Sold?

•Arius

The distillery was nothing more than ruins. The place had closed down years ago and was now nothing more than a place for kids to dare other kids to camp out at night.

"What's this place? Is there where the murder happened?" Azalea asked me.

"Yes, the victim, Riri was raped and killed here." We walked around the site ,"It used to be a distillery but was closed down when the owner died. Some people wanted to make it a chemical plant but in the end that didn't work out either."

"I see."

"Look around the place closely and be careful around the shelves. Some chemicals might still be lying around."

"Okay, but why exactly are we here?"

"I'll tell you later. Go look around and try to memorize the layouts"

She and I parted ways. There was actually no need to come here other than the fact that I want Azalea to memorize the place.

Riri was new here, she settled down in this town due to her health since the town's air is a lot cleaner than the city.

The vines had spread throughout the place. Yet still the thick green lines looked sort of good, especially when they were bathing in the sunlight making it's way in through the cracks and windows.

The windows were mostly broken, with sharp shards still hanging inside of them.

The machines had rusted long ago and were now covered with moss. Birds had their nests up in most corners of the dusty roof.

And still the place somehow gave me a nice feel. I like the smell of the place.

All the more reason why it was infuriating me that such an act was performed here. Not that I'd support **** and murder anywhere but still, to taint a place which once served as my sanctuary.

I reached the place of murder. The blood was still there, just a few days old.

I scanned the area and my gaze landed on the pieces of torn clothes. Someone did a bad job at cleaning up the place, or rather they felt like not doing it since the place holds no importance to them.

"Ahhh!" The sound of a shriek along with something crashing down cut my thoughts short and I ran to where the sound came from.

"Azalea?" I ran through the shelves. She didn't answer me for a moment, "Azalea!?"

"I-Im here." I followed her voice and went in between the rows of shelves she was in but paused.

A bottle of some chemical was broken on the floor and some of it was on her dress,burning it.

I went over to her, "Take off your dress."

"What?!"

"Take it off." I demanded, "Can't you see the chemical's dissolving the fabric, its bound to burn your skin."

She was hesitating but there was no time for that so I took out my pocket knife and ripped her dress, "Wait!" I didn't listen to her and snatched it off her body before the fluid came in contact with her skin, then threw it on the ground.

"Look." I stared at the rapidly burning fabric, "This would have been hell to deal with if it got-" I turned my face to look at her and momentarily forgot I was going to say something, "-to your skin…" She noticed my gaze on her body and blushed, making a useless attempt to cover herself with her arms even though she had her underwear on.

I didn't have a jacket since I was only wearing a long sleeve shirt."I told you before too. You need to let go of all your shame." She looked away, "Dora's doing a way better job than you."

"Her name is Nora."

"Whatever." I crossed her to leave but she didn't move so I stopped and turned to her again. Her back was against me and the first thing that crossed my mind was, "You have a nice butt." I don't even know why I said that.

She flinched and turned to me, "You pervert!"

"It's your own fault. I told you to be careful around the chemicals."

"..."

"Did you take a good look around?" She nodded her head, "Let's leave then."

"At least let me find something to cover myself. I can't just walk in the open like this."

"You looked all around the place didn't you? Tell me if you found a single piece you could use?" She pursed her lips and shook her head, "And I really doubt you will. Let's leave."

"I'm going ahead." She suggested the idea probably because she thought her long hair would cover her back, but she was wrong. It didn't.

There's so much just hair could cover anyway and I found myself staring at her butt and thighs.

GOD! What is wrong with me? I've never been the one to stare!

And yet again I couldn't stop myself and no matter how many times I averted my gaze, it landed back at her nice smooth plump skin.

I stopped and sighed.

I know there's a fair distance between the distillery and the town and it's closer to the castle, so there was a minimum to zero chance that we were gonna bump into someone.

Yet I didn't want to risk it.

I didn't like the idea that someone saw her like that even accidentally.

Wait… That should be a good way for her to overcome her shyness.

I began to walk again.

Then stopped.

Why the hell is she wearing a laced underwear?! What does she have-a date?!!

"Stop!" I told her and she turned her head around in confusion.

"What now?" I walked up to her while I took my shirt off. Then roughly pulled it down her head. "Hey!!"

"Wear it." I demanded.

I walked ahead this time while she didn't say anything. As we made our way back I only glanced back once and as I saw her wearing my shirt it gave me a satisfactory feeling.