Chelela by Lamoureux Andrea B

Author:Lamoureux, Andrea B
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: General Fiction
Published: 2018-06-27T00:00:00+00:00

Katoya found me sitting by the fire, deep in contemplation. Tonight was the night. I would officially become a whore. And not even for silver and gold. Just in exchange for a place to eat and sleep… and to save myself from the man who’d killed my father. Life was cruel.

“You look so—what is the word? Glum,” Katoya said, sitting down beside me.

“Yes, well, I am.”

She smiled softly and patted the spot in front of her. “Come, let me help you.”

I scooched over so she was sitting behind me. She began unbraiding my hair and combing it with her fingers. The tingling sensation her fingers brought relaxed me.

“Hey, Kat. Why does Malyi always wear black?” I asked, giving her a nickname as though we were longtime friends.

She paused for a moment then resumed her work on my hair. “She does it to honour Motish… the Goddess of Death.”

“Goddess of Death? Why?” A crease appeared between my brows.

“Some say she’s obsessed with death. I’m not really sure why. It’s not our place t’ask, but I t’ink it has something t’do with t’mark on her shoulder.”

“Well, that’s reassuring,” I said sarcastically. “The head whore’s got a thing with death… perfect.”

“Please, don’t call her that. She prefers t’be called a courtesan—or mistress. She’s highly—regarded by most of Gwon.” Kat stopped playing with my hair.

I patted her knee and twisted around to face her. “Don’t worry. I won’t say anything. So which goddess likes the colour pink?” I asked grabbing onto one of the pink cushions and holding it up.

“Oh, that’s Minyota. She’s t’goddess of love, sex and desire.”

“Of course she is.” I wrinkled my nose. “It looks like she vomited pink all over this house.”

That earned me a laugh. Kat put some kohl around my eyes and gave me a few tips for my first night with a client, all of which caused me to blush.

Once the sky turned dark, it wasn’t long before the clients started showing up at our doorstep. I found out that Malyi answered most of the calls and took the coin. She served her own clients just before dawn, once our doors were locked, and only by special request. Word around the house was that she was very expensive.

I sat sipping on a small amount of wine, when a woman came for me.

“Your client’s here,” she told me plainly.

I set my cup down and rose from the cushion on the floor.

“I put him in your room.”

“Thank you,” I replied, though I didn’t really feel thankful.

The man who awaited me was fat and sweaty with matted black hair and big, round, brown eyes. Not at all someone I would’ve chosen to lay with.

He gave me a big, yellow-toothed grin. “Hello.”

“Hello… you,” I said back whilst trying not to breath in his scent.

He beckoned me forward. I went. Before I could even think, he started pulling my clothes off. It wasn’t a hard task. Our outfits were designed to easily come off.

This wasn’t a proud moment. It was the beginning of my path to self-pity and depression.

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