Chapter 18

My pain, your thrill

Kol was sitting on the couch having a drink. The TV was on but he didn't really pay any attention to it. He could still hear Selene's quiet sobbing. He didn't like it. It almost made him feel…well, it almost made him feel. That was more than enough. But it needed to be done. She had to understand who was in charge. Why would he care about her feelings, she was just a toy for heavens sake! An interesting toy sure, but still just a toy. He has had many toys before. He always managed to break them, sooner or later. They had no other purpose than entertain him until we would get bored. Why would she be any different?

But he still didn't want to hear her crying anymore so he might as well take a walk. Kol emptied his class and headed out. He wasn't sure where he was going. Perhaps back to that coffee house. For some reason that seemed like a good idea. Kol stepped in and looked for the guy who had been talking with Selene. Kol had a feeling that he might still be here. And he was, sitting on a table talking to some other girl. The guy was maybe in his mid twenties; he had brown eyes and short brown hair. He was smiling to the girl charmingly. Kol sat on their table.

"What…" the guy started before he recognized him.

Kol looked into the girl's eyes.

"Please excuse us sweetheart."

"Sure", the girl said and left. The guy tried to leave as well.

"Not you", Kol said calmly.

"Look man, I didn't know she was taken…"

"Quiet", Kol said smiling. "Now, I want you to be honest, what were you planning to do with her?"

"She seemed lonely and desperate so I thought I could bang her", the guy said and looked shocked.

"Bang her?" Kol repeated calmly.

"Yeah, you know how it is; those innocent looking ones are usually the biggest sluts. I bet she would have given it to me after a drink and some sweet-talk."

Kol smiled.

"Hmm, I see. Now here's what I want you to do, walk out and wait until you see a bus coming. Then jump in front of it, do you understand?"

"Sure", the guy said and stood up.

Kol really wanted to kill that guy with his own hands but this would be cleaner. He sat there and waited until the screaming started. He stood up and walked out. What a bloody mess. Kol smiled when he walked back to the hotel. He entered the suite and listened. No sobbing. Good. He opened the bedroom door quietly. Selene was sleeping. She was wearing that old Winnie the Pooh nightgown of hers. There were still tears on her cheek. Kol leaned closer and wiped them off. He looked at her for a moment and caressed her cheek. His pretty little doll.

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Selene took a long shower when she woke up. She didn't want to leave the bathroom at all. She didn't want to see that monster. He was probably thinking more ways to make her suffer. But what he had done to her last night… She had never thought that she could hate someone so much. That must have made his day, being able to humiliate her like that. But she refused to cry anymore. She turned the shower off and thought about getting dressed. But why would she do that? She wore her nightgown and got back to bed. What was the point of getting up? She had no idea what time it was when Kol walked in.

"Good morning sweetheart, time to get up. I got you some breakfast."

She didn't say anything or looked at him.

"Selene?" he said. He sounded annoyed.

"Why?" Selene asked coldly.

"Excuse me?"

"Why would I get up? So you can find some new ways to torture me?"

Kol smiled.

"Oh, sweetheart, obviously you don't know what torturing is. But I can show you if you want, there is a lot of staff in this hotel, I'm sure I can borrow one of them…"

"Just stop it! Force me to get up if that's what you want, I don't care. I'm done being your plaything."

Kol was grinning.

"Really now? Do I need to remind you that you made that deal with me, no one forced you to do that. But if you want to break it, you should know that there will be consequences. First I will go to that hospital where your…shall we say a little unstable, brother is. Jason right? I will rip his heart out and make him watch how it stops beating. Then I will find your other brother, your friends, teachers, co-workers, everyone who you have ever cared about. I will make them curse your name before they die…"

"No!"

Selene lost all control. She jumped up and attached him. She scratched, hit and kicked him as hard as she could.

"You monster! I hate you!"

Her sudden attack seemed to surprise him. Then he grabbed her hands smiling coldly.

"Well, well, what a little wildcat you are. Perhaps you need to be tamed."

He threw her on the bed and pinned her wrists above her head.

"Get off me!" she yelled trying to free her hands.

He seemed amused. That made her even angrier. She was squirming under him trying to kick him. He held her still. Suddenly she stopped. She could felt his arousal. He leaned closer and she could saw lust in his dark eyes. Then he was kissing her. That caught her off guard. She wasn't sure was she kissing him back. She felt his hand on her thigh sliding under her nightgown. She was breathing faster. He was kissing her neck. Then it hit her. What was she doing?

"Stop."

He raised his head and looked at her.

"Please get off me", she said as calmly as she could.

She couldn't interpret his expression. Then he smirked and stood up.

"You are such a tease sweetheart. But thank you, I enjoyed that. Now you and I are going to have some breakfast. You can have 15 minutes to get ready."

He walked to the door.

"Oh, and one more thing. If you ever raise your hand at me again, you will learn what torture really means."

Selene started to shake when he closed the door. She wasn't sure what had happened. She had never been so angry before and then… No, it wasn't possible. How could she possibly want him after everything he had done to her? He was a monster. She must never forget that.