Leilah grimaced as the orcs suddenly shifted tactics, becoming cautious, covering each others' openings in ways they hadn't before. That was a challenge, but one she could deal with; that wasn't what bothered her. Something was wrong, something about the way they were acting, but she couldn't explain it. It might just have been her restless nerves feeding into her paranoia.
An orc lunged to grab her; she knew another was moving in, ready to strike when she made her counter, but she was confident she could time it right, shatter the first one's ribs and dance away before the second could get to her. She just had to duck under the hand reaching towards her head--
A hand reached towards her, massive from her perspective as a child, clamping roughly around her head. That discomfort she could have born; it was what came next that terrified her. She didn't know what it was her master was actually doing when he grabbed her like this, she just knew it made every nerve in her body light up. It wasn't painful, exactly, but it was overwhelming, and it left her feeling exhausted, feeling hollowed out.
The memory only gave her pause for a fraction of a second, but that was enough to throw off her timing. The orc's meaty hand brushed against her hair, and she strained not to shudder. She ducked away from the second orc, throwing a half-hearted punch at the first as she did. The angle was wrong, the timing was wrong, and it wouldn't do more than bruise, but it was all she could do right now without getting caught.
She took a step back from the orcs, gaining just enough distance to catch her breath, re-assess the situation. Without thinking, she reached a hand up to her throat. There was no collar there, she reassured herself; Elyssa had cut it off years ago, and slain the man whose will it had bound Leilah to. She couldn't be controlled anymore. She held on to that thought as she drew towards the orcs, throwing cautious strikes to wear them down without opening herself up too much. But her mind wavered as her knuckles connected with flesh.
She could feel the boy's jaw shattering beneath her knuckles, his entire face caving in around her fist. She knew that it was very possible he would die from such a blow. That even if he didn't, he would never get the care he would need to heal correctly. Leilah knew, but she felt nothing. It wasn't as though she had a choice.
When she had first been captured, she had fought with everything she had. Screaming, thrashing, attempting to flee at every turn. But there was no point; with a single word, her master would command her obedience, mind and body. She had long since given up on fighting back, and he hadn't used the collar's magic in over a year.
Another distraction, this one more costly, as a meaty fist caught her in the jaw. She went limp, rolling with the punch and letting it push her aside, but the feeling of his knuckles against her cheek made her skin crawl. She ended up skidding to a halt near another orc, who stepped towards her cautiously; Leilah danced around him, but her footing was off, her nerves frayed, and as she slipped past him, her hip slid against his thigh--
She was on her hands and knees, stripped down to gloves and socks, rocking back and forth slightly with each sharp thrust of her master's hips. Her mouth hung open, and the wet slaps of his skin against hers were almost drowned out by the strangled yelps that escaped her throat each time. He had begun using her like this ever since Leilah had started to develop a woman's curves--relieving stress, he said. It was always like this, gruff and functional. Sometimes he used the other hole, and Leilah couldn't tell if it was on purpose or if he just didn't care to distinguish between them. It didn't matter, though; despite the pain, her body responded just the same. Heat, wetness. About half the time she came, but when he finished it was over.
Leilah backed away from the orcs again, mortified to feel a subtle but familiar heat rising in her body, moisture beginning to gather inside her.