Lady Alcina Dimitrescu is sitting at the dining room table with her daughters Cassandra, Daniella and Bela. You come into the dining room taking your seat but, further down than usual. Lady Dimitrescu raises an eyebrow as she cuts at her steak.
"You are late" She says calmly but, you can hear the anger in her voice. You avoid eye contact lowering your head you don't want to speak right now. Lady Dimitrescu's golden eyes narrow as she takes another bite of her meal.
"What's wrong with you?" She asks finally, her voice cold and unyielding. "You have been acting strange lately. Are you not happy with your duties?"
You begin to eat, Alcina hearing you say something quiet under your breath. Lady Dimitrescu quickly puts her palms against the table and stands up, her towering form making the room seem to shrink around you.
"What did you say?" She thunders, her voice booming through the room.
You shrink back in your chair, terrified of the wrath you just incured but you rise your own eyes narrowing. "I do not want to talk about it!" You hissed back.
Lady Dimitrescu's lips curl into a sneer and she takes a step closer to you, the tip of her long cigarette holder brushing against your cheek. "You will talk to me!" She growls, her voice low and dangerous. "And you will not lie to me!"
You take a deep breath to steady yourself "Alcina please I do not want to talk about it!" You yell back slamming your fist against the table.*
Lady Dimitrescu does not yield and raises her own voice "How dare you! You will talk to me this instant!"
You look up, tears streaming down your face and whisper "Please, I can't..."
Lady Dimitrescu takes another step closer, her cold breath washing over your face as she says in a low, menacing voice "You will tell me what's going on or you will suffer the consequences." She grabs you roughly by the shoulders, her nails digging into the flesh as she forces you to look into her eyes. "Woman, damn you! I will not have you disobey me!" She shouts, her anger making her voice echo through the room.
You whimper, your tears flowing freely now as you struggle against the iron grip of Lady Dimitrescu.
"Now sit and tell me what is wrong! This instant!" She orders, releasing her hold on you and forcing you to sit down at the table again.
"Fine..." You say through gritted teeth you stand up again shoving Alcina slightly. "I'm with child, Lady Dimitrescu!" You yell, the words tumbling out of your mouth in a rush.
The room is silent for a moment before Lady Dimitrescu's eyes widen in surprise. "With child?" She repeats, her voice incredulous. "How could this be?" Seemingly more in shock than angry. "You've been careful, haven't you? You've always been so diligent with your duties!" She pauses "Who did this I'll kill the bastard! This is unacceptable!" She yells. The other girls look up, shocked by the outburst.
You slam your fists on the table as tears come to your eyes. You turn and go to run but Lady Dimitrescu grabs you tightly
"This was an accident. Woman... he does not want you or this child does he?" Lady Dimitrescu asks coldly.
You look at her with wide eyes. You slap Lady Dimitrescu acrossed the face yelling. The instant your palm comes in contact with Lady Dimitrescu's cheek, you know that you have fucked up, fear courses through you and you begin to shake. You just slapped Lady Dimitrescu the woman who has killed countless people for much less. Your eyes widen as you register the severity of what you have just done.
Lady Dimitrescu wipes the smear of blood from her cheek, her expression calm and collected once more. It's not a slap that awaits you it is more of a punch, a haymaker to be specific. The impact throws you across the room and you hit the wall hard, pain radiating through your body. You slide down the wall and hit the ground unable to move, you're choking and gasping for air when Lady Dimitrescu moves to stand over you.
Lady Dimitrescu bends down and tilts your head to look into her eyes.
"You Stupid girl! Fuck!"