The men dragged me along the forest. My bare feet quickly got muddy, and I kept stepping on prickles and leaves.
"Ow. Ow," I said.
"You're a talkative one, aren't you?" said Petyr.
"Where am I?"
"She's dazed and confused," said another man conversationally. He swatted me hard on the ass. It hurt! "Silence, slave!"
I yelped and stopped talking. The humiliation burned as much as the physical pain, but... I liked it! I couldn't understand this. This should be a nightmare. It was! I had no idea where I was. I seemed to have been transported to some medieval world, or time travelled, or something, and the first thing that happened was that I'd been stripped naked and tied up by a bunch of very strong men. I was starting to get cold and my feet were hurting. I was starting to shiver from the wind. They had explicitly told me I was a slave.
And yet somehow, this felt like a positive. It was like a weight had been lifted off my shoulders. Even the thought of no more clothes was cheering me up. Hmm. Not having to pick out what clothes to wear, that felt good. No, no! I had to think of a way out. I looked back towards where I had came. It was dark back there, with no torchlight.
"Hey! Focus, slave." I got another whack on the bottom.
"You know, I can't help but notice, she's not referring to us by our proper title," said another of them.
"You're right. It's time to punish you, slave!"
"Well I don't -
hrk!
" I choked again as they pulled me off the path. They dragged me to a tree. One tied a rope to the rope around my wrists, then tossed the rope over a tree branch. They pulled, wrenching my arms up over my head. One of them pulled out a wooden paddle.
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