Resolution (Heart of Stone) (13 page)

 ‘
What do
you say Ava?’ ‘Please could you take me to the toilet Sir?’ 
‘
You are
such a
whore that a fuck from anyone would sate you’
 ‘
Yes, thank
you Sir’ ‘What do you say Ava?’  ‘You are my Master and I must behave Sir’.

I retched as
I covered my ears. “Noooo please” I sobbed and I saw Mason crouch beside me,
his face etched in pain and fear.

“Ava,
please, what is it baby?” He scooped my hair in his grip as I threw up again
and I fell into him as the last heave left my body.

“Don’t let
him… don’t let him get me Mason… please” I begged as I buried my face in his
strong chest and he enveloped me protectively.

“I promise
Ava… I promise” he whispered into my hair as I wept.

Mason laid
me on the bed after removing my clothes. “Sleep baby” he whispered as he kissed
my forehead, “I’ll be right downstairs.” I gulped but nodded. He smiled softly
“Baby, I promise I won’t leave you, I’m just gonna sort out Kerrie’s taxi and
then I’ll be right up.”

I nodded.
“Leave the light on” I said while chewing on my fingertip, he frowned at me and
then nodded.

“Okay, I
won’t be long” he assured me and I smiled tensely and curled up under the
duvet.

I heard the
door shut behind me and I panicked and ran out of bed to re-open it. Mason was
on the top step heading down as he turned to look at me. I shrugged nervously
and walked back to bed, climbed in and pulled the duvet right up to my chin.

“Avaaaa”
I heard his voice behind me as I ran along the embankment, my feet stumbling in
my heels “You can’t run sweetheart.”

I was
sweating profusely, my legs trembling in fright as I panted and wheezed, my
lungs fighting with the air that was trying to fill them.

“Avaaaa”
I risked a glance back and I still couldn’t see him in the darkness, my eyes
scanning the area and trying to adjust to the black depths following me. I
turned back round and froze as I found myself back in the dirty rundown bedroom.

“Noooo” I
screamed as my eyes landed on Greg in the chair. His eyes were open but blank
and very, very dead… like him. His throat had been cut and blood was pouring
from the wide open wound, his tongue swollen and hanging slightly out his open
mouth.

I
couldn’t move, my body frozen in shock and horror. Hands gripped my arms and I
screamed “I told you Ava, you can’t outrun me. I will always get you” Dane
sneered as he dragged me over to the hook and chain.

“Please
no…” I begged, sobbing and weeping loudly. He yanked my hands upwards towards
the hook and handcuffs suddenly appeared, binding my wrists to the hook as Dane
stood before me, a leer on the half of his mouth that remained.

“No
please Dane” I was crying uncontrollably now, snot and dribble hanging off my
face. He laughed the high pitched cackle he had that iced my blood and froze
the air in my lungs, and held up the poker, glowing and bright red in the
dimness of the room. I screamed again and struggled against the handcuffs,
chafing and ripping the skin on my wrists.

He
laughed at me again. “Where’s your precious Mason, Ava? He promised he wouldn’t
let me get to you and yet here I am” he smirked as he swept his hands over himself.
“Ready Ava, what do we say?” I shook my head rapidly, my bladder suddenly full
and my body now naked.

I looked
down at myself and shook my head again as he took a step closer. “Need the
toilet, Ava?” he chuckled and he cocked his head.

I jerked
against the hook, pulling and tugging trying to free myself. He took a step
closer and his mouth rested against my breast. “Ask Ava” he demanded and I
shook my head.

“No!” I
said firmly and he tutted at me.

“Ask Ava”
he repeated and I shook the chain, trying desperately to tug it out of the
ceiling.

I let out
a sob as he bit roughly into the flesh of my breast and I clenched my thighs
together hastily. I heard his sinister laugh as I felt the urine trickle down
my leg and I whimpered now I knew what was coming. “Please Sir, I didn’t mean…”
I let out a blood curdling scream as I felt the blistering sear on my back, my
skin recoiling and shrinking as the poker incinerated it and then ate away at
the flesh underneath.

I howled
in the most intense pain I had ever felt as he held the poker tighter against
me and it continued to corrode into me, the smell of charred tissue and muscle
rank in my nostrils.

“Say it
Ava” he demanded as he moved the poker to a new area of skin, the heat already
sizzling into me before he placed it against me.

“SAY IT
WHORE!” he roared and I opened my mouth but the words wouldn’t come. “Three… two…”

I gulped
but opened my mouth again “YOU ARE MY MASTER AND I MUST BEHAVE….” I shouted and
then screamed…..

“AVA!
FUCK!!!” I heard Mason shouting from somewhere and I continued screaming
against the scorching sensation, as I flipped about, trying to take the
pressure off my back.

“GET IT OFF
ME” I screamed as I shot off the bed, my hands desperately trying to reach
around my back.

Mason clamped
onto my arms. “Ava!” he shook me lightly and I shook my head rapidly.

“It hurts so
much Mason… stop it” I begged as I struggled out of his grip “Make it stop!!”
I screamed.

“AVA!” Mason
bellowed at me and suddenly snapped awake and I realised where I was, my brain reverting
back into the present.

I stopped abruptly
and stood immobile and breathing heavily. “Baby, it was just a dream” he
soothed as he pulled me against him and wrapped me up in his arms.
“Ssshhh,
Baby” he pacified as he stroked my hair while I trembled against him.

“Mason…” I
sobbed and he scooped me up and walked into the bathroom and started to fill
the bath without letting go of me.

“It’s okay,
baby” he whispered as he kissed my head and cupped my face, “I love you baby
and I won’t let him take you.”

 He settled
me in the bath when it was full and climbed in behind me as his arms and legs
draped round me and he rested his chin on my shoulder, planting tiny wet kisses
on my neck every so often. “Okay?” he asked and I hiccupped and nodded.

“Yeah” I
whispered.

We lay
silent for a while, both lost in our own heads. “Ava?” Mason asked quietly.

“Mmmm” I
murmured as I relaxed into the warmth of the bath and the comfort of Mason’s
solid chest.

“You… you
shouted something before I woke you up” he said.

I could
sense his nerves and I frowned, “What?”

I heard him
sigh and then swallow loudly “You shouted something like ‘you are my master and
I must behave’.”

I stiffened
and he stroked his heel up and down my calf as his fingers entwined with mine.
“I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have mentioned it” he said as he kissed my cheek.

I paused
then took a deep breath. “He made me say it to him whenever he took me down
from the hook and chain” I said uneasily.

He was quiet
for a while but I felt him brace himself. “What was the hook and chain?” he
asked fearfully and I sighed.

He wanted to
know but could he handle the knowledge? Only one way to find out and I was
suddenly ready to tell him, to let him in.

“It was a
chain that hung from the ceiling with a hook attached to it” I explained and he
pulled in a sharp breath. “He would secure me to it and then…” I paused, not
sure how much he wanted or needed to hear.

He kissed my
neck. “Go on, I need to know Ava” he said gently.

“Are you sure?”
He nodded against my shoulder and I took a deep breath. “He would hang me from
it and… and whip and fuck me” I clenched myself but Mason remained still, the
only sign I knew he had heard me was his heavy uneven breaths.

“He had
different methods of… of torture” I swallowed and closed my eyes, “his
favourite was the whip but he also used canes, a small blade and he… he used
various objects to… to fuck me with” I shivered at the memories.

“The last
torture he used before I got out, the one he made Greg watch was a… to… to
brand me with a red hot poker.” I trembled viciously and his arms and legs
tightened around me.

“
Fuck!”
he
sucked in a large breath through his teeth. “I would have to ask for things in
a specific way and I always had to call him Sir” I blew out a huge breath,
trying to calm myself.

 I clung to
him as I told him everything, up to and including how I had managed to get me
and Greg out of there, finally glad to get it off my chest and talk and expose
what had happened in that room and by the time I had finished I was crying and
Mason was pale and quiet.

We sat in
silence as I let him come to terms with it all. “I’m sorry” I whispered
eventually.

He slipped
me round to face him and I knelt between his open legs. “No baby, don’t you ever
be sorry for that… for what he did” he said firmly and I nodded.

“I’m not.
I’m sorry for what it’s done to you, for putting those images in your head” I palmed
his face. “I love you Mason and you love me, so why do we try to crush each
other?” I asked honestly.

He closed
his eyes in sadness. “I don’t know, baby.” He held my eyes “But I know it
destroys me more to be apart from you.”

His thumb
swept across my bottom lip. “I’m a mess without you Ava and I can’t lose you. I
won’t let you go, ever” he said quietly but honestly and I nodded.

“I know” I
whispered and I smiled “We’re a fucking mess.”

I leaned
over and braced his now bent knees “Come on, I need to feel you inside me” I
winked saucily, climbed out of the bath and swayed my hips on the way to the
bedroom, dripping water everywhere.

I giggled as
he scooped me up from behind and slung me over his shoulder, slapping my
backside as he carried me to bed. “I’m gonna lick every drop of that water off
your hot little body” he growled and I giggled again as he turned his head and
bit my bum before he threw me on the bed. He grinned at me as he settled at the
bottom of the bed near my feet.

He lifted
one up and stroked his tongue up the sole and then sucked on each of my toes
before moving across and repeating the action on my other foot. Moving higher,
he lapped at the droplets on my shins, knees and then my thighs, thoroughly
licking me dry and duplicating on my other leg until he reached my groin.

I gasped in
anticipation but he diverted and moved straight to my stomach, dipping into my
navel as he moved across my ribs and straight up my sternum between my breasts.

I groaned in
frustration as he completely avoided my breasts and started at the tops of my
arms, licking and lapping his way down to my fingers. As he reached my hands he
turned my palm upwards, licked it and then bit the fleshy part at the base of
my thumb before sucking on each finger, twirling his tongue around the tip of
each one. I was writhing and fidgeting against the bed, hugely turned on and
nearly begging for it.

He started
at my shoulder and licked across my collar bone before sucking and biting his
way up my neck and nibbling along my jaw and then he found my mouth and I was
needy and ready for him. I pulled him into me, gripping his firm arse and
returned the torment by sliding my finger straight up the crease between his
buttocks. He moaned into my mouth and I did it again.

He pulled
back and gave me his sexy grin before licking his way back down to my breasts
and took a nipple into his mouth, sucking it in deeply and I arched my back off
the bed, so desperate for him. “Mason please” I begged.

“What do you
want, baby?” he asked against my red hot nipple.

He blew on
it and I groaned loudly. “I need you to make love to me” I breathed.

He looked up
at me through his eyelashes as he circled my other nipple with his tongue,
never removing his eyes from mine. He sucked his way up my neck as he slid a
finger inside me. “You’re dripping, baby” he groaned and then I felt him nudge
his way inside me.

 “I need
this slow and easy, Ava.” We both groaned and closed our eyes as he slipped all
the way to the hilt.

“Oh God” I whimpered
and he let out a low growl.

He remained
still as he took my mouth with his in a long lazy kiss, his tongue dancing
slowly with mine as he showed me just how much he loved me.

He started
moving relaxed and gentle inside me as I moved my hips to his measured rhythm.
“Oh God Ava” he moaned “I love you so much.” He gasped as I tightened my
internal muscles, lifted my hips and swirled them as he reached the tip of me.
“Fuck… again” he growled and I repeated the movement. “Jesus” he rasped as he
continued the leisurely pace.

I slid my
hand between us and gripped his shaft as he pulled out. “Fuck.”

He bucked
slightly and I smiled wryly at him. “You like that baby?” I bit his bottom lip
gently and he groaned loudly.

All of a
sudden he had us flipped over and I was straddling him. “Take me Ava. Work me.”

I placed my
hands flat on his incredible chest and lifted myself off him slowly, paused and
slid back down gradually, grinding onto him as I reached the base of him.

He arched
his back and thrust into me. “Fuck me harder, Ava” he panted and I leisurely
repeated, up, pause, tighten, down and grind. “Christ Ava, you’re driving me
crazy.”

I leant down
and sucked in the flesh on his neck, giving him my own signature and then
licked my way up to his ear. “Tell me what you want Mason?” I mimicked and he
gave me a roguish smile.

“Up” he
demanded through hooded eyes.

I smiled,
sat back up and lifted off him, hovering over him. “Down” he grinned as he
pulled himself up so we were chest to chest, my nipples rubbing against his
sprinkling of hair. I slid down him, my eyes fixed on his.

“My turn” he
smirked and grabbed my backside and lifted me up. “Turn around” he whispered
and then kissed me quickly before I changed positions and my back was now
pressed against his chest.

He cupped my
bottom and positioned his cock under me. “Down” he whispered in my ear. I
plunged down slowly and groaned at the intense feeling.

“Fuck!” I
hissed.

“God! It’s
so deep” he growled and then he took hold of my arse again and lifted me up and
then slammed me back down forcefully. I yelped at the sensation and Mason
snarled and did it again, crashing me down as he lifted his hips.

“Fuck me,
Ava” he demanded as I started to ride him hard and fast. “That’s it baby, take
me all.”

His hands
cupped my breasts as he massaged them, still banging his thrusts up to meet my
plunges and I could feel the onslaught of my orgasm.

“Come for me
Ava, give it me” he grabbed my hips and started to control my movements,
pounding me onto him.

“Fuck Mason”
I snarled, “It feels so good.” I tightened around him.

“Now, Ava.”

His order
spilled me over the edge and I climaxed relentlessly as bright lights burst
behind my eyes and every nerve ending screamed in pleasure. “Mason” I yelled as
he swelled inside me, pulled me down roughly and sank his teeth into the side
of my neck.

“Yes!” I
shouted as he cried out my name and exploded inside me, his fingers digging
into my hips so hard I knew they were going to bruise.

Sinking down
on him and leaned my head back against his shoulder. “God, you feel good” he
breathed and kissed my neck.

“You’re not
so bad yourself” I puffed, “In fact I’d say you’re pretty damn amazing in the
sack.”

I grinned as
he sucked on my earlobe. “Of Course” he chuckled as his arms circled my waist
and he fell backwards on the bed and slipped me under his arm. I rested my head
against him as my fingers twiddled his chest hair.

 “Come home,
Ava” Mason said softly and I sighed but knew that I had to be strong.

“No Mason” I
said gently.

He groaned
and buried his face into my hair. “Baby…” he pleaded, “It’s so quiet without
you and the peanuts” he expressed but I shook my head.

“I can’t
Mason, not until you’re off the coke, baby” I tilted my head back and regarded
him, “We just mess things up Mason and I can’t have you around Katie and George
if you’re high.”

I stroked
his cheek with the tip of my finger “I love you so much but it’s because of
this I wanna take things slow. I want us to work Mason and we always seem to
hurt each other.”

He sucked on
his lips and closed his eyes. “But I miss you, all of you” he whispered and I
nodded.

“I know, I
miss you too but you hurt me too much this time, Mason. I know you slept with
Rebecca…” He started to butt in but I put my finger over his lips. “And I know
it was the coke that made you sleep with her otherwise we’d be over. That’s why
I need you to come off the drugs before I come back home, me and the babies” I
explained and he nodded.

He turned
onto his side so he was facing me. “I’m so sorry baby, for everything. For
Rebecca, for what I said to you, for not finding you…”

I glared at
him. “Hey, no! I know you tried Mason but I also knew it was damn near
impossible to find me, even I didn’t have a clue where we were but you have to
see Mason, everything you’ve hurt me with is the fucking coke and I can cope
with a lot but not that, never that” I declared softly and he nodded.

“I know baby
and I’m trying, fuck I’m trying.”

He squeezed
his eyes closed and groaned. “Everything just seems to hurt less when I’m high;
it’s easy to forget what a fucking dick I am.”

I laughed.
“Mason” I shook my head at him, “It’s the fucking coke that makes you a dick!”
I exclaimed, “Don’t you see that?” I pleaded with my eyes for him to see. “The
blonde, you were high; the awful things you said to me, you were high or just
coming down, Rebecca… you was high, the way you left me in that hospital room
alone and hurt… you was fucking high” my voice had got louder as I begged him
to see. “But you used each of those moments as an excuse to use more” I
declared.

He sighed
and then nodded, “I just need you Ava, so damn much.”

I cupped his
face. “I know and I want you to promise that you’ll come to me, wherever I am
if you need a hit, I don’t care what I’m doing or where I am. It helped you
last time and if it wasn’t for Dane I think you’d still be clean.”

I tipped my
head and smiled tenderly at him, “I don’t care if you need me 24/7, you just do
it. We need to sort ourselves out for Katie and George.”

He grinned
at me as he stroked his finger down my neck, over my chest and across the swell
of my breast. “I always need you 24/7 Ava, high or not.” We gazed intently at
each other and then the spell was broken by George whimpering, I was now
familiar with each cry.