SWNOVELS Chapter 9.
Iris
Although only two days had past, not counting the day they arrived, to Iris it seemed far longer. The day of arrival was mostly fixing their new wardrobe and getting to know her new environment, the second day however she was put to work as waitress, just like the others. Iris never realised how busy a brothel could be.
From the moment, the doors opened till they closed, customers kept coming, and Iris nearly peed herself, the first time she saw face to face with one of the customers she would have to entertain in the very near future.
True..., the guards that collected them from the ship to escort them to the brothel were big brutes, but the first time she met another tall alien creature beside the security Orcs, her heart sank.
The creature was at least 7.8 ft tall, with a hide that looked like that of a crocodile, with his reddish scaled hide, full with bumps. Although the being lacked a mouth full with razor sharp teeth, the teeth it did have weren't nearly as blunt as those of humans and he had two rows of them giving him a creepy appearance.
To say the being, although having a creepy appearance, was indeed a nice and kind person would be a lie, it wasn't... He was rude and basically treated the workers at the brothel like they were garbage, luckily Iris wasn't his type and he ignored her.
Although in time she got a little used to the strange and sometimes scary faces, her mind played tricks on her at night, nasty tricks...
Blood ran down Mia's nose, her lip was swollen and she screamed. Iris watched as the grotesque creature held her daughter down, pushing her head down with his massive clawed hand, drool seeping down her hair and neck.
Iris tried to crawl to her daughter for help, but wasn't able to move any of her limbs.
She heard and saw Mia crying and screaming, and tried with all her might to get to her to get to her daughter, but she couldn't!
She could see the monster's sharp teeth as he grinned mockingly at her frantic attempts to get to the young, writhing girl beneath him. Fear and desperation filled Iris.... She frantically tried to move her body... and she screamed for Mia over and over, bile filling her throat...
All she could hear were her daughters pleas, the monsters grunts and her own cries, again and again and again...
"IRIS, IRIS!! Wake up sweetheart! Wake up!"
Someone was shaking and calling out for her, and slowly Iris woke up, with an aching body.
Jelmer sat down next to her, his face pale and full with worry.
"Ohh, sweetie... You're okay? That had to be one hell of a nightmare..."
Iris, unable to speak, just threw her arms around his waist and buried her face in his neck, crying uncontrollably, her whole body was shaking ferociously. Hot tears ran down her face and her throat hurt from all the screaming she'd apparently had done during that horrible nightmare.
She felt sick to her stomach and she yanked her head to the side, the bile that had filled her throat came out in painful waves.
Jelmer tried to calm her down, rubbing her back with his warm hands and softly whispered soothing words.
Eventually, Iris calmed down a little and after she cleaned her face, she was able to tell him bits and pieces of the horrible nightmare.
The rest of the night, Iris slept in Jelmer's bed and he stayed with her, holding his friend tight, in the hopes that horrifying dream wouldn't raise its ugly head again.
Every now and than Iris would sniff and her body would shiver, Jelmer would then pull her even closer, calming his sleeping friend with his presence.
This was the most horrific nightmare she had since the night they'd been abducted.