AllFreeNovel
Share Us
The master’s been playing with me, withus, all along.
There’s no escaping his claws.
“Why did you leave me, Alice?” His words drip with evil promise. “You knew the consequences. You should never have left.”
I turn my head to the side and from the shadows, the Cat approaches. I watch, wide-eyed and horrified as light is cast on his pristine, midnight blue suit. The stripes cut diagonally on his expensive tie as his sneer comes into focus.
One more step closer to the end.
“You should have listened, Alice.”
Before this moment, I struggled with my Master’s true identity. As the fog of Wonderland begins to clear, that mystery slowly ends, bringing with it a name. Dominic Chartreaux. The sight of my nightmare inducing Master makes me flinch and I lay there quietly assessing his intentions. His lean, sharp features, dark amber eyes, and black hair the color of his suit is forever etched into my memory. Along his upper lip runs a gnarled scar that trails upward along his cheekbone. The cruel twist to his grin freezes me on the spot.
Fantasy merges into reality and perfect clarity.
The truth is finally exposed.
* * *
My White Knight had disappeared,and I lay strewn in my hospital attire, strapped to the same mattress where I’d been forced to fuck just a few minutes ago. Dominic moved in circles around the edge of the bed as the strange echo began to fade.
“Why do you enjoy playing games with me, Alice? It’s not fair after everything I’ve given you, everything I’ve taught you.”
He’d taught me plenty. I’d never get that innocence back.
I wasn’t sure why, but my apprehension grew and so did my anxiety the longer he remained silent. My mind was fighting between reality and Wonderland, but deep inside I wasn’t sure if I wanted to wake up. I tried thinking back to Wonderland, but I was only able to remember little glimpses of the colorful rooms, the pristine decor, and those glittering cards that seemed to be the way into a magical realm. Yet, I knew Wonderland wasn’t what it seemed at the time. I was shocked to close my eyes and see glimpses of crumbling walls, punishment, and blood. There was something evil embedded in that place and it had everything to do with Dominic Chartreaux.
“Let me go.Please.I don’t want to be here anymore.”
“Tsk, Tsk.That’s impossible, Alice.” Slamming his fists down on the mattress as he loomed over me, impossibly large and menacing, he hissed his words. “You know too much.”
Shaking my head, my eyes opened wide as if I were still trying to take in what I was seeing. The golden rays that illuminated the room slowly started to dissipate, swirling in grays and a dimly familiar white padded wall.
No, it couldn’t be.
Goosebumps populated up and down my arms as his voice continued to taunt me, suggesting there was no escape. The more I watched him, the more his familiarity plagued and tormented my psyche.
Eyes wide, body tense, I watched him as I willed myself to remember the final pieces of this demented and unending puzzle. That was the moment everything clicked. The first real flash of the past became crystal clear. We were standing in his office and I was screaming at Dominic. We were having an argument and I felt a tinge of loneliness in that moment. Despair and betrayal like I’d never known before.
“You lied to me!”
“What are you talking about, Alice?” His calm demeanor only angered me more.
“Where are they? Where are the girls?” I demanded, no longer willing or able to believe his frequent lies.
“Like good pets, we’ve found them new homes.”
“They’re not animals!”
I lunged at him but one of his men grabbed my body, lifting me as I kicked in the air, scratching at his arms as I tried to get my hands on Dominic.
“Murderer!”
He smiled cruelly and gestured for the man to release his grip on me as my knees dropped to the floor. I was still held back by my upper arms, seething in disgust with the man I once thought was my whole world. The truth of Wonderland was revolting. Nothing but a cage of deplorable acts and mazes where the naive became lost and were never found. Including myself.
“You’re disgusting.”
“I don’t know where you’re getting all these stories. The girls are with their masters where they belong. Wherever your imagination has taken them doesn’t exist.” He signaled to the man behind me. “Go grab Absolem, I think Alice needs a bit of a reminder as to where she stands.”
