Chapter 28

            A knock on the bathroom door brought Ice out of his reverie. It was Goon One.

“Alas, youngling, your ablutions must come to an end now.”

Ice turned off the water and dried himself off with the provided towel.  “Am I to be blindfolded and tied up now?”

One shook his head. Two smiled and offered his arm again. Ice put his hand in the crook of Two’s elbow and allowed himself to be escorted to see his captor.

 

His captor turned out to be a pleasant looking young aqua vampire. He was seated behind a desk and at his gesture Goon One pulled up a chair in front of the desk for Ice to sit in.

“I trust your accommodations have been adequate?”

“I’m not really a connoisseur of prisons, but based on my limited experience I would have to give it four out of five stars.”

The man smiled thinly, “A sense of humor, how nice. Do you know who I am?”

Ice shook his head, “Should I?”

The man leaned back in his chair and steepled his fingers. “Yes, you should. I was most displeased when Snow permitted you to escape her custody. I had chosen you specifically.”

“Chosen me for what?”

“To bear my children of course. You have such potential. Imagine my delight when Snow located you again. Still, all is not lost and you have two mongrel daughters who may be of use to me. Brutus here likes little girls.” He gestured to Goon One, who smiled and nodded. Ice shivered as he imagine just what Brutus would do to his daughters.

“What makes you think I would willingly bear your children? You raped me.”

“Your willingness is irrelevant. You have been drugged ever since you arrived. You will conceive as soon as sperm is introduced into your body,” he paused, “You have two choices: you can be a willing participant or not. If you are willing, I will permit you to be artificially inseminated. If not, I will forcibly impregnate you until your body wears out from childbirth.”

“If I agree, how often will I be pregnant?”

“The doctors recommend at least six months between pregnancies. The choice is yours. Take him back to his room to think.”

The Goons escorted Ice back to his room. “He won’t let me go will he?”

Two looked at him sympathetically, “No, not even if he gets what he wants. As far as the others are concerned you don’t exist.”

“Others? What others?” Ice whirled around to face Two, but the door was closed between them.