Dante was unhappy they had to leave two of the people with powers behind. They could have been very valuable. The gears in his head were turning coming up with his next move on how to capture them. His friend wanted them dead and gone, but Dante hoped Andre would settle for just gone.
They returned back to Andre's house unscathed. Several of the gang members were most likely dead. Luckily, it looked like the the majority were coming back alive. Dante ran into the house following his friend and calling for his wife. "Maria! You better be ready to go!" He yelled in a panic. It wasn't safe to stay close to the woods where the jaguar and Madrigals were.
"Whats going on?" She asked coming out of the bedroom as Andre moved past her to go in.
"We underestimated the people we went after. We need to go home," He answered grabbing her arm to lead her outside.
Andre quickly picked up Bruno's mended ruana from the chair and then lifted Bruno off the bed. His beloved groaned from the movement, but stayed unconscious. The carpenter hoped he had not hit him too hard.
They got on their horses and made their way to town. Dante's house was close to the center, where many of the rest of the gang lived. Once they got there, he would gather as many people as he could to keep watch for the Madrigals in case they came. His men would be mad at him for now, but he knew with his simmering plan, the riches would be irresistible to them.
When they arrived at their destination, Dante took off to gather more men and ordered the others to stand guard. Maria and Andre, with Bruno in his arms, went inside. The carpenter apologized to the woman for causing trouble and thanked her for her help. She was a sweet person and told him everything was fine and that she was happy they came back safe.
He took his lover to the guest room and laid him on the bed. The room was just big enough to hold a queen sized bed and end tables, and had a single small window looking into an alley. He untied his beloved's hands and feet, before pacing back and forth by the end of the bed in frustration. Bruno began to stir but remained oblivious to what was going on around him.
Anger built up in Andre. He was so close to killing them. Then Dante had to get his sticky greedy fingers in it. And now they were back to square one. Actually, they were worse off. It was only a matter of time before Dolores woke. She would listen, find them, and this time the Madrigals would be prepared for a fight.
He kicked the bedside table causing Bruno to startle fully awake. The prophet groaned holding the back of his head wincing from being rendered unconscious. Andre smiled when his lover looked around in confusion before settling his eyes on his captor sighing in relief. Seeing his little mouse look at him like that, he decided to look on the bright side, these circumstances were temporary. He would find a way to be rid of the Madrigals and then they would be happy together.
Andre crawled on to the bed and hovered over the other man's body. Bruno stiffened and looked away letting his hair fall away exposing his neck. The bigger man brought his lips to the smooth skin and kissed it. "I had your ruana fixed," he said kissing along his lover's collar bone, hoping that would earn him some forgiveness for hitting him over the head.
He unbuttoned the oversized shirt the smaller man was wearing. Then he kissed his way down from Bruno's chest to his belly button sticking his tongue inside causing his mouse to flinch. Andre laughed and got up to strip. "Take your clothes off." Staring at the bed, the smaller man did as he was told.
Bruno was very disorientated. He didn't recognize where they were and didn't understand why Andre had knocked him out and brought him here. He wanted to ask what was going on, but silence meant less trouble, so he decided not to speak.
When he pulled off his clothes, Andre climbed back on top of him spreading his legs; then pulled him into a kiss. The larger man plunged his tongue deep in his lover's mouth tasting as much as he could. The prophet hated the kissing, it was overly wet and the other man's breath made him want to throw up.
When the kiss was broken, two fingers were placed in Bruno's mouth. "Suck, my little mouse." He did as he was told sucking on the fingers as they moved in and out along his tongue. They reached deep making him gag and Andre smirked in amusement.
The younger man pulled his fingers out moving his hand to reach down to his lover's hole. He probed it gently. "I feel like we haven't done this in forever," Andre whispered, "I'm so pent up right now from stress. I think we could both use a release." He pushed his fingers in stretching Bruno out.
The smaller man had not yet healed from the last time Andre had fucked him, and when Ramiro had done it too. It stung and he flinched but made no move to stop it. He lay limp, taking everything. The fingers reached his sweet spot making him twitch. They massaged inside causing his body to heat up with pleasure. Bruno hated to admit it, but it felt good. He closed his eyes feeling the fingers inside him move in and out. He was tired of being in pain, and this felt was a reprieve.
Andre was filled with satisfaction as he watched Bruno's face morph in to a calm slightly blissful expression. He kept a gentle pace until the smaller man grew hard. He then added a third finger while keeping the position and pace the same. It was a little more uncomfortable but Bruno became used to it. His mouth parted and his breathing increased.
Pulling his fingers out, Andre lined himself up and pushed in. Bruno gripped the sheets below him and moaned loudly from the mix of pain and pleasure. "You're so beautiful," Andre said running his fingers through soft curly hair. He pushed all the way in holding Bruno's legs up against his hips, hooking around his back. He kept a slow and steady pace making sure to get the angle right to make it feel as good as possible.
"Look at me." Reluctantly the smaller man opened his eyes and looked at the man above him. "Tell me you love me." Bruno looked away, it was a few simple words, but it was the opposite of how he really felt. Andre sped up the pace hitting the other man's prostate over and over again. Bruno huffed and squeaked every time it hit just right. He tried not to make too much noise, finding it humiliating.
"Say you love me," Andre moaned speeding up more. He looked down seeing the grim facial expression of his little mouse, making him angry. He angled himself in a different direction and jack hammered into the smaller man causing tremendous pain. Bruno yelped at the sharp throbbing it caused. "Say it!"
Tears bubbled up and slipped down on to the bed. At a particularly painful thrust Bruno howled, "I love you!" voice cracking. Andre changed direction hitting his lover's prostate again. He took hold of the smaller man's penis and stroked it. Bruno was consumed with pleasure again will a dull ach in his abdomen. After a few strokes, he convulsed cumming all over his stomach.
Andre continued to thrust into him. The older man was sensitive, and he panted and winced from it. Eventually the younger man came and pulled out laying next to him. Bruno was finally able to relax his tense body a little, and began to feel nauseous. "I love you too," Andre said panting and smiling.
A knock on the door ended the moment and the larger man groaned in annoyance. "We need to talk," Dante said from the other side of the door. Realizing there were other people in the house, Bruno became embarrassed that they had heard everything. Andre looked at him and laughed at his wide surprised eyes. He pulled on his pants and left the room, leaving Bruno to scramble to get dressed.
"I talked to the guys and they are pretty convinced that magic exists," Dante explained. "And I've decided to capitalize on it. I want to capture every single one of those fuckers and use them, or sell them." Andre crossed his arms annoyed, he wanted them dead. "Don't get angry, the guys would never help protect you from people as powerful as the Madrigals if they weren't going to get something out of it. This is my solution."
"Fine," Andre responded, "But I'm helping. I want to ensure they'll never get between me and Bruno again."
"Of course!" Dante cheered. "But I have one other thing I need. I want Bruno to look into my future. I want to see how this plays out, so I can anticipate our success." He laughed in excitement, "Of all the people you could have fallen in love with, you picked the most useful one. Knowing the future will give me knowledge no one else has. I'll be unstoppable."
Bruno was putting his ruana on when Andre walked back in. "Hello, little mouse," he purred. The smaller man sat on the bed with his head down. "I need you to do a small favor for Dante. I need you to have a vision." He looked up in shock and shook his head no.
"What did I say about not doing what your told?" In this instance, Bruno was willing to be punished. Anything was better than the consequences of a vision. This was likely to turn out worse than it did in the encanto. First they would ask for one vision, then it would be more. Many of the visions would be bad. They would call him cursed. Andre would grow to hate him and he'd no longer be safe. Eventually they would kill him. So, punishment now was worth avoiding death.
"Little mouse," Andre admonished, "You're going to do it one way or another. Don't make me hurt you. We were doing so well just a minute ago." The tall man crouched in front of his trembling lover. "This is not like the encanto. If you see something negative, I won't blame you for it. I know you only see the future. You do not cause it." Bruno looked up at him surprised. It was as if the other man had read his mind.
"I promised I would protect you," Andre assured. "And I will. No one is going to blame you for your visions. But they will blame you if you do not try. I can only protect you if you do as I say." Bruno looked down thinking it over. He still didn't want to have a vision, but if they did not blame him it should be okay. It was a nice thought, but he just wasn't sure if was possible.
"I can't," Bruno uttered quietly. His captor sighed.
"What if I made it worth your while?" The smaller man gave him a speculative look. The only thing Bruno wanted was to go home.
"I promise," Andre said putting his hand on his heart. "If you have this one vision. I will take you to see your family." The prophet's jaw dropped in shock. He couldn't believe it. Surely the bigger man wasn't serious. If Bruno's family saw them, they would likely try to get rid of Andre. There was no way it would end well for his captor. Was the vision so important that Andre was willing to risk it all.
There was no guarantee that Andre would keep his promise. But Bruno was willing to take the risk. He would do anything to see his family one last time. What he didn't know, was that Andre really did mean it. Bruno would see his family, imprisoned by Dante if it all went right.
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When the sun began to rise, Dolores and Camilo woke from their concussions. Camilo vomited and Dolores massaged her temples trying to relieve the headache. Mirabel gave them food to heal them. The rat their family had sent then lead them to Andre's house. Everyone in the group stayed silent as they followed it, traumatized by almost being killed and having to fight for their lives.
The encanto was peaceful. They only ever had to use their gifts to help people in town. They had never fought or hurt anyone before and it left a pit in all their stomachs. Despite those men trying to kill them, they each secretly wished those men were okay.
Feeling like she had been near death when injured, Luisa wondered if the men she had hurt felt the same way she did in that moment. She wondered if they felt scared and hopeless when the jaguar had mauled them. She put her face in her hands trying not to cry. It was all horrific and horrible. The others were having similar thoughts. They were meant to help people, not hurt them.
When they made it to the house the door was already open. Mirabel and Camilo ran in ahead of everyone. "Tio Bruno?! the girl shouted looking in the kitchen and bathroom. The boy ran to the bedroom and his heart stopped. The bed had a large bloody stain and there were streaks and splashes of blood on the walls and floor.
Mirabel walked in and quickly turned to look away hugging her cousin. "What did they do to him?" She cried. The others stepped in and saw the bloody scene. Everyone hoped that it was not their tio's blood.
The rat sniffed around annoyed, knowing it wasn't Bruno's blood. It knew it's human's blood when it smelled it, and this wasn't it. It climbed on to Luisa's shoulder deciding she was the strongest and safest to travel on, waiting for the humans to go search for Bruno
Dolores went to the front door listening to what no one else could hear. It was the familiar sound of sand. "I can hear him now," she said in surprise. They followed her through the woods as she followed the sound of sand. They stopped at the edge of the trees leading to a clearing where a large group of men stood around with machetes.
Beyond the guards, they laid eyes on Bruno pouring sand in a circle with Andre standing close by. Mirabel came up with a plan instantly and began to whisper it out to her family. They listened intently, determined to finally save their tio.
In the field Bruno finished preparing his circle and sat inside it facing the middle. Dante excitedly sat across from him. "Keep an eye out Andre. The guys will listen to you if those brats show up." Andre nodded gripping his weapon tight as he stepped away from the circle.
Bruno lit the small piles of leaves and sticks in front of him. He then held out his hands for Dante to take. He closed his eyes and concentrated as his eyes turned a bright shining green. The sky grew dark and the wind picked up blowing the sand around them into a dome. He opened his eyes and green projected on to the moving sand.
Dante watched in wonder at the images in front of him. The first was of a small army of men with machetes walking through the entrance of the encanto. A deep fear started to settle inside Bruno. The next image was of people running in terror. Then Isabela, Pepa, Luisa, and Felix fighting the men. Dolores, Mirabel, Julieta, and Agustin leading people to safety. Camilo being choked by Andre. The last image Bruno could stomach was his mother, with dread on her face, about to be killed by Dante.
"Noooo!" Bruno cried out as if he was feeling the worst torment imaginable. The sand dispersed and a green rectangle formed in his hands with the last image of a machete about to kill his mother. He curled in on himself sitting on his knees. "Please no!" He shrieked, weakly letting the image lay on the ground as a wave of grief hit him. He dug his forehead into the ground sobbing loudly.
Hands grabbed his shoulders trying to lift him up. "Leave me alone!" Bruno screamed trying to pull away.
"Tio," Camilo said hurriedly. "We need to go!" The boy tried to forcibly pull Bruno to his feet. The prophet was in a daze as everything moved in slow motion. He stood as his nephew grabbed his wrist and pulled him around the men struggling to free themselves from vines. Dolores, Mirabel, and Luisa sat on horses waiting for the others to come to them.
Isabela made the pants grow strong and had entrapped Dante as soon as the sand had dispersed. Camilo tried to pull his tio faster, but Bruno began to resist. He couldn't leave, not now that he knew what was going to happen. He had to stay and convince Andre and Dante to reconsider what they were going to do. He could figure out why they were going to do this and change their minds.
It occurred to Bruno that maybe this rescue and his escape would be the cause of the such a horrific future. He couldn't let it happen. "Let me go!" He yelled trying to pull away from his nephew's grip. Unfortunately, due to lack of food, proper sleep, and terrible injuries, Bruno wasn't very strong. He dragged his feet and tried to jerk his arm away.
"Tio stop!" Camilo said trying to pull him forward toward the horses. "We're here to help you!"
"No!" Bruno yelled jerking his hand free trying to run the other way. He truly did want to be with his family, but not at the risk of their lives. He was willing to give them up for their safety.
Camilo wrapped his arms around his tio's waist trying to lift and pull him back. "Hurry up!" Isabela shouted having trouble concentrating on restraining so many people.
"Luisa, a little help here!" Camilo called making slow progress in getting Bruno to safety. Nervous to be around the men with weapons, she took a deep breath, jumped off the horse, and ran toward them. She picked both of them up under her arms and made a mad dash back to the horses.
Camilo climbed up behind Dolores. Luisa wrapped her arm around her tio's arms trapping them against his body as he kicked and shouted to be let go. Once they were ready Isabela broke concentration and jumped on to the horse with Mirabel. They rode fast and far before the men were able to free themselves.
Andre was enraged. He was about to take off to get his lover back when Dante stopped him. "Be patient," He said with a smile handing his friend the image of the vision. "You'll get him back soon." The carpenter looked at the image and smiled dangerously. The Madrigals were about to meet their end.