Consequences

Silver:

My body vibrated as I watched Gaston lower the knife into the matron’s mouth to rip her tongue out. Sure she was wicked, but having her tongue ripped out was not something anyone deserved. Everyone else mirrored my concern, but only to an extent.

No. I did not want to believe it.

This was probably not the first time he had done something as extreme as this.

I should have believed them when they told me he was unfeeling. I had been lied to several times in the past but the thought of ripping out someone's tongue just because they lied to me had never once crossed my mind.

The matron's blood curdling screams haunted me as I shut my eyes and tried to go back to my happy place. He would probably interrogate us one after the other. Who knew how many tongues he would rip out, or what new body parts he would try?

No matter how tightly I shut my eyes, I couldn't seem to escape the horror of this place. I was so aware of everything happening, it was horrible.

Please. Stop this, I