Chapter 4
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AURORA
SHRUGGING out of his jacket suit jacket he tossed it casually on the nearest couch.
Master’s hands went over his tie to loose. It as he did the-same with his cuff links, setting them gently on the coffee table.
I never thought watching someone take off some item of his clothing would be this entertaining. And the sight,my God the sight of him like this made me feel a knot in my belly, a different feeling—weird I thought to myself.
He definitely caught me gawking at him cause he cleared his voice instantly and I rushed my way to him.
He motioned for me to sit and I obeyed.
His fingers caught the long strand of hair that was shadowing his face as he pushed them out of the way, tugging it behind his ears.
I shifted from side to side until I reached a comfortable position in the chair.
My gaze fixated on my hands that was placed in my laps hiding the tension going on in my head. I didn’t want to look up and make the mistake of letting master catch me staring at him again.
“Aurora.” His deep velvety voice called out my name.
“Yes master.”I answered, my gaze still on my hands.
Clearing his throat once more he said, “there are some ground rules I want to lay out for you and if you follow them religiously you’ll stay out of trouble, do you follow?”
“Yes I do master.” My voice stuttering, afraid of what the rules might entail.
I felt sweat suddenly starting to form at my back, making the pain on my back a little unbearable but I my expression gave out nothing as I was scared to interrupt master while he was talking.
“We’ll first off, I don’t want you calling me master when we’re alone and in the room I’d rather you address me by name—call me Theo.
To say I was shocked and confused at the same time would be an understatement.
Ignoring the confused look on my face, master continued. “You always do as I say and if you ever fail me there would be consequences.. and you always sleep on the couch unless you are being punished then you stay in the cage. You are allowed to move freely in the room, you don’t step out unless I ask you to come with me and also you are permitted to take showers whenever.. I like my things neat and intact. Meanwhile I would let Lauren fix you up with decent clothes. We’ve established you are permitted to speak whenever,yes? Of course when it’s just the two of us.” He added.
“Yes mas-Theo. Thank you.” I said, shifting uncomfortably as the pain on my back was starting to get real bad.
My organs betraying me as I let out a sharp hiss, clenching the hem of my oversized shirt with strong fists.
I assumed master didn’t noticed my outburst because he didn’t say a word and his expression didn’t give out anything that he had heard me so he pushed himself up instead, rising from the couch as he made his way to the closet after collecting his suit jacket that he tossed on the chair next to him together with the cuff links he had kept on the coffee table when he came in.
“You are welcome.” He said as he walked away.
I sat there still, watching him as he casually disappeared into the closet and few minutes later he was out. He had changed into a pair of sweat pants, exposing his upper body, his broad chest on full display as he held a plastic box in his hands.
He took his previous seat, placing the box on the coffee table.
“Come here.” He ordered casually.
I let out a long exhale before I slowly reached to him, trying so hard to walk straight ignoring the sharp pains on my back.
I stood in front of him but I guess master didn’t like that because he asked me to sit on the coffee table that was In front of him but it was his next words that made my face flush.
“Take off your shirt and turn around.” He said flatly.
“What?” I blurted out unthinkably.
Did I just talked back to my master?! He is sure going to punish me and make me live my entire life in the cage and starve me.. what an ungrateful pet am I, after he had fed me and let me shower in his bathroom is this how I’d repay him?
What’s wrong with me? He just legit laid out rules for me to obey alongside specifically warning me to obey his every command if I wanted to stay out of trouble and here I was in less than a minute already defying him by breaking one of his rules.
“I am sorry.” I quickly added.
His eyes met mine for brief seconds making me turn around and doing exactly as he had told me.
“I need to apply this on your back to make your wounds heal faster.. and you would feel a lot more better and comfortable.” He said plainly picking up a small container from the box.
I just nodded, complying—lifting my shirt over my head, hissing from the movement of my shirt on my skin.
Master had noticed my discomfort earlier but didn’t say a word and instead he was willing to aid with my pains.
“You will need to embrace yourself, it might sting a little.” He warned.
As soon as the substance made contact with my skin, I had to stop myself from jumping and screaming. I held back the whines that I desperately want to tear out of my throat.
It felt as tho a hot metal was pressed against my already injured skin.
But master’s fingers were kind, he traced gently and carefully over every injury on my back. He applied some on my neck as well. applying it on the area where my collar used to be.
I instantly let out a sigh of relief as I felt his hand leave my skin. The pain was starting to to subside, replacing it with a soothing cool feeling.
Master stood up,walking away with the box. I guess he was returning it back in disguise to save me the embarrassment of turning around and wearing my shirt back as well as some privacy.
He came out of the closet, holding a pillow and a blanket, placing it softly on the king couch that was facing his bed.
“How do you feel.” He asked facing me.
“Better. Thank you.” I said sincerely.
He only nodded in response and headed to his desk. He sat behind the desk, running his fingers through his hair, annoyed he pulled out a large stack of papers out of the desk drawer and placed them on the desk.
Sensing that master would prefer if I don’t sit there and stare at him while he work on his desk, I made my way to the long couch where he had dropped the pillow and blanket.
I placed the pillow in a much comfortable position and opened wide the blanket, finding it to be generously big enough to cover my whole body and even leaving out some more out of the blanket.
I let my body melt into the soft cushions, curling into the warm blanket as I comforted my head on the fluffy pillow, laying on my side to stop me from hurting my back.
For the first time in many years, I had actually felt like I had gotten enough to be grateful for.
Celebrating about all the comfort I’m feeling right now, darkness slowly overcoming my vision.
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