Author's Note:
This is my first story, so any constructive criticism will be appreciated. The story is set in a world where swords, bows and magic rule supreme.
Edited by Angel Love
This story contains: Non Consent/reluctance material.
Cacus had been working to escape for a long time. Ever since he heard the news. That terrible news that he was to be sold by the Master. Most likely too a wandering slave dealer. Of course Cacus was never meant to know. The Master had told him he was going on a trip to learn things the Master could not, or didn't have the time for teaching.
The Master did not know he knew the truth. He was sure that whoever he planned to sell him too wasn't going to treat him as nice as the Master's family. Especially the daughter was good to him, always having light work if he had helped the Master and the others on some heavy duty around the farm the day before. She was the only one Cacus really liked, that respected him, not as one of the servants, but as a man.
But that is getting too far off what he needed to focus on. After working for weeks secretly hiding things that he might need, a few pans, an old sword the Master kept in the attic, a few bits of wire to fashion snares. He had even managed to get a waterproof sail from town big enough to make a tent from. All this was of course pointless if he couldn't get out of the room he was kept in.
Each one of the slaves, or servants as they preferred to be called had a room, small with a bed and a small window near the roof, there in they lay chained against the back wall. The chain was long enough to lie down, and even move a bit but not long enough to get near the door. But he had been working on that too. And it was now so weakened that he could make good his escape tonight.
And so it happened, he silently broke free the chain from the wall and then picked up the chain carefully as not to rattle it too much and went for the door. It was unlocked as the chain should have prevented him from reaching it in the first place. Outside the room he went for the small wooden box near the end of the corridor. Here lay the keys to all their chains.
Cacus unlocked the chain, and hid it under the stairs. From there he went up the stairs and to the main door of the house. After he unbolted it and went outside he could see from the position of the moon that he had some time till dawn when he would be missed. Looking through the courtyard of the fortified farm he saw the barn to his left. Quickly making his way there he opened the small side door.
Finding the items where he left them, he gathered everything and made his way into the woods, it was only then that the great rush of being free hit. It was a bit scary you must know, it was the first time he ever had been free. When he was a small kid he was sold by the Master of his parents to the Master he had served ever since.
Never did he fight it, after all his bloodline was once conquered and thus they where meant to serve the conquerors. But now Cacus had done the impossible, the unspeakable, he had broken the bonds and was free once again.
Then and there he vowed to himself that one day he would be the Master. But first he had to make sure his Master would not catch him again, so he needed to make room between him and the farm. He had to be careful though as the night in this land was the time the raiders came out. They were heavily armed bands of barbarians on horseback. Even though he was trained a bit in sword fighting to protect the farm if it came to that he would have stood no chance what so ever against a group of these barbarians.
All night and most of the next day were spent walking, at times running to get as far away as possible from the house. One time he had to hide in some small bushes when a group of four barbarians came past him. Seeing the items they had tied to their horses they had no doubt raided one of the small settlements that could not afford to build a wall or hire protection.
It was late that day when he saw a big port city in the distance. Standing where he was, on a small hill he could see the mud road that would surely take him to the main gate in the cities fortified wall. Cacus decided it was best he made haste to and try to make it before sunset, after all the guards might not let him in once the gates where closed for the night.
Once he made his way inside the city he had to find a place to stay. The money that he had stolen from his former Master should be able to afford him that. After walking around for a while he found a very cheap inn he could rent a room in for just four copper pieces. That still left him around thirty silver and some copper. Being exhausted from all the walking for almost a full day he quickly went to bed after getting a bowl of stew and a glass of wine.
The next day he bought some food and a bottle of wine from the innkeeper and made his way on to the streets. Now stocked on food and wine he could remain outside for the next day or two if he needed. From the inn he made his way back to the main gate. Still on his way there he was called over by a big man standing on the side of the street.
"Sir, over here," he had said. "I see you carrying that heavy bag, maybe you would be interested in buying a slave to help you carry that?"
Cacus replied, "For as much as I would like to take this load off my shoulders, I scarcely believe I could afford a slave." He silently hoped he could afford one, both to carry his bag, but also to for fill his ambition of being a Master.
The man laughed, "You are in luck dear sir, for I have a young women to offer for only two gold pieces," not telling Cacus why he was selling her, or why she was so cheap. Normally a slave would cost a man several dozen gold pieces.
Cacus thought about it for a while but decided to take the man up on his offer, perhaps his desire to own his own slave getting the better of his judgment. The man told him to follow and they went into a small alley wear near where they had met. A small house in state of disrepair was where the slave would be.
After the gold pieces traded hands the slave was introduced. The man told him, "From now on she will be yours."