The Life of Anna, Part 3: Embraced (5 page)

Anna didn’t respond; Devin had hit on the
truth. What could she say in response?

“Would you rather be with him than me?” Devin
asked in a cold voice.

Anna didn’t answer right away. She couldn’t
lie. But if she told the truth, he would be very angry. He would
probably punish her. “I-I want to please you, Master.”

“That’s not what I asked, Anna.”

Anna swallowed and looked up at him. “Yes,”
she whispered.

“Yes, what?”

Anna closed her eyes and winced. “Yes, I’d
rather be with him than you.”

Devin’s eyes flashed with rage and he slapped
her across the face. “You little bitch! You leave me with no
choice.”

Anna fell to her hip and held her cheek.
Devin stood and pulled her up by her hair to stand with him. He
turned her around to face away from him and there was movement in
the shadows across the room. A moment later, Ben stepped into the
light with Ian behind him. He was unkempt and in a wrinkled dark
suit. He looked like he hadn’t slept and there were bruises on his
cheeks.

“Ben!” she cried out and tried to go to him,
but Devin held her back. She struggled against him, but couldn’t
free herself.

“Anna,” Ben whispered, reaching for her.

“He didn’t abandon you, Anna. He’s been here
since Friday night. He’s been watching all sorts of videos.
Watching you please man after man after man. And he just got to
watch you suck my cock live.”

Tears fell down her cheeks as she stared at
Ben. “Please, Devin,” she sobbed, struggling against him. “Let me
go.”

“Anna, I will not allow anyone to come
between us. You’re too valuable to me to allow that to happen. So
if you really mean that you’d rather be with him than me…,” Devin
nodded and Ian stepped right behind Ben and put his hand on Ben’s
shoulder. “…then I have no choice but to eliminate the distraction
once and for all.”

Time slowed as Anna and Ben stared at each
other. Anna saw Ian lift his hand. He was holding something. A
syringe.

“NO!” Anna screamed as Ian jammed the syringe
into Ben’s neck. “NO!” Anna wrenched herself free from Devin and
ran to Ben, catching him as he began to fall to the ground. “Ben!
No, please!” She lowered him to the ground as his eyes filled with
pain.

His body convulsed and he stared at her
intently.

“No, Ben. Oh, God. Please, no.” She brushed
his hair back and kissed him, cradling his cheek. Tears streamed
down her cheeks.

“Anna,” he whispered. She could barely hear
him. “…love…you…” His voice trailed off and his eyes fluttered
closed as his body gave one last shudder and then relaxed.

“Ben?” she whispered, desperation filling her
heart. “Ben, please wake up.” He had to be sleeping. Yes. Ian
wouldn’t have killed him. She looked up at Ian who stood over her,
face impassive.

Anna’s stomach felt like a stone as the truth
settled into her heart: Ian had killed the man she loved. Anna
looked back down at Ben’s handsome face, tears filling her eyes.
She collapsed onto Ben’s chest and sobbed, crying out his name and
clinging to him. “Nooooo!” she wailed. “Ben, come back to me.
Please. I need you.”

She heard a soft thump on the floor next to
her and looked up through tear-filled eyes to see a square jewelry
box lying on its side next to her. She stared at it.

“You might be interested to know what was in
his pocket when we took him.” Devin’s cold voice drifted down from
above.

With shaking hands, Anna reached for the gray
box and opened it. Inside was a diamond solitaire ring; an
engagement ring. She stared at it for a long moment and then
something snapped inside her. She clenched her jaw and grasped the
box tightly in her hand. An unfamiliar sensation bubbled up inside
her and she began to shake.

She kissed Ben’s still-warm lips and stood,
almost calmly in contrast to the boiling heat inside her. She put
the ring box in her pocket and her eyes flicked up, first looking
at Ian and then Devin.

Without realizing what she was doing, Anna
lunged at Devin, kicking and hitting him wherever she could make
contact. She got a couple of good hits in before Ian pulled her off
and held her back against his chest. A shriek escaped from her
throat as she struggled against Ian, hate lending her strength she
didn’t know she had.

“I hate you!” she screeched at Devin, her
voice cracking with emotion. “I hate you and I’ll never forgive you
for this.”

Devin calmly dabbed at his mouth and arched a
brow as he looked at the blood on his finger. His hair was mussed
and his lip was bleeding. “I don’t need your forgiveness, Anna. I
need your obedience. Which I will have,” he added with a dark
voice. He smiled and looked at Ian. “Take her to my room, then get
rid of the body. Mr. Durham here is going to have had an accident
off the bridge.” He gave a mock gasp and then grinned wickedly.
“The same bridge your parents died on. Fitting, don’t you
think?”

Anna struggled again to get free. “You
fucking bastard,” she screamed. “I hate you!”

Devin shrugged. “Take her, Ian.”

She fought against Ian as he tried to lead
her out of the room. When she wouldn’t cooperate, he simply picked
her up and put her over his shoulder. She stared at Ben’s body as
she was carried out of the room.

Anna kicked and screamed the whole way to
Devin’s room. Her screams echoed through the Manor and more than
one door opened and heads appeared, looking to see what was going
on.

When Ian arrived at Devin’s room, he closed
the door and put Anna down on her feet. She glared at him, chest
heaving and hands balled into fists.

“Anna, please don’t—” he began.

Anna reached up and slapped him across the
face. He didn’t even wince. “Don’t you dare, Ian.” Her eyes
narrowed. “I thought you were my friend,” she spat.

“Anna, I told you before. I have to obey
Devin as you do. I couldn’t not do it.”

“I hate you!” she screamed. “I never want to
see you again.”

“That’s not going to happen,” he said in a
stern voice.

She lunged at him, but he grabbed her hands
and held them over her head before she could hit him. She kicked at
him, but he didn’t flinch when she made contact with his shins. He
calmly held her away from him, allowing her rage to work itself
out. Finally, she collapsed in exhaustion, dangling from his hold.
Ian picked her up and carried her to the bed, gently placing her on
the dark green bedspread.

“I’m sorry, Anna. I am truly sorry,” he said
in a soft voice, brushing her hair out of her face with a gentle
hand. “But you know Devin as well as I do. Could you have done any
different?” He gave her a sad look before walking away, closing the
door firmly behind him.

Anna stared at the wall across the room as
tears fell silently down her cheeks. A painful void took the place
of her heart in her chest as she thought about what had just
happened. But Ben had forgiven her, which brought a weak smile to
her face. She rolled to her side, curled up into a ball and pulled
the jewelry box out of her pocket. She hugged it to her chest. He
had planned to ask her to marry him.
He still loved
her!

The thought was both exhilarating and
heartbreaking.

Devin opened the door to his bedroom a few
minutes later and walked inside. Anna lay on the bed facing away
from him. Her earlier rage had been an interesting sight. And
somewhat painful. He touched his slightly swollen lip, smiling at
the memory of Anna’s outburst.

“Feeling better?” he asked, stopping next to
her. He petted her hair and Anna smacked his hand away.

“Don't touch me,” she growled.

Devin chuckled. “I haven’t seen this side of
you, Anna. It’s intriguing.”

She flipped over and started to kick him, but
he grabbed her ankle before it made contact and he held it tight.
“Don’t you dare,” he growled. He twisted her leg until she
whimpered. “I will break your leg and you will not finish your
performances.”

Anna glared at him and he stared back at her.
She trembled for a long moment, then went limp.

“Good decision, Baby.” He stepped away. “Why
don’t you undress for me?”

“No.”

Devin unzipped her jeans and pulled them
roughly off, and did the same with her sweater and underwear. Then
he undressed and got on the bed to lie on top of her. She lay
unmoving on her back, staring at the ceiling, as he kissed her neck
and played with her breasts. “Come now, Anna. You’re still alive.
You should enjoy that fact.”

Anna turned her head to the side. Devin bent
down and bit her neck, making her cry out loudly. “Ah, you are
alive. I was beginning to wonder.”

She didn’t respond and continued to stare at
the wall.

Devin frowned and pushed her legs apart. If
he guessed correctly, she wouldn’t have had sex since before she
and Ben broke up, which was Wednesday. Oh, she would be tight and
very enjoyable. He positioned himself against her slit then rammed
himself inside her channel, relishing in her squeal and hot
tightness. She was wet in spite of herself.

“C’mon Anna,” he whispered seductively as he
moved inside of her the way he knew she liked. “I can tell it’s
been a while. You needed a cock badly, didn’t you?”

Anna closed her eyes tightly, but her lips
parted. She didn’t want to enjoy it, but she couldn’t stop her body
from responding.

“God, you feel good,” he moaned as he thrust
in and out. Her pussy felt incredible.

He felt her clench around him and knew her
body was winning over her mind. Good. He continued moving,
listening to her reluctant moans and watching her fight against
desire. She squirmed beneath him. She was close. Should he give her
release?

“You may not come, Anna. I forbid it.”

She groaned and her face scrunched up in
pain. He smiled and thrust hard as he climaxed against her
clenching muscles. He pulled out and watched her tremble. Not
letting her come was cruel, but she had hit him and deserved
it.

Devin grinned and dressed as he watched her
continue to struggle against her own body. “I will know it if you
give yourself release,” he reminded her, just in case she thought
she could test that rule, too.

He left the room and went to find Ian.

*****

Anna couldn’t stop shaking. She hadn’t had
sex in five days and was feeling it. Devin had gotten her so close
and then denied her. The only good thing about the situation was
that the ache for release was currently stronger than her aching
heart.

She thrashed on the bed and didn’t hear Devin
return a few minutes later. When she felt herself being tied to the
bed, she opened her eyes and saw Ian and Devin working around
her.

“What are you doing?” she asked in a raspy
voice, almost past the point of caring that her questions might
test Devin’s patience.

“Preparing you.”

“For what?”

Devin grinned. “Oh, I don’t want to ruin the
surprise.”

Anna watched him in fright as he tightened
the bindings and then produced a syringe.

“Don’t worry. This is very different stuff
than we gave your darling Ben.” He grinned as he poked through her
skin and released what felt like fire into her veins. It spread
quickly and soon she was screaming in pain. Everywhere hurt, but
especially in her lower abdomen.

“What are you doing to me?” she gasped, tears
in her eyes.

“Making you even more useful to me.”

The fire in her body continued for what felt
like hours. She struggled and thrashed, praying for relief, but
none came.

Suddenly a bright light filled the room, and
Kaveh appeared in front of her.

Devin turned and greeted him. “She’s almost
ready.”

Kaveh turned his golden eyes to hers. “Good.
I’ve been looking forward to this.” He looked back at Devin.
“You’ve been with her already?”

Devin nodded.

“Good.” Kaveh walked to Anna’s side and began
caressing her, turning the fire into arousal. Her skin was
sensitive and his touch felt incredible. She moaned as he caressed
her breasts, rolling her nipples into hardened peaks.

He leaned down and kissed the bottom curve of
her breasts, then flicked his tongue over her sensitive nipples.
“You are beautiful, Daughter,” he murmured against her breasts. He
stood and undressed, his long, hard cock made Anna’s pussy clench
with desire. She licked her lips as she stared at him.

Kaveh chuckled. “You want a taste,
Daughter?”

Anna nodded, wide eyed.

Kaveh made a motion with his hands and Anna
felt her bindings loosen. The leather cuffs were still in place,
but the ropes were gone.

She scrambled onto her knees on the bed as
Kaveh lay next to her and eagerly took his cock into her mouth.
There was no way she was getting it all into her mouth, but took in
as much as she could. His pre-cum was sweet and he throbbed against
her tongue. Kaveh pressed his fingers against her pussy as she
sucked on his cock.

He groaned as she tugged on his balls.
“Gentle, Daughter. They are full for you.”

Anna didn’t understand what he meant by that,
but was gentle nonetheless. They were heavy and filled her with
even more desire for him. She leaned down and sucked a testicle
gently into her mouth, causing him to groan.

She felt him prodding at her pussy, pulling
in a painful but erotic manner. He pinched her clit, making her
jump and then moan. He probed at her hips and belly and then back
at her pussy.

Abruptly, he turned her around and flipped
her onto her stomach, spreading her legs with his knee and pressing
his cock against her wet entrance. “It may hurt, Daughter, but
there is no other way.”

Anna was about to ask what would hurt when he
pressed himself forward and entered her, causing her to gasp and
writhe beneath him. She moaned as he continued to press forward.
She felt him at her cervix and winced. He moved around in a
circular motion and continued moving forward.