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CHAPTER TEN
It was morning and Nathan was waiting in the hall for Belle to arrive, and when she arrived they went down together. He walked over to the girl and he could see that she was now exhausted and fatigued. He looked into her eyes and the eyes that were inside were still there but not as strong as they once were. There was no sound of bravado now, and there were no screams or laughing, the mirror had done its work, and it had almost drawn out all the evil that was inside her body, more would leave today, but it would be this night that would get rid of the beast. Nathan walked to the bench, and pulled out of the box a long chain, and the chain had shackles on one end, and with two feet of chain between the shackles. He handed it to Belle put that on one ankle, and then after you have taken her bond off the other clip it to her other ankle, and leaving her still attached to the cross. He then took out a collar with a pair of cuffs attached, and slipped it around the girls throat and fastened the buckles. He looked down and saw that Belle was ready, then he took a wrist out of the cross bonds and put it in the neck cuff, and did the same with the other. Then after he nodded once more Belle released the other foot, and after walking her slowly across to the frame, she was shackled once more. The props were placed back in the box once more, and Belle left the room.
Nathan walked over to the chair and sat down and waited for the Mistress to arrive and carry out her task. It was over an hour before she arrived, and she walked past where Nathan was sitting and around to the front of the girl, again there were no remaining marks. She looked into the girl’s eyes and could see the internal eyes looking back at her, but now instead of showing defiance, the eyes showed fear, and they were small as if in retreat. She had no need to ask Nathan what it meant, she knew that she was winning the battle, and there was not much longer to go. This task was taking her strength, because as soon as her head hit the pillows last night her eyes had closed in tiredness. She looked at Nathan, and he looked back and nodded, so she walked over to the wall and took hold of the whip. On turning, she glanced one more time at Nathan, and walked over to take up her mark.
There was nothing to look at but the whiteness of the girls back. Without any kind of warning the whip whistled its way to the target, the crack at the end was deafening when it broke the silence. Snap! But the reaction from the girl was even worse, because the wailing scream would have chilled the hottest blood. Nathan looked at the Mistress for a reaction, but her business-like manner would not allow her to show an expression of any description. Snap! The mistress watched her body jerk, as if it had just had a pulse of electricity run through it. Snap! The whip cut the air and bruised the skin, but the Mistress knew that when she comes back for the second session, the marks would have faded. On each of the strikes now there was no sound, and the Mistress realised that on the first the beast was not ready, and the girl felt the full force. But once again the beast was looking after its host, and taking her pain away. So the beast is blind without the host’s eyes, then that means he can be tormented and that will mean that he will get weak. Then not realising, she had stopped the session, and Nathan was looking at her, but he could see that she was thinking and gave her time. He saw a whisper of a smile cross her lips, and Nathan’s mind went back to when he was in the same place as he was now, but as a child, and he remembered his mother giving the same hint of knowing, and once again he relaxed his body. Snap! The whip struck the soft flesh on the rear of the thighs, and once again there was that distinctive wail. Several more strikes followed in quick succession, and the Mistress saw the girl’s head drop, so too did Nathan, and they both knew that the girl was now unconscious and that was no good to anyone. It did mean however that the beast was getting weak, and today would probably be the last day of the whipping. Nathan stood up and walked over to the girl and stood in front of her, he put his hand under her chin and lifted her face, the eyes were closed and he used the smelling salts to wake her up. Holding her head in that same position he looked into her dull eyes, and in the distance he could see the beast, but it was tired and he knew that the next session on the girl’s rear would put him in full retreat, and the last session of the day would be the end. Nathan could see the pain and tiredness in her eyes, and he could also see the unasked questions, but there was nothing he could say to help her to understand her plight. He gently lowered her head and said “Sleep, it is almost over, and your soul will soon be free once more.” Nathan walked to the wall once more and sat down, and when the Mistress looked at him, he shook his head from side to side. The Mistress coiled the whip and walked over to the wall replacing it once more, and then without a word to Nathan she walked out of the room. Nathan pointed at the wall and the Mirror turned around, and before his eyes he could see the evil escaping back to the hell it come from. He was sitting there a long time and then the mirror turned on its own accord, and when the panelled wall appeared he stood up. Once again he walked to the front of the girl, and she was looking back at him with sleepy eyes, “Sleep, and get all the rest you can while the evil sleeps,” he watched as her eyes dropped and she was hanging by her bonds.
Then as he was walking towards the door he heard the Mistress say, “Yes Timothy, it is you that has my compassion.” Nathan smiled and walked out the door.
As he walked out of the door in the hall, the Mistress watched as he locked the door just by touching it, then she asked, “You have been down there a long time Timothy, is everything ok?”
“Yes Donna Marie, all is as it should be. You were very clever to spot the floor in the beast’s resolve, and mother is pleased, you are learning your trade well, and the Charter House has nothing to fear. The next session will be short, because once she is turned to face her soul once more, the end will be close. At midnight the agents of the Charter House will arrive to take her to her salvation.”
“How will the agents know Timothy?”
He smiled as if he had a secret, “They just know.” He walked towards the main door just as Penny was walking in. “Just the person, we will go for a walk Penny, the tractor has to be picked up, it will give us an appetite.” He then took hold of her hand and walked out the door.
After lunch the Mistress walked down with Nathan once more, inside the room Nathan walked over to the front of the girl. He looked at her face and could not help but see the tiredness and pain, and her mind crying out for answers, Nathan knew that there were none that could satisfy her silent curiosity. He walked away leaving her in state of confusion, and stepped over to the chair by the wall. The Mistress watched him as he sat down, and it was then she walked to the wall and retrieved the whip. She walked back and stood on her mark throwing the whip out at the same time. Then without waiting her normal time, she sent the whip down towards the girl knowing that it would strike her back. There was no scream this time, the beast was using all his strength to hold in, and several more strokes later there was still not a sound coming from the girl. The Mistress was covering her body, and Nathan watched her stop and coil up the whip, she looked over at Nathan and then replaced the whip. The silence in the room was deafening, and all that could be heard was the footsteps of the Mistress as she walked out of the room. Once again Nathan pointed at the mirror and watched as it revolved around, and he remained seated as the evil flowed from her body. There was not so much now, because the mirror had drained all, and to lose the beast, the girl had to be facing her demons. The mirror revolved once more, and Nathan walked over to where the girl was hanging, and after pushing a brick on the paved floor, the frame revolved around and the girl was facing the mirror once more. He heard the click of the lock and the frame was fixed, and once again he stepped in front of the girl, once again he gently lifted her head and stared into her eyes. There was no more gloss, just the dull look of a person that is ill and week, he could no longer see the eyes of the beast, because he too was resting, but that would soon come to an end. Her eyes closed in tiredness and not to prolong her torment further, he lowered her head, and wondered if this young girl could hold on through the final act. Nathan walked away from the frame with the girl asleep and over to the door, and as he was about to walk through the lights dimmed on their own. At the top of the stairs he walked to the main door, and outside into the fresh air, then stepping away from the house, he went to the small garden and sat on the wall. “I know how you feel Timothy, as I have felt that very same sorrow that you’re feeling now. She is an innocent caught up in a battle to destroy you and the Mistress of Chrystal House, it is not right and it is unfair, it is abuse of the Beast’s powers. You know by the pages of time that you read in the sky at night, that you can never change destiny. You should never have had to go through all this pain, and it is my fault and I am sorry.”
“No Mistress you should never say that, I am not ashamed to be born with your compassion and knowledge. I have watched you as a child do all the things that Donna Marie is doing, but not once did I ever feel guilt. I know that the pages say that the girl will be fine and live, but I think the scars on her mind will never heal, and as long as I live I will always pray for her salvation. You know that I know more than Donna Marie will ever know, and that knowledge is important for the future of Chrystal house, but it is heavy burden on my shoulders.”
“Timothy even when I have passed the flame onto Donna Marie I will come and talk to you, just like my mother talked to me through my short life. But it will be yours and my secret, because Donna Marie will never need my love as much as you will, I will never leave you my Timothy, it is the compassion that will hold you and I together. Look up in the top window timothy.” He did and there in the window was the Mistress looking back at him, she smiled and then disappeared in front of his eyes. Nathan smiled and after standing up he walked to the house for evening meal.
It was in the doorway that he saw the Mistress, “Good evening Timothy, is there any time that suits you to commence downstairs?”
“No because tonight will be her last session, and I have looked into her eyes, and it will only take the minimum of strokes to get rid of the beast, his reign has expired. Once the girl has been removed, you will formally be the Mistress of Chrystal House.”
It was after the meal that Nathan and the Mistress walked into the punishment room. Nathan walked over to the girl and gently lifted her head, he looked into her eyes, “I see you beast, you are week and have no powers left, and the Mistress will send you back to where you came from, back with your Master.” Then he surprised the Mistress, by talking to the girl, “Hang in there, because your pain will soon be over, your salvation is near at hand.” He turned around and looked at the Mistress, “Six strokes only,” she saw the look in his eyes and nodded. Then as soon as he had sat down, the Mistress walked to the wall and fetched back her whip.
The Mistress stood in front of the girl, and without warning the whip curled and struck, the girl moaned because the beast could not protect her any more. Nathan looked at the Mistress and said, “Make her punishment quick, do not torment her because she has no protection.” The Mistress looked at Nathan, and could not understand him.
“Do as your brother tells you Donna Marie.” It was the voice of her mother and she sent five more fast strokes.
Nathan never waited for the Mistress to return the whip, and he pointed at the mirror and watched it turn around. Not a lot happened and then a run of liquid ran from her abdomen but only in the mirror. The Mistress had turned to look at the mirror, and as it was happening there was a painful deep voice, “I will be back bitch.” The mirror turned around and as it was doing so, Nathan took the girl down and carried her to the recovery table. He threw a sheet over her body, and she opened her eyes. Looking down at her he said, “Please forgive me.”
The girl was trying to say something and he got close and she whispered, “Please forgive me.”
“You have done nothing wrong to be forgiven for.” He then walked to the far wall and pulled back the invisible curtain. Two monks with a stretcher and a nun walked in, the monks placed the girl on the stretcher and walked back out, and as the nun walked past Nathan stopped her. She looked at him, and he placed two gold coins in her hand, “It is to help with her salvation Sister.” The Nun crossed herself and blessed him, and gave him forgiveness. He dropped the curtain and walked back to the Mistress. “You are now the Mistress of Chrystal House.”
Their mother appeared and said “You have no further need of me children, and Timothy remember what I have told you, it is our secret. Now it is time I had a sleep,” as she spoke the mirror opened and she walked through the hole in the wall. Then the mirror closed once more.
“What did mother mean Timothy when she spoke to you?”
He smiled “It is our secret, do you mind?”
“I would have it no other way.”
THE END
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