Chapter 33: Episode Three
The third episode began with Asmodeus trying to reach the prostitute from the previous day. He called her, but she wouldn’t answer. He sent his subordinates to her house and her brothel, but she wasn’t there either.
"Where is the girl?" Asmodeus asked the mistress sitting on the edge of his bed.
Unlike the previous day, her face was not covered by any masks.
"I don’t know," Mistress Bella answered, shaking.
For a second, Asmodeus observed her.
He moved closer to her, caressed her cheek, and moved his hand down to her trembling shoulder. He slightly lowered her dress, revealing severe marks left behind by whips. How the woman was still sitting straight was a miracle.
Discolored as her skin looked, Asmodeus only found it charming. Like meat, beatings often made people tender. All she now needed was a bit of his gentle touch.
The carrot was especially effective once the subject had experienced the stick, or so he believed.
Asmodeus licked Bella’s wounds and whispered in her ear, "You are not lying, are you?"
His voice was both chilling and reassuring.
The mistress quivered. "I swear on my mother’s grave that I am not lying."