《That which cannot be forgiven》


 Chapter 0 - Prologue

    Prologue


    ¡°Did you steal the gold from your father young boy?¡± I hear coming from the woman I despise or in other words my step mother, I want to ignore her but father is looking at us from upstairs, things will get problematic if I do.


    ¡°No, I did not¡± I said in an elegant voice, she looked at me as I was blatantly lying to her, she clicked her tongue as she walked back upstairs.


    I see the two maids whispering to each other while looking at me, I thought to myself good thing he got enough money to hire maids backas I thought that I started walking downstairs to the basement, it''s about time I paid her a visit.


    I try to visit her at least once a day since she''s most of the time locked down there looking at the floor, I opened the door into the dark basement, I try to look for the light lamp that is around the cage, as I turned it on I hear the chain shackles move around ¡°it''s ok it''s just me¡± I said, her face started to show as the light took over the darkness, yes she is indeed the Bennett''s family slave.


    My name is Arthur Bennett and I am the son Charles Bennett and Isabel Bennett, my mother died when I was 12 years old about 4 years ago, she died from sickness, it was then when she was brought here the first Bennett''s family slave, my father needed a slave because he was paying women to have sex with him and couldn''t afford to hold the maids, you could say that I fell in love at the first sight I saw her, she was stunningly beautiful with dark hair and brown eyes.The narrative has been illicitly obtained; should you discover it on Amazon, report the violation.


    I had heard rumors that a girl at my age was sold to the slave market, because she was a mistress''s child, and apperantly it''s not often that a girl at my age is enslaved.


    I remember sneaking food to her the first time, she had been eating nothing more than one meal per day, for a girl that is my age it was clearly not enough as I often heard her stomach growl, I offered her a piece of bread and water, it was the most that I could do for her.


    ¡°You will get into trouble lord Arthur¡±, those were the first words I heard from her mouth, she had been prohibited to talk to any of the Bennett family members including me.


    ¡°No please eat up and please stop calling me lord, a-¡± I forgot that I hadn''t had her name yet.


    ¡°May I ask your name?¡± I asked in a gentle way, the only thing I didn''t want was for her to find me hostile.


    ¡°I don''t have one, I have a vague memory that my mom used to call me by some name but I don''t remember what it was, sorry l- Arthur¡±, She hesitated on the honorific.


    ¡°Do you want a name?¡± I asked after five seconds of silence, she nodded.


    ¡°Then what about we pick one?¡±, she nodded again, she had been looking at the floor the whole time.


    I suggested first ¡°what about Ariel¡±, she said nothing and kept looking at the floor.


    I thought for a second and suggested again ¡°what about Helena¡±, She shook her head in denial and opened her mouth ¡°I like the first one Arthur¡±,She looked like she was happy with that Ariel.


    ¡°Then it''s decided, Ariel¡±, I said with a smile on my face.


    ¡°Yes¡± she responded and then countered my smile with her own, I was quite surprised by that smile and looked away while blushing, that''s the story of when I met her 4 years ago and how our story started from there.

 Chapter 1 - The night it all began

    *Squeak*


    I hear the front door open, it''s 2 am.


    I couldn''t sleep because I was worried that Ariel wasn''t eatingenough, I hadn''t given her much these last days.


    I hear quiet voices coming from downstairs, to be more exact the lobby.


    I was curious, so I carefully opened the door, there was father and a person I hadn''t seen before, I assumed it was a man because he was built like a warrior.


    He was wearing a dark hood, I couldn''t see his face because it wasalready so dark in the house and the hood made it even harder for me.


    I still couldn''t hear them well enough so I slowly started walking towards the staircase.


    "When can I sell her?, why is it taking this long", I hear my father say in a fuming voice.


    "W-well like I said earlier it can take weeks even months forher to be sold, because the slave markets are being taken down one after another".


    "You better hurry this up, Idon''t want that filth anywhere near my family anymore".You could be reading stolen content. Head to the original site for the genuine story.


    "Yes with certainty, we will act as fast as we can".


    The unknown man leaves. I quickly hurry up inside my room and closed the door.


    I could hear my heart beating faster as I rethoughtthose words my father said "I don''t want that filth anywhere near my family anymore".


    Why, why, why.


    Why is this happening now, I had beenworried after the maids cameback that he didn''t need Ariel anymore.


    Or is it because of the influence of that woman, she always hated me, she saw how I always visited her, she saw how precious she was to me.


    I was furious, unable to think straight.


    I slowly opened the door to my bedroom, I peaked with one eye to see if father was still up, I stood still for good three minutes, No sounds, No one to be seen.


    I quickly but carefully walked down the stairs,I didn''t want father nor that devilish woman to know that I was awake.


    As I opened the door to my basement, I could hear the sound of a beating going, I soon realized that someone was beating Ariel.


    I slowly closedthe basement door andcontinued inside.


    As I peaked at what was going on, I could hear Ariel moan in suffering after every hit she took.


    I couldn''t believe my eyes.


    There she was thatwomanbeating Ariel.


    I was engulfed in rage.


    I could feel my blood heat up and the adrenaline kick in.


    Nothing could stop me.


    I lost control of my body and decided to run at the womanI loathed.


    She heard me running towards her and turned around, I hit her in the face as hard as I could. She went down, I couldn''t stop hitting her in the face.


    My hands won''t stop.


    Ariel was screaming at me. I can''t hear what she''s trying to say, everything is blurred.


    Before I knew my stepmother stopped making noise. I could hear Ariel crying.


    I looked at my hands.


    They were covered in red.

 Chapter 2 - I was covered in...

    My hands...


    They''re red.


    This red liquidfeels.... good?


    Suddenly I felt a bit different, it was as if I got my conscious back but something was bothering me.


    It was like a different personality.


    I hear Ariel crying and hugging my back, trying to pull meaway from my stepmother.


    I looked at the face of my stepmother once again, I couldn''t recognize that face.


    "AAAH."Taken from Royal Road, this narrative should be reported if found on Amazon.


    I screamed as I backed away from that unknown face.


    "I did it, I killed her, I finally did it."


    I couldn''t hold my laugh in, I laughed like I had won a war over the world, like I was the.. Strongest.


    Ariel looked at me like Idid something wrong, what did I do to deserve that look.


    I didn''t feel like anything I did was wrong.


    The adrenaline wasn''t wearing out, I kept laughing.


    *TSSS*


    A loud noise like a slap echoed through the room.


    I feel a burn on my cheek, Ariel stood there with her hand up in the air like she''s ready to hit me again.


    I came back to the realme as soon as I saw my stepmothermy knees got weak and I hit the floor


    "D-did I do this? ANSWER ME!?," Ariel took a step back like she was afraid of me.


    "I didn''t want to do it, I didn''t want to do it,I didn''t want to do it," I repeated these words over and over as I looked at my blood covered hands.


    "Please believe me Ariel, please, please!"


    I could feel my conscious fade away.


    "P-please believe me."


    The last thing I remembered was Ariel running towards me...