A New Ending

Merida was doing her usual chores when a panicked looking Hazel bumped into her.

"Shit Mer..are you blind?" She said shoving her harshly. Merida rolled her eyes already aware of Hazel's bad temper.

But still she asked her kindly, "what's wrong Hazel? You look troubled."

Hazel looked at Merida intently as if contemplating something. "Come with me Mer, I need your help." She said and without explaining further she hurriedly walked away expecting Merida to follow her.

Sighing Merida followed Hazel and was pleasantly surprised when she walked towards Damien's bedroom. Her confusion turned into worry as she realised currently Damien's room also hosted Liam.

She had last seen Liam the night before and she wholeheartedly prayed to God to let Liam escape. She heard the others gossiping that Liam was captured and also heard how everyone was speculating on how Liam could reach as far as the main gate. Heart hammering she desperately hoped Liam didn't disclose of her helping him.

She was not worried about her job. She was not even worried for herself. But she was anxious thinking of Nora, her daughter in law. After her son's untimely demise Nora is her only family and she loved her like her own. She knew if anyone comes to know about her involvement in Liam's attempted escape Damien and his men would first target Nora in order to punish her. This was how it had worked since she started working here 25 years back.

She didn't know what to expect when she entered Damien's room taking slow cautious steps. The room was still mostly in dark as the curtains were not drawn obstructing the morning sunlight. In the middle of the room at the end of the bed Hazel was standing like a statue. Merida couldn't look past her as Hazel was obstructing with her body whatever she was watching with intense concentration.

Merida hastened her steps and opened her mouth in askance when her eyes fell on the bed.

What she saw made her skin crawl. Laying on the bed in a fatal position was Liam. At a first glance Liam appeared to be in deep slumber. But as her eyes adjusted to the darkness Merida gasped audibly.

Liam was lying on the bed with his eyes closed. His body was not covered with a shred of cloth. His face swollen and bruised as if he had been slapped repeatedly. His lower lips busted and chapped. His whole torso sported numerous finger marks and bruises, some of them black and some with greenish blue tinge. He was lying partially on his side and Merida couldn't suppress her shudder when she saw the part of his back which was visible had deep welt marks. Liam was apparently sleeping, his face contorted into occasional pain. His eyes and cheeks strained of dried tears and semi dried cum.

But what shook her to the core was when her eyes travelled lower. Liam's feet was sprawled at an awkward angle. One leg straight and the other bent at an 90 degree angle exposing his anal hole. The bed sheet under him was drenched with blood and blood was still coming out at a slow pace from his orifice. His inner thighs littered with burnt marks which looked infected already.

"Wh..what happened?" Asked Merida shakily. Her legs didn't support her any longer and she flopped on the floor.

"Get a grip on yourself", said Hazel harshly. "This is nothing new. We have seen worse. At least the boy is still breathing. Come now, Damien asked me to get the boy ready for dinner. We still have seven hours, I have asked Dr. Andrei to come and he will patch up the boy temporarily." Said Hazel though she appeared nervous for some reason.

"Why are you worried then?"asked Merida cautiously.

Hazel ran her fingers through her short hair in frustration. "It's just that.. ah! Never mind, just help me to clean him up. God knows when Damien will be done with this bitch. I have lines of customers waiting for this cunt." Said Hazel with visible annoyance.

Merida flinched. So all Hazel was worried about the money she had already taken for this boy. How can someone be so cruel she thought. Keeping her tears at bay Merida tenderly lifted Liam in her arms.

"You can leave him with me. Just ask Dr. Andrei to hurry and please send Risha and Annie. I need help".

"Whatever" said Hazel unbothered as she quickly left the room.

With the help of the other two women Merida cleaned Liam as best as she could. The bed sheet was not creased at all but only drenched in blood so she sensed Liam was probably raped in another room, quite possibly in the boss's secret room where only few are allowed for cleaning purposes only.

She tenderly wiped Liam's body with a soft washcloth, careful not to hurt the boy. She disinfected the cuts and burn with alcohol solutions to the best of her abilities praying this would be enough till the doctor comes.

Risha and Annie was shocked too. But still they were not hesitant to follow Merida's command as they too tried to tend to the young boy laying on the now clean bed.

When Dr.Andrei came he gave an appreciative nod.  "You were always good at these things Merida." He said unbothered by the abused boy in his care. He chatted amicably with the three women who just gave short crisp answers as if nothing out of ordinary happened in front of him while he pushed an injection into Liam's thigh.

"He should open his eyes any minutes now. Give him plenty of fluids, he looks dehydrated. Also some food if he can keep it down. I have given him an antibiotic and pain injections. Here are few pills for further pain. These are anti inflammatory and these are for blood coagulation." Said Andrei busily writing prescriptions.

"Chao.. see you all again, by the looks of it may be soon enough." Said Andrei with a sick smile.

Merida and the other two women sat beside Liam and waited in anticipation for Liam to open his eyes. Hours passed but Liam was still unconscious. His body was sometimes hot like a furnace and he whimpered in his sleep, other times he was soaked in sweat as his fever subsided only to repeat the cycle again for the next two hours.

The room was silent and dark as the sun bade his goodbye. It has been more than four hours already. Merida was starting to get nervous. She had two more hours to get Liam ready and she didn't know how she would  be able to achieve that impossible feat.

"Nnghh...aaahhh..uhuuuh!" Came pained whimper from Liam as he slowly opened his  bloodshot eyes. Merida rushed to his side immediately, so did the two others.

"Liam, sweetheart,"said Merida in a wavering voice suppressing her emotions.

"M..mom?" Liam whispered.

Tears rolled down from Merida's eyes. She hugged the abused beaten boy in her embrace.

"No baby, its Merida, remember me?"

Liam looked at her with confused eyes. As if trying to remember.

"H..hurts... hu..hurts" he said eyes drooping shut again.

"No no baby you need to wake up now, please sweetheart you need to get up." She said shaking Liam gently. She didn't want to imagine what would happen to the boy if he failed to comply Damien.

She coaxed Liam into sitting up and she gently rested Liam's body against the headrest propped up with the help of two pillows. She made futile attempt to make Liam sit straight but his eyes rolled back as Liam fell into the clasp of darkness again. Panicked Merida  didn't know what more she could do when she heard Hazel entering the room again.

"My Gawwwd Merida, do you want to die? It's almost 7. Boss will be coming soon and will expect his whore at his service."

"What more do you want me to do?" Hissed Merida. "I cannot make his pain disappear suddenly now can I?

"Pppffff" mocked Hazel. "Pain you say? What a whimp! If his pussy can't take this much then Damien would kill him for sure. What's the use of a whore who cannot serve?" Said Hazel obnoxiously.

Damien reached home quarter to seven. The whole day he couldn't concentrate on his work as a brown eyed boy occupied his mind constantly, making him hard in unlikely situations. He couldn't wait for the day to be over so that he could go home and play with his toy yet again.

He remembered leaving the boy sleeping in his bed as he came on his face in the morning. He smirked as he recalled the previous night. He knew he was a little harsh on Liam. But Liam needed to know who owned him. He wouldn't let any form of disobedience pass. Trying to escape from him was a grave mistake Liam had committed and he definitely needed to be punished accordingly.

On his way back he stopped at a beautiful flower shop and he purchased an exquisite bouquet of orchids for Liam. Punishment was over, tonight was the night to pamper his precious boy. He felt giddy with anticipation like a teenager who was about to meet his first crush.

He had ordered Hazel to get the boy ready in his chosen clothes and also instructed Adler to prepare a sumptuous meal.

Tonight is the night to wine and dine and woo. He felt himself getting hard already as he visualised Liam waiting for him in the dining room wearing the black mesh see through shirt he had chosen for him. He would pamper the boy tonight and then make love to him. 'Make love' hmmm he was surprised yet again by his direction of thoughts.

Damien didn't make love ever. All he did was have sex to satisfy his body's need. What was the boy doing to him he thought.

When he reached home he handed his coat to Adler and went straight to his private dining room. The room and the table was decorated beautifully. Soft romantic lights and slow equally romantic piano tune gave the room a lovely vibe. He placed the bouquet of flowers on the table and looked around expecting Liam.

"Where is he?" He asked Adler who seemed to be fidgeting nervously.

"Ummm he has not come down yet sir." Said Adler bowing slightly.

Without further delay Damien strode out of the room towards his bedroom. He clenched his jaw tightly as he tried to control his furious temper. How dare he disobey him yet again. Blinded by rage Damien stormed inside the room and banged the door open.

Merida shivered as he saw the demon approaching the bed in slow but steady steps. She tightened her grip on Liam who was still blissfully unconscious. She saw Hazel smirking behind Damien's back looking at Merida.

Damien stood near the bed as he watched Liam half sited against the pillow supported by Merida. He looked at him with his stoic face and expressionless eyes in silence for two whole minutes while Merida, Risha and Annie held their breath in terror and Hazel in sick anticipation of further punishment on the poor soul.

"Out!" Commanded Damien suddenly.

"B..but s..sir" Merida started but Annie held her hand in her grip and pulled her away from the room. Liam's body now unsupported slowly flopped on the bed.

"You, wait, get Dr. Andrei asap." Said Damien clicking his fingers earning a shocked look from Hazel as she saw Damien bending himself on the bed and gently enveloping Liam's body in his strong arms.