THE ISLAND WOLF - EPISODE 47

The screams and yells got louder as they walked down the stairs. The other ladies hurried down but Avril took her time. They traced the noise to the back of the house and walked there. Yes, the four of them were tied naked to a long and wide table. Avril gasped and stopped walking as she stared at the scene in front of her. Florescent lights illuminated the whole yard so they could see what was happening clearly.

The four of them had red marks all over their bodies. Avril guessed it had to be from whips or punches. But she was surprised when she found out it was from hot rods. They were placing hot rods on their skin. The rods were very long and some had extensions at the bottom, like metallic shapes. The top was placed on heat and the end of the rod was used to carry it.
“No,” she mumbled as a man wearing thick gloves, took a rod from the top of a barbecue grill and placed it on the shoulder of Anastasia. She screamed loudly and tears gushed out of her eyes, as her skin sizzled underneath the metal.
“Please, please, we’re sorry. We didn’t know,” Ani cried. His face was swollen and red. Avril held her shirt and squeezed it out of anxiety. She was wearing a pink top and jean pants.
She walked forward into the yard and saw that about ten men were watching, while two men were doing the job. Where was Alejandro?
She walked to her friends and clutched hard unto Chidi.
”Please, don’t hurt us anymore,” the other girl pleaded. It was like what she said made her a prey because, the man frowned at her and pinned a rectangular metal on her tummy. Avril winced and shut her eyes.
“You try to mess up the master’s woman and you think you can go scot free?” he asked with an evil grin.
“We didn’t know. We didn’t know,” Ani cried again. The man scoffed and went to take another rod.
“That’s enough,” came Alejandro’s calm voice. They all looked to the left and saw him approaching. A cigar in his mouth and two huge men behind him. A trail of thick smoke was left behind from the cigar he was smoking. He walked to the table and stared at their bodies. They were panting heavily and their fear doubled. He took a drag and slowly blew out foggy smoke over their bodies. They coughed and tried to wriggle free.
He took another drag, blew it out and walked around them. Avril was suddenly scared. What if he kills them?

“Give me the gloves,” he ordered without looking at anyone. One of the men who followed him brought out a pair of surgical gloves. Alejandro took and wore them, with his cigar tucked in between his teeth. The silence in the yard was killing. Everyone watched without a word. Even the preys on the table feared to cry or even breathe out.
Avril’s heart went from a normal race to a super fast one, with her heart beating against her chest vigorously. What was Alejandro going to do?

The same man that gave him gloves brought a tray and he began to pick up equipment used for surgery. He took a slim and new blade in one hand, and forceps in the other hand. He walked to Sam and looked at his face.
“Alejandro, please, we will never do that ag—” Sam tried to plead, but,
“Quiet,” Alejandro drawled. He nodded to the other bouncer, and he began to inject the people lying on the table.

“This is my highest form of Mercy, you won’t feel the pain,” Alejandro said and carried up Sam’s scrotum. He was going to castrate them, and circumcise the ladies. Avril couldn’t take the fright anymore. Her eyes closed and she fell to the floor.

It was close to midnight when she woke up. She had passed out for just an hour, and everything was over when she woke up. She looked around the room and wondered why the lights were turned off. Only the bedside lamp was illuminating her face. She sat up and groaned as she rubbed her neck.
She was hungry again and needed to eat that very minute. She didn’t get to finish her dinner earlier. If only she was still with Dakar, he would have spoilt her silly with food, just like he always did. Oh! How she missed her wolf!

“Wait! My wolf bracelet!” she startled and jumped off the bed. She ran to the closet and flung it open. She couldn’t see well, so she traced the lights switch and turned it on. She went back to the closet, opened the bag she had placed them in earlier and sighed in relief. They were still intact. And by they, the ring is included. She picked her bracelet first, kissed it and wore it. Then, she picked up the ring. If only she was not stupid enough to leave it behind earlier. She would have saved herself the beating and molestation. And maybe, those people would not have undergone that barbaric incident.

She wore the ring and walked to the mirror. Her eye was black now, but not swollen as before. It still hurt badly and sore when she was blinking. The rest of her body hurt too, but she decided to ignore the pain. She crept out of the room and straight to the kitchen. The maids had cleared off the leftovers, so there was nothing left. Avril had to improvise. She opened the fridge and took out three large apples, a yoghurt bottle, a bunch of bananas and pack of blueberries. The fridge was filled with fruits and no junk food, so Avril knew Alejandro’s preference already. She took a bowl and sliced the bananas in, diced the apples in and poured the blueberries into the bowl. She grabbed a spoon, the bottle of yoghurt and the bowl, then headed out of the kitchen.

Avril poured the yoghurt into the bowl and began to scoop them into her mouth. Her plan was to do the mixing in the living room, after turning on the television. But her stomach controlled her hands to do the mixing in the hallway. As she scooped bananas and yoghurt into her mouth, and walked without looking at her front, she bumped into something. Or someone.
“Hmm,” Alejandro grunted and she raised her eyes to look at him. She shifted back immediately. He still terrified her.

“I’m sorry… I … I wasn’t looking,” she stuttered and dropped the spoon back into the bowl.
“Eating my fruits and bumping into me too. Cool,” he drawled and she gulped down.
“I’m sorry,” she apologized again.
“Yeah? Why are you eating by midnight?” he asked.
“I was hungry,” she answered.
“Hmm,” he grunted again. His eyes trailed down to his ring on her finger.
“I see you’re back to carrying the ring,” he said.
She didn’t answer.
“You don’t have to wear it at night, though,” he added.
“I have to. I don’t know what will happen anymore,” she mumbled.

Alejandro chuckled and turned around. He began to walk away and Avril waited for him to go far before she walked too.

After her little meal, she watched TV and felt sleep. She was scared that Alejandro would touch her again. So, slept off on the couch. Few minutes later, Alejandro came down in a maroon silky robe and saw Avril asleep on the couch. He carried her up and took her to the room, laid her on the bed then covered her with the duvet. He stared at her peaceful face and chuckled. She was such a naive, yet feisty girl. He was never going to let her skin turn red anymore, talk more of letting her blood sip out.