[quote=Caits]
Cassandra refused to flinch again. But she did laugh. "I'm already in my place. It's to cause you as much trouble as I can. If you're here "punishing me" then you aren't with anyone else. And if I'm the only one stickin up for my fellows, well, I'll just continue to do it, and do so so that maybe they'll think someone cares for them, someone is willing to step in for them. That someone will stop this" but she shuddered inwardly at the thought of the belt, her mind flashing back to before, to when her father beat her. "Knife"
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"I want you to care about one another. I want you to protect each other and depend on each other." Vlad told her as he selected a knife. He started at Cassandra's shoulder and worked his way down to the tips of her fingers. The cuts were shallow and about an inch apart. Once he had cut both her arms he moved down to her feet. He started at her toes and slowly worked up to her thighs.