The Life of Anna, Part 4: Ensnared

by Marissa Honeycutt

  She obeyed him exquisitely. He knew she wouldn’t move if he lay her on the bed while he consumed his nightly ‘meal,’ but he loved watching her hang there when he was finished, pale and limp with bright red pussy lips raw from his mouth. Most times her eyes weren’t even open and he wondered how much she knew of what went on. Did she pass out, or was she just so spent that she couldn’t respond, yet felt everything?

  He had a feeling it was the latter because he had used a riding crop on her a few times to see if she reacted. She jumped slightly and her eyes opened just enough for him to see the pain in them. She never said anything about it, though. Momentary pain all but forgotten a few minutes later. The thought was appealing.

  He reached out and pinched her nipples between his knuckles, a move that would normally make her cry out in pain. Her body jerked slightly and her eyes fluttered, but no other reaction. His cock throbbed at the idea of ramming himself into her ass to see what happened, but he needed to keep himself ready for later.

  He looked around his room and spotted an empty beer bottle on the table next to the fireplace. He had finished it while Anna sucked him off earlier in the day. That had potential. He picked it up and walked back to Anna.

  “I think you have fond memories of beer bottles, don’t you Baby?”

  Her eyes fluttered slightly and filled with fear. So she was conscious.

  He grinned wickedly as he spread open her ass cheeks and began working the bottle into the tiny hole. It went in surprisingly easy. She couldn’t move her body and likely wouldn’t be able to tighten these muscles either.

  *****

  Anna saw Devin hold the brown bottle up in front of her. After his ‘feeding’ times, she was surprisingly lucid, even though she couldn’t move her body. She knew the difference between reality and dreams when she hung from Devin’s ceiling. This was certainly reality, but it looked like it was going to turn into a nightmare.

  No, Devin. Don’t! She struggled to make her body move, to show him she was afraid. Why did he want to hurt her? She loved him. What had she done to make him want to inflict pain on her?

  The cool glass breached the ring easily and her body put up no resistance, but it was dry and the friction burned. He continued to push inside, placing a hand on her hip when she began to move forward from the pressure.

  Oh, the fire! The burn! The tapered neck of the bottle gave way to the wider body and she screamed in her head. She tried to scream out loud, but couldn’t. It surprised her, when she felt tears running down her cheeks at the fiery pain. Deeper and deeper he pushed and then stopped at the widest part. The most painful part and there was nothing she could do about it but hang there in agonizing pain.

  “Does that hurt, Baby?” he asked with a wicked smile, tapping the bottle with his fingernail.

  Her eyes fluttered and her body jerked. It was the only thing she could do. What had she done to anger him?

  She watched him through hooded eyelids as he studied her. “It hurts, doesn’t it?”

  Yes, it hurts so much.

  He smacked her ass several times, her body swaying from her wrists. The bottle jerked against the stretched ring, increasing the burn. He laughed in delight.

  “Are you punishing her?” Kaveh’s deep voice interrupted the silent torture.

  “No,” Devin answered. “I was just curious if she could feel anything.”

  Kaveh came into her line of sight and studied her. “Yes, she is in an incredible amount of pain.” He moved away. “Is that what you want?”

  “The tears make my cock throb with desire.”

  Kaveh chuckled. “You are a sick man to torture one who cannot scream.”

  “Then maybe we should make it so she can scream.” Devin uncuffed her wrists and carried her to the bed where Kaveh offered her his cock.

  She lay on her side, drinking in Kaveh’s offering and Devin tapped on the bottle and twisted it, causing agonizing pain. Finally, she pulled back from Kaveh and screamed.

  “There she is.”

  “You want to torture her while she’s half revived?”

  “She won't react if she’s fully revived, will she?”

  “No.”

  “Then yes. It’s been a while since I’ve heard her scream in pain.”

  Chapter Sixty

  Wilhelm watched Kurt tap the table with his fingertips and stare out the window of the Irish pub. Kurt still cared for Anna a lot, though his feelings weren’t as strong as they had been. Wilhelm suspected that Anna had more to do with his faded feelings than a natural decline on Kurt’s part. At one point, Kurt had even asked him if he could somehow step into Alex’s shoes and fight Devin himself.

  Wilhelm had honestly been shocked at the question. Kurt was a good man. A very good man, but he wasn’t a fighter like Alex had been. To be willing to risk his life to fight for someone else was a new trait that Kurt was picking up. Wilhelm didn’t know if it was possible, but they had begun looking through the old books that Alex had used, and Alex’s notes to see if they could find a way. Kurt was making progress but Wilhelm was afraid to hope too much, although he would never discourage Kurt in his endeavor. He was so proud of his son.

  They had ordered their breakfast, since he had a feeling the meeting was supposed to look like a chance encounter, and it arrived a few minutes later. A few bites into their meals, Justin and Travis walked through the doorway holding hands. They looked around casually and greeted the hostess as if they frequented the establishment. She gave them a big toothy grin and led them towards a table near Wilhelm and Kurt’s.

  “Kurt!” Travis grinned and they walked over. “Took our advice, huh?”

  Wilhelm smiled and wondered what he would learn that necessitated such subterfuge.

  “It is good food,” Kurt grinned. “Care to join us?”

  The two dancers glanced at each other and nodded. They smiled at the waitress and she handed them their menus and walked away. Kurt moved to the seat next to Wilhelm and the other two men sat down and opened their menus.

  They chatted causally until the waitress came over. The waitress seemed to know them as well and flirted while she wrote down their order.

  Wilhelm thought it best to let Travis and Justin take the lead on the other topic and didn’t have to wait long before the subject of Anna was brought up.

  “She wasn’t well this morning,” Justin commented. “She didn’t complain of anything, but she seemed to be....” He glanced at Travis. “Uncomfortable?”

  Travis nodded. “Like she was in pain, but didn’t know it, if that makes any sense.”

  “Yeah. I lifted her onto my shoulder and she whimpered, but when I asked her about it, she seemed completely unaware that she had done it.”

  Wilhelm took a sip of his coffee and considered their words.

  “Has she acted like this before?” Kurt asked.

  “Not in a really long time,” Travis said. “The reason I assume pain is because of when she had obviously been abused, she acted in a similar manner, though tried to hide it better. This time....” He shook his head. “It’s like her mind’s disconnected from her body.”

  “I would not be surprised. Did either of you know about her relationship with Devin?”

  Justin frowned and Travis grimaced. “We knew she was living with him,” Travis said. “But we didn’t know she’d fallen in love with him.”

  “I have a feeling it is more of an induced feeling than actual love,” Wilhelm said. “Devin claims to have—” He stopped and looked at Justin. “Are you a Brother?”

  “Not technically, though I’ve learned quite a bit about it. My father is a Deacon in New York. I just learned about all this a few weeks ago.” He shook his head. “Things make so much more sense now.” He gave a grim laugh.

  Wilhelm frowned. “New York?” He knew that Tom was Devin’s best friend. Tommy had shown concern about Anna, but what about his father?

  Travis nodded. “It’s okay, Wilhelm. Loyalties have...shifted.”

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sp; Wilhelm tilted his head. Tom was no longer loyal to Devin? By Travis’ reaction, it would appear so, but perhaps unwise to vocalize it. Wilhelm looked at Justin. “You have an older brother?”

  Justin nodded. “Two.”

  “Ah, and Devin does not make the connection?”

  “Not that we can tell,” Travis commented. “Justin’s been out here for several years and rarely goes home. Sawyer’s not that uncommon of a name.” Travis grinned. “He’s our ‘outside’ man.”

  Their food arrived and they began eating.

  Wilhelm leaned forward after a few minutes. “Please tell me what is going on.”

  Travis nodded. “I’m going to leave out names because it’s better that way. And I want to tell you up front, the reason we haven’t told you about anything was because we knew Devin watched you because of your relationship with Anna. He pays us little mind.”

  Wilhelm nodded. It made sense.

  Travis glanced at Justin, who nodded. “There are...people...that have been concerned about Devin’s treatment of Anna. At first it was just concern over the abuse, but when he started....” He shuddered, “...the whole pregnancy thing and Devin started getting more powerful, it became more evident that she needed to get away from him.” Travis frowned. “There were plans to get her out of the city in September, but when Peter’s grandfather died and she moved in with Devin, things got complicated. Remember how I told you I tried to get her to go out with me and she flipped out?”

  Wilhelm nodded.

  “I was going to take her and leave, but her bond to him is so...strong, I couldn’t. She was screaming and crying. I couldn’t get her onto public transportation like that. And then he called her, wanting to know where she was. For some reason she didn’t tell him she was with me, but...shit,” Travis frowned. “I had taken off that bracelet and her necklace. They both have trackers in them. I think he can sense her or he’s put something inside her.”

  “He has trackers in her jewelry?”

  Travis nodded. “That gold bracelet at least. I took the necklace off just to be sure.”

  “How do you know about the bracelet?” Kurt asked.

  “Someone who knows told me.” He sighed. “The next weekend he got her pregnant and we can’t move her when she’s pregnant. The...person who is helping us can only shield one person from Devin’s eyes. Devin would be able to find her because of the baby.”

  It had to be an Elder who was helping them. No one else would be able to provide a shield except an Elder. “Where are you trying to get her?”

  “New York. Vincent already said he’d happily take her into his Company. She needs to keep dancing, especially if she’s away from Devin. It will keep her from going insane.”

  Wilhelm nodded. Tom was helping them. Interesting. “But if she is gone from him for too long, she will begin to get ill.”

  Justin nodded. “We know, but we’ve been assured that will be taken care of.”

  “How?” Kurt interjected.

  They both shrugged their shoulders. “No idea,” Travis said. “But I trust the person who told me.”

  Wilhelm thought for a moment. “Is that why Aaron left?”

  Travis nodded. “He wanted to be there when she got there. It was only supposed to be a few months, but now...I don’t know. The ‘powers that be’ are discussing it and trying to come up with a new plan. We’re just waiting and will do what we’re told.”

  “Is it only you two?” Kurt asked. “Here, I mean.”

  Travis shook his head. “There are two others here that are helping. One is...sometimes able to distract Devin and can keep us posted on what’s going on, but the communication is limited because of his position.”

  “Ian.” Wilhelm spoke without thinking.

  Travis nodded. “How did you know?”

  “When we were in St. Petersburg, he said some things that made me think he might not be totally loyal to Devin anymore.” Wilhelm frowned. “Devin will kill him if he ever finds out.”

  “If she disappears, Devin will very likely know Ian helped. He’s prepared to die if it means she can get free. He says it’s the least thing he can do after what he’s done to her.”

  “He is a brave man.” Kurt remarked.

  “Yeah,” Justin agreed.

  “Is there anything I can do?” Wilhelm asked earnestly. More than anything else, he wanted Anna to be free and Devin taken out. The only way Devin would be able to be taken out was if Anna were away from him. She was the source of his power.

  “Actually, you’ve helped already,” Travis said. “Knowing she’s still ‘in there’ is really helpful. I made a call last night and was told that they could work with that.”

  “Other than that, just play ignorant,” Justin said. “We knew you were concerned last night and wanted to let you know that there are others who feel the same way. Of course, we’ll let you know when she’s...away.”

  “Thank you. Both of you. My heart is a little bit more at ease knowing I am not the only one concerned. And please let me know if there is anything I can do.”

  Justin smiled. “She’ll need a new name for her new life. Maybe you can come up with something.”

  Wilhelm looked at Kurt. “I think we could manage that.”

  ** ~ ~ ** ~ ~ **

  “She’s lucid when she’s out of range of Devin’s influence.”

  “How do you know that?”

  “Wilhelm did...something to his hotel room to keep Devin from spying when she came to visit him last night. As soon as she walked into the suite, she apparently woke up.”

  There was a long pause. “That is good. That is very good. He is not completely in control of her yet.”

  “She seems to react to Wilhelm unlike anyone else.”

  “That’s not unexpected. He is Alex’s father. Same blood. And he is still her Master, even though she may be unaware of it most of the time. I think he needs to be there when she arrives.”

  Chapter Sixty-One

  Moments of clarity were rare. Half the time when Anna was aware of her surroundings, she was in excruciating pain. The other half of the time she felt so happy she could hardly stand it. The schizophrenia of her life confused her to no end. But then the pain became less frequent and then disappeared altogether, replaced with kind words and loving touch.

  He told her he loved her. That he was so proud of her, that he needed her so much. That she made him feel good.

  He loved her! Finally, after all these years, he loved her. Truly loved her.

  Dreams and reality melded together even more now, but neither were bad. A few times she saw the other man. The man with the cobalt blue eyes. But those times were rare. She felt comfort in the black eyes with the golden specks. They loved her. They cherished her. They didn’t hurt her anymore.

  *****

  Anna felt the warm breeze on her face lift a few stray tendrils of hair and tickle her nose. She scrunched her face and rubbed her nose. Was this a dream? Was this reality? She wasn’t even sure she could tell the difference anymore. Did it really matter anyways?

  A warm hand brushed her hair away from her face. She opened her eyes and saw Devin crouching next to her wearing a white linen tunic.

  “Hello, love,” he said in a soft voice.

  A smile crept across her face as she gazed at him. “Hi,” she whispered.

  He smiled, his eyes crinkling at the edges. “How are you feeling?”

  “Tired.”

  He chuckled gently. “That’s to be expected. You usually are this time of year.”

  This time of year? She looked down and saw him rubbing her protruding stomach. The baby. She had forgotten.

  “But it will be over soon, love. Remember?”

  Anna smiled and nodded. “A gift for you,” she said softly, remembering.

  “Yes, love. A beautiful gift for me.” He leaned forward and kissed her tenderly on the lips. “I love you so much.”

  Warmth spread throughout her body. “I love you, too.”

/>   “Kaveh is here. He wants to be with you and help make your gift to me extra special.”

  “Yes, Devin,” she said softly. “I want your gift to be very special.”

  “Good girl,” he said kissing her cheek. “I will see you soon.” He stood and disappeared from view.

  A moment later the mattress she lay on shook. She looked behind her to see the large, golden Immortal sitting on the bed, his cock jutting out from his hips like a giant steel rod.

  “Hello, Daughter,” he said rubbing her hip over the soft blankets that covered her naked body.

  She turned onto her back. “Hello,” she said softly.

  He leaned forward to kiss her neck. She sighed and lifted her chin, exposing more of her neck for him to suck on. He pulled the blanket down and stretched out beside her.

  Kaveh sat up slightly to take a taut peak into his mouth, swirling his tongue around her nipple. She moaned softly and kicked off the rest of the blanket. His hand strayed down her belly and between her legs. “You are ready for me?”

  Her body tingled as she nodded. Being with Kaveh was unlike any other sexual partner she’d had. He made her feel things that no one else could.

  He pulled her to her hands and knees and slowly slipped inside her silken folds. She arched her back more as his girth stretched her open.

  “Open your womb to me, Daughter, so I can give my offering to your daughter.”

  Anna didn’t know how she knew to do as he asked, but she closed her eyes and concentrated. She felt an ache as his cock pressed in deep and groaned. “You won’t hurt her, will you?”