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Alec pulled Judith's head back up from the cold water, violent shivers ran through her body. She breathed in heavily though she didn't get much in before her head was slammed back into the water. If Alec didn't stop soon she was afraid that her lungs would fill with water and she would drown. He didn't seem to be really paying attention to her, each time he held her head under water a little bit longer than the last. Though she told herself that he wouldn't let her drown. He wouldn't let her die, not yet anyways. Anna would probably kill him if she found out that Judith had been killed. Judith remembered her warning the two men about such a thing, she didn't want Judith to be killed. She still wanted to see if she could get any useful information out of her. Though all she knew was that Judith knew the King and it seemed that he had a thing for her. They had been cutting off locks of Judith's hair and sending it to Bryon as a reminder that they still had her. Judith feared that soon they would move on to something else. Anna had threatened to cut off her 'pretty ears' the other day.

She breathed in heavily as her face was lifted from the water once again. If she didn't drown then she would certainly get sick from this. They had done this before, she would be kept like this for some time as they asked questions. Then once they became tired of her they would throw her back into the cell still wet and cold. Judith was surprised that she wasn't terribly ill yet. Though she did feel a little odd and had began to cough. She began to have horrible coughing fits as well, it felt as if they would never end sometimes.

"Are you going to speak now?" Alec asked, he kept her head from the water allowing her to breath steadily. Though she doubted that this kindness would last very long. If he didn't continue this then he would find some other way to harm her. Judith feared that Alec would rape her really, it had only crossed her mind a few times. She tried not to think of that, she wouldn't know what to do if he tried anything. She really couldn't do anything anyways. The way he looked at her was odd, his face had no expression on it a majority of the time and it was hard to tell what he was thinking. "I don't know anything," she breathed out heavily and prepared to hold her breath. "I really don't, you ask kept me here for so long. You have the same damn things every day and I answer every question with the same response." she flinched as she felt him pull her head back forcing her to look up at him. "I don't know!" she yelled, Judith kept her eyes on him. She looked into his own though it seemed as if he was nothing but a shell of a man.

The silence in the room was eery, Judith was wondering why Alec was now choosing to keep his mouth shut. It was worse than when he spoke to her, she wanted him to speak. "If you really know anything then you should just tell me," he hissed at her then pulled on her hair. "I know that any living creature couldn't stand this shit for as long as you have. You're going to reach your breaking point eventually and then guess what happens after that?" he spat the question, Judith flinched she didn't say anything. "You die, they put you down like your a damn animal but not quickly." he tilted his head as if he was observing her. "They take their time with you because for some reason they get a real kick out of causing pain." he threw Judith to the ground hard. "They will probably cut you up real good then let you bleed out, they hate showing mercy." he smiled weakly then leaned down looking down at her. "Now, tell me do you have anything that is useful?" he asked. Judith looked up at him, she knew she was going to regret saying this. "No!" she spat.

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Anna was in the midst of torturing Rhyldrin, she had already used quite a few tools on him. Though she wasn't satisfied by any of his reactions, she was disappointed in herself for not trying hard enough. She turned around though as she heard the door to the room swing open. Anna's eyes landed on Alec who seemed a bit on edge. What the hell was he doing here? Then she suddenly realised, was something wrong? The woman was no longer with him and anger quickly consumed her.

"Did she escape?" she asked, her voice was higher than it had been before and her hands shook. Talc had brought himself to one of the walls in the room and was leaning against it as if he were at home. Alec took a step into the room, his eyes wandered over to Rhyldrin for a moment then he brought them back to Anna as he began to speak. "No," he laughed though it was a nervous laugh. Despite being taller and much bigger than Anna due to his gender it didn't mean that she couldn't do some harm to him.

"Then where the hell is she?" she asked then took another step towards him. Alec stood still with his shoulders back, his hands behind his bad. He appeared to be very formal. "Did you fucking kill her?" the tool that she had been using dropped from her hand, her body trembled with anger. Alec's expression remained the same, he smiled at her warmly. "Of course not," Anna breathed out heavily relieved by his answer. "Then what made you come here?" she asked then raised an eyebrow. "I think that I broke her or she's at least close to breaking. I think I pushed her too far." he flinched as Anna slammed her fist against on of the walls. Talc jumped a little as well, he lifted his head then looked over at the two.

"I told you not to go too far with her! She's important!" she hissed, it took a lot to stop herself from hitting Alec. "Put her back in her cell!" she barked at him. Alec hesitated to leave though he slowly nodded then left the room quickly. He didn't want to remain any longer seeing as Anna was furious. When the door slammed shut behind him she turned back to Rhyldrin with a wicked smile on her face. "I just got a wonderful idea," she laughed then looked up at Talc. "Bring me a few things, on the shelf besides you."