone hates me. I always do everything wrong. Can I even be loved?"

"I love you like a mother would her daughter, I've been here to show you the ropes and ensure you knew what you where doing..." She said sadly.

"When do I ever know what I'm doing. I'm always lost. That's why everyone thinks I'm so stupid."

"I don't think your stupid...." She said softly.

"You should go. They'll be mad if they find you down here," Bella told her. Bella would rather be bound down here alone than to have someone watch her in this shame.

((sorry, never got notified))

She nodded and redid the arm restraints, but looser. "I'll. be taking over your chores." She said softly before scurrying out.

Bella pushed herself back up against the wall, leaning her head back and closing her eyes, trying to get her emotions back under control. She would have to get out of here, the sooner the better. They would never know she had left. She would go home, become the spy she was supposed to be before, the one who didn't care.

((psst, check out servants, new character I need approved))

Joanna nearly ran into Devon and stumbled back catching herself easily on a step.

Devon smiled a little, closing the cell door behind her, turning to her. "Should I be expecting you again any time soon?" he asked, leaning casually against the wall, a normal position for him.

"Yes..." She said looking him up then down before turning to walk out.

"See something you like?" he called after her, definitely noticing how she had just checked him out. He smiled a little, one side of his mouth pulling up as he watched her leave.

She looked over her shoulder and shrugged calmly. "Maybe..." She teased before disappearing through the door.

He waited until the door shut to the upstairs, then turned the key in the lock and reopened the cell to step inside, using the chair he had brought down as a door stop to keep it open. Bella looked up at him defiantly as he came over to her, inspecting the ropes on her arms.

"These are loose, someone's taking it easy on you," Devon observed, "That will make this more difficult for you."

"What are you talking about?" Bella asked, trying to jerk away from him, not succeeding as he lifted her off the ground throwing her over his shoulder. "Put me down!!!!!"

"Not yet babe, I got a job to do," he replied as he tossed a hood over her head, carrying her out of the dungeon.

Scarlet came in shocked to find Bella gone. "Where are they taking her, I wasn't even able to punish her yet..," she pouted before she shrugging and leaving again.

((you wanna take over one of my characters for a little while well their together?))

(Sure which one?)

((bella, unless you want devon, IDC)

((were in the guards quarters, btw))