50. A GAME OF ULTIMATE DESIRES II.~DELMUNDO Whatever sick joke Lady Croft was playing did nothing to amuse me. What she said last caught me off guard and I was not one to be easily shocked or rattled.I turned back and returned to my seat."I am not sure what I heard so I am going to give you a chance to prove me wrong," I said in a serious tone while staring straight at them."I knew your mother, Stephan, before you were conceived," Lady Croft repeated. Sometimes, her confidence annoyed it but it was what made her who she was."And you chose to reveal this to me after I refused your proposal?" I asked, trying to calm myself."I am a businesswoman, Stephan. No hard feelings," Croft said coldly.She was right, my feelings were all over the place. I chuckled bitterly and shook my head. This whole thing caught me off guard.A question popped up in my head."What is the role of the Marquis in all these and why did he have to die?" I asked Croft."His role was exactly how he played it,
51. DISTANT ORIGINS. ~DELMUNDOFaintly, I could still remember her laughter, the way she tickled me anytime she read me bedtime stories. I could still recollect the early morning breakfasts, the cereal and omelets.Like yesterday, I could still remember that morning she had left. I was still eating my cereal when she told me she was going to get some groceries. Seconds turned to minutes, and the minutes turned to hours.My five- year- old brain suspected no foul play. My mother told me she was going to the mall and like every child I believed her. What choice did I have, she was my mother, and if I did not believe her, who would?Months had passed into years and I was still in denial, hoping that one day she would walk into the home she left with groceries in her hands with her lovely smile.Now, I had no idea what she looked like or even her name. My father took that memory from me through psychological torture. He would berate me for making my mother leave and I beli
52. LOVE OR LUST ~PAMELAWhen Circe— as she called herself— told me and her daughter to leave I could not help but feel worried for Stephan, he had shown me a part of himself that I did not think I would ever see.After I had spent a few days being his forced guest, I saw that he was a broken man with a complex psyche. He was the most complicated man I had ever come across. I knew that I was not supposed to be feeling bad for him after everything but I could not help it.His pain made him very attractive to me and I knew that it was not a healthy thing to feel. I left the dining room after Stephan assured me that all was well.Elizabeth at first refused to leave and I could not even blame her. From the moment I saw her, I knew that she wanted Stephan for herself and wanted to be around him always."Elizabeth, you have overstayed on this Island and have been nothing but a hindrance to me, Make yourself useful or leave my island," Circe said, exasperated.I had to admit
53. LOVE OR LUST II ~PAMELA "What did you do to him!?" I asked in utter disbelief."I am helping him, Pamela, and please lower your voice, I have had to listen to him scream his lungs out for the past two hours," Circe sternly said to me."Well, some help you are," I muttered."Pamela," Stephan said in a hoarse voice "It is alright, let us go to bed, I am exhausted," He said as walked up to the stairs.I glared at Circe who gave me her usual condescending look. Her eyes told me that she knew something that I didn't. I went after Stephan, glad that I was finally rid of Elizabeth and her sex-crazed slave.Stephan had walked far before I cleared the stairs. When I got to the room, he sat crossed leg by the foot of the bed looking at nothing in particular.I sat beside him and crossed my legs too. I had no idea what Circe did to him to make him so glum. For the first time, he looked so fragile, like he could shatter at any time into pieces.I said nothing to him and he said nothing to
54 THE MONSTER IN MY BED ~PAMELAStephan took control as soon as we were alone. Our love making was passionate and sweet despite being without permission. He removed my hand from his cock and gazed at me. His eyes bored into mine and I almost felt as if he could see everything that was inside of me."Do not think that I do not know what you are up to?" He hoarsely asked. He was calm but I knew that this type of calmness was dangerous."Stephan, I do not know what you are talking about," I tried to defend myself, even though I knew what he was on about."Do not play dumb with me, Pamela, You knew what you were doing the moment you invited Liz over, you wanted to tempt me with her body," he revealed to me.I used to think that men could not think straight when naked women were involved but I was in awe with the way Stephan found out, impressed even. He never struck me as a one woman man.How was he able to see through it?"I can fuck Liz's brains out and it still would not chan
55 Deadly Allies. ~ Delmundo I woke up earlier than Pamela to the sound of trees rustling, crickets, and frogs croaking. I heard the birds singing in their nests. I gently got off the bed, careful not to wake her up. This was day two of staying on the island with Circe. I was sticky all over and I smelled like pussy fluid. I walked into the bathroom and picked up the paste and toothbrush provided by the host. I took my time to thoroughly brush my teeth and took care to brush my tongue. I rinsed my mouth and the brush before I stepped into the shower. The atmosphere was cold in the morning, so I used the hot water. I sighed as the water cascaded down my body from my head to the soles of my feet. It felt good. I did not have time to think about what transpired between Circe and me in the therapy room. I had been so eager to see the face of my mother when she put me in a trance. I had followed all the gentle words of Circe but it had not worked out the way I had hoped. The crushi
56. Mr. Void.~DelmundoThe time I spent on the helicopter was slow as the day dragged on. What happened to me on the yacht as it moved through the waters proved my worst fears.I was in so much misery and overwhelmed by this pure rage that would not go away.I waited on the shore by sitting on the dead log far from the waters and folded my arms. This was before my copter arrived on the island. I had been slowly walking with Pamela beside me.During my hypnosis, Croft had unknowingly released a lock my father had put somewhere in my psyche. It was why I wanted to go back and it was not just to see my mother.It was to put the lock back in place so all hell would not break loose. Back at the Manor, I saw fear in the eyes of Croft as she refused to take me back to my subconscious.Yesterday got me thinking about what she told me back in her secret therapy room. It took me a while to grasp what she had said due to how disoriented I was from reliving my childhood trauma all over again.It
The Tale of Mr. Void. ~Delmundo It all started in junior high school. It was where my blackouts began. I had always been given a wide berth anytime I was in school because of who my father was. I had enrolled in a privately funded high school for kids with criminal parents. Children who came from a prominent family were schooled here because they were targets. Thanks to the Father of the Year, I was on a bounty list before I could even crawl. I was born condemned and judged before I even had time to defend myself. Mine was not a fair life. High school was a love-and-hate relationship. I loved how anonymous I was but hated being picked on. The first blackout happened in recess. I was fifteen and this son of a wealthy human trafficker kept giving me hell. I would go home to a cold-hearted father with facial wounds and scars only to get more punished. I could not even remember the boy's name but I could vividly remember how terrified his eyes were as he gaped at me in fe