#Chapter 471: Trapped in Silver

Enzo “Get your filthy hands off of me!” I snarled, thrashing against the two burly servants who were attempting to strip off my clothes. More hands grabbed at me from all sides, overpowering my weakened struggles. I roared curses until a gag was forced between my teeth, muffling my outrage. They manhandled me into a carved stone bath, with foul-smelling oils and perfumes swirling around in the steaming water. I nearly choked on the gag they had shoved in my mouth as brushes scoured my raw skin. How did this happen? How had I let myself be stripped of my dignity like this? I felt like I was in a dream. When the servants were finished scrubbing me clean, I stood furious and dizzy with rage and humiliation on the bathroom floor. The servants didn’t even bother to avert their eyes from my body, clearly accustomed to ‘preparing’ others in this exact way for their queen’s twisted rituals. As two guards lifted me by the arms to do god-knows-what with me next, I caught a glim