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LYRIC
‘Please Please just stop
I couldn’t take anymore. I had been cut all over. The pain was excruciating.
He lowered his bloody knuckles, and I wanted to puke knowing it was my blood.
“Why are you doing this?” I sobbed. “How can you… How can you do this to someone?”
His mouth formed a sarcastic smile. “No hard feelings, love. I’m merely trying to mark you.” His claw came to my throat again, cutting a fresh line across it. ‘I need my brother to see the proof that you and I were together.”
11 could hardly make out his voice amidst the shrill scream that escaped me.
Long after he released my throat, I continued wailing. It hurt. All over. I was afraid I would die soon if he kept up with this.
The monster kept staring at me, waiting patiently for me to stop screaming.
“Initially, I’d been conflicted between taking you or the kids,” he spoke again when I stopped screaming.
My wet eyes rounded in disbelief. “But then, I decided it’d be more fun having you around.”
This guy was sick! He wanted to harm the kids? What was wrong with him?
No. Jaris was right for locking him up. A lunatic like him didn’t deserve to be amongst us.
“You know, my brother and I weren’t always like this,” he leaned back in his seat. “Growing up, our bond was quite strong. Until he felt the need to betray me. I bet it was because he wanted to take my place.”
I wouldn’t blame him for betraying you. A monster like you deserved worse than betrayal.
But I didn’t tell him that. I was too bruised to provoke more.
“If you knew the things he’s done to me, Lyric,” his hand slid across my exposed thigh. I recoiled and again tried to pull my leg away, but he wouldn’t let me. “If you knew how dark his mind was…” he moved his hand upward, going too close to my intimate area.
“Please, stop.”
you’d understand why I detest him.”
He stopped a few inches from my intimate area. I shivered and whimpered, more tears streaking my cheeks.
I was defenseless against this man. Right now, he could force himself on me and there wouldn’t be a thing I’d be able to do about it.
I prayed silently to the gods above. I could accept anything, but not being raped by a man.
My torn jeans were still covering my intimate area, but there were rips all over my thighs where his claws had scratched me. And even if he wasn’t touching my bare skin, I hated how close his hand was. Plus, he could easily rip it off.
“Tell me, has he been in here?” He asked with a playful glint. “What did it feel like?”
I whimpered, willing his hand to go away.
His other hand lifted in the air and came across my face, hitting me hard my head reeled.
Fresh sobs broke free, my body already pushed past its limits.
He clicked his tongue. “You must’ve been a terrible student.”
“No,” I quivered, replying to his question. “We–We haven’t.” Except in my dreams.
“Hm.” He seemed disappointed. “So, you mean my brother has been ignoring a good meal?” He tilted his head back, as if observing my full form. “You sure look like a good meal.”
I couldn’t meet his gaze anymore. Mine was too teary anyway.
*Please, let me go. Please.”
I heard him chuckle. Next was his finger coming to my cheek, caressingly. “I will. When I’m done with you.”
He stood up, going to the table in the corner of the room.
I lifted my head to look at him and realized my sight was getting limited. Oh, gods; my eye must be getting swollen already.
*Jaris and I used to love this drink,” he said as he returned to me with a glass of wine which he drank from. “There were nights we’d spend hours drinking and laughing over the day’s activities. There were good times between us.”
He chuckled as he took his seat and drank some more from the glass. “You know, back then, you couldn’t be friends with one of us without being a friend to another. And an enemy of one was an enemy of the other. Our bond…” he tsked. “It was unbreakable.”
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I tried to picture him being reasonable enough to be on good terms with Jars. So, what went wrong been the jo for Jaris to imprison him?
“Did you know, there were times we even used to share our women.”
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