Thread: A Rare Replacement {Broken Knight and Crimson}

One, two, three?and he??s out. Good, he wasn??t one for cleanliness, that one Calida thought as she watched a slender, exceptionally filthy man fall to the hard packed earth with a thud. Having woke from her nap early the slave had decided to watch a few fights before lying back once again, stretching out and contorting her body in order to find a comfortable position, a rather difficult task considering she was left with only the floor for her bed. Ignoring the small discomfort of tiny pebbles on the floor of her cage Calida had just curled up for another quick nap when she heard the soft squeal of a door opening. Sitting up quickly and rolling to face the door to her cage the slave??s eyes narrowed as they settled on the wolf who??d stepped into her prison, followed closely by the weasel faced man she??d grown to despise. From his position a foot or so away from her resting place Calida had the perfect view of the beast that??d obviously purchased her. Eyes darting to the open door of her cage Calida tilted her head slightly, knowing full well that she??d not make it more than a few feet before either the wolf caught her, or the man outside her cage took hold of her chain again. As if on command Calida heard the chain rattle and felt a sharp pain down her spine, the leash round her neck jerking slightly as he rolled the chain to slap along her flesh. Unbidden a growl rolled through her throat and Calida crawled backwards, eyes only for the wolf in her cage as she backed up closer to the bars behind her. He smelled of smoke, trees, and something she couldn??t quite identify, a spicy musk that seemed to roll from his body though he??d not moved much. Running his words through her mind, quickly, Calida took another step back, crouching on the balls of her feet, small hands pressed to the hard floor beneath her as she shook her head and glared at the wolf. ??I belong to no man,? she hissed, but before the next words could cross her lips the chain connected to her collar was jerked again. Without a sound she sudden spun, moving in a smooth, fluid motion to wrap small hands round the silver chain. With a quick, hard yank Calida leaned back, taking the ashen skinned man holding her chain off guard. Suddenly he hit the bars and she rushed at him. Looping the chain around his head quickly she gave a sharp pull, forcing his face against the bars. ??Do it again,? she hissed, pressing her face against the bars, ??do it again an?? I??ll claw out your eyes.? Even as the words crossed her lips Calida waited for the sharp pain of a fist landing somewhere on her body, any time she??d attacked any of the men ??caring?? for her she??d been punished, but she no longer cared. If the wolf in her cage really had purchased her then he could deal with her. If he didn??t then she would never accept him as her owner. It mattered not that he??d paid for her, Calida would only bow to a being who could curtail her temper and control her outbursts, if her newest owner couldn??t, or wouldn??t punish or sooth her, then she would escape. If he did nothing to stop her, then she would simply kill the man gasping for breath against the bars of her cage, and feel no remorse. The man had hurt her, so she reacted, it was as simple as that.