Verishia opened her eyes and cursed herself. She let her eyes gaze across the Kurii, Brutin sat in his spot on the floor, holding his brandy and watched her impassively as always. That was normal. Even if he was upset he wouldn't show it. It was the others and their reactions that told her she had done it again.

Gun turned towards her and studied her but said nothing, he was the closest to Brutin with the calm demeanor. Tara wasn't here or she would have figured it out right away. Alaemnah was watching her intently. The baker knew. Nadine had broken her promise and told someone. Verishia could see it in Alaemnah's eyes.

She kept her eyes on Alaemnah and sent out the memory again, so familiar to her because she had been there but also because for the last two weeks Nadine had been living it over and over again, the terror and pain as memory rekindled feelings. Nadine kneeling on the floor in the middle of the Inn, her hand in his, the fingers snapped back one by one.

Nadine put her head down fighting off the memory but she couldn't, hadn't managed to yet and then as the memory ended she brought her head back up, shaking her wounded hand. Alaemnah looked to Nadine and then back at her. She knew. There was no denying it now.

Verishia sat back and thought about it, she was angry, upset, Nadine had broken her promise with only half the debt repaid. They would try to stop her now, they would try to save the girl, shelter her. She hated that.

"Nadine." Gun said and tapped his glass, the slightest indication of his desires. Verishia concentrated and obliterated the command with her will, using the Force to give it strength. She would get Nadine in trouble with another, focus tensions on another, maybe she hadn't been discovered after all, Gun would cause the distraction, or people would forget.

You are so plain and unoriginal She lashed out and then sent the imagine of Nadine dealing with other things, bombarding her senses so she would forget the command, so she would anger Gun. They don't love you, they tolerate you. You are worthless, a slave who forgot to serve, shouldn't you do it better? She kept up the constant diatribe even as Gun repeated himself a second time and Nadine leapt into action.

"pours a glass of water an kneels, servin it up ta him" You are obsolete, anyone could do your function, why would you think you are worthy enough to take on this burden? She kept up the assault, the girl was used to fending off the constant buzz but she couldn't fight off the memories and now Brutin had commanded to let up on the mental assault and use pain instead.

You are going to be punished, punished for folly, just like I am going to punish you for your folly, for getting in my way. I have kept my promise, now you must keep yours. She lifted her hand to check her nails, as if she would ever actually do that, but the motion was enough for her to focus the Force and Nadine bent over double, pain coursing through her.

People looked at Nadine in concern and Verishia tried to keep her face straight, she wouldn't give anything away. At least with this she did not have to fight the girl and then make the mistake of speaking out loud.

Out loud for everyone to hear. And watch Nadine smirk at her for the mistake. She put her hand down and Nadine visibly relaxed. Now they would ask her if she was okay and Nadine would lie. That was a fact she would use later, to break the girl if she fought back openly.

A slave can't lie. But Nadine had several times, a promise is a promise. She would rather get beaten for lying than have Sami harmed. Was Sami even in danger? Love was weak, Nadine was proof of it, but a promise was a promise. Verishia would guard Sami and keep her safe, and relish every ounce of pain she squeezed from Nadine in the meantime.