Bound Angel Bound Demon

by Claire Spoors

  “I still don’t understand.”

  Marie stood up and held out her hand to Alex. “Come with me, let me show you something.”

  Alex was intrigued and followed Marie down the hall into a little room at the back of her cottage. The room didn’t seem to have windows; the walls were covered in fabric and one wall was filled with shelves of books from floor to ceiling. There was a sofa covered with fluffy cushions, which looked a bit strange and didn’t seem to fit with the rest of the room. Marie looked at her and smiled when she noticed Alex looking at the sofa.

  “I know it’s not right, but it’s comfortable and I spend a lot of time in here, when I’m not making clothes,” said Marie.

  Alex smiled back and looked around the room, she noticed that on the floor there was some kind of shrine.

  Marie handed Alex a drink, “Sit down and I will explain,” she said.

  Alex sat. She could see why Marie had said it was comfortable.

  “Alex do you believe in magical things, spells and hexes?” asked Marie.

  Alex looked at her and wondered if Marie was for real, she’d always had the sense she was different, but not strange in the head.

  “I’m not sure. I’ve seen films with magic and witchcraft and wizards and I would like to believe some of it’s true. They must have to get their ideas from somewhere,” Alex replied, not quite sure where this was going.

  “Well . . . Alex, I’m a witch, a pagan one, I practice Wicca, or whatever you want to call it. Other than Gary, you’re the only other person I’ve told,” said Marie as she sat down next to Alex, looking at her and waiting for a reaction.

  Alex gave her a friendly glance and took a sip of her drink, “That’s why you could see my future?” asked Alex, trying not sound like she thought Marie was crazy.

  “That’s right, there was something when we first meet, something I sensed in you but wasn’t sure about, I wanted to get to know you better first. You and Gary are meant to be together, always, I can see it and this adventure you are both on is making you stronger, but I sense trouble brewing. Something to do with Gary which I can’t quite make out, but every time we meet this feeling of danger is getting stronger, as though it’s going to happen soon,” said Marie.

  “Marie, we are both great, there’s nothing wrong, don’t worry, nothing is going to happen.” Alex put her hand on Marie’s shoulder, who shuddered.

  “It’s you! Something’s going to happen to you!” Marie said.

  Alex felt a twinge of anxiety. “Are you sure Marie, what’s going to happen to me?” she asked.

  “I don’t know, I can’t work it out,” said Marie. “Come, let me try something to see if I can make it clearer,” she said and fetched one of the books off the shelf and then began to put things on the shrine.

  “How long have you been practicing witchcraft?” asked Alex.

  “It’s a skill passed down through families, that part you see in films is true, plus everyone is born with a bit of magic in them, it’s just whether you choose to ignore it or use it,” she answered. “Come Alex I know this is a little much to take in, but I’m worried. . .” Marie gestured for Alex to sit by her in front of the shrine.

  Alex got up and knelt down by Marie, she didn’t want to upset her, plus a little part of her believed that what Marie was saying could have some truth to it.

  “I’m going to try to see if I can discover what is going to happen,” Marie held Alex’s hand and began to chant some words over the things she’d collected on the shrine.

  Alex watched as Marie’s eyes seemed to glaze over and the chanting became hard to follow. Alex wasn’t sure if the drink was affecting her but she couldn’t help but believe that this magic was real in some way. What felt like 15 minutes passed with Marie in a trance, then she came out of it.

  Marie looked at Alex, “I can’t make it out, it’s like there’s someone else involved but I can’t see them, and it’s like they haven’t quite finished what they are planning. I just keep getting the end picture, which is something to do with you, I can’t see what it is, but I know it’s trouble,” said Marie.

  “I’m sure I will be ok, Marie. I can’t see Gary letting me get into danger, he always knows where I am,” said Alex trying to calm things down.

  “I’m sorry, Alex you must think I’m mad, let’s just forget about it for the time being and have some more drinks and a pleasant evening,” said Marie, but Alex could sense she was still troubled by her premonitions.

  “Come on then, let’s get out of this room for a bit,” said Alex standing up.

  They went into the living room, and soon the shrine and the warning were forgotten, Alex couldn’t help thinking Marie was a bit crazy, but she still was very fond of this wonderful lady, witch or not.

  Chapter Thirty

  Harry was back in his apartment, it had been three weeks since he’d had a proper day off. The first week he’d spent with Melissa, he was beginning to relax with her and he looked forward to getting to the club just to see her, letting her take control of him. More and more she’d got to him in a way he hadn’t planned on; she made him feel important to her, and in their sexual relationship he loved her punishing him, the pain made him feel exhilarated.

  During the evenings he was at the bar, working till the early hours and then straight home, a quick shower and off he went to the club. He didn’t want to be away from Melissa longer than he had to be.

  He was lying on the bed staring at the ceiling, part of him wanted to get up and go to Melissa. He was getting more confident with her, last week she’d let him take on the dominant role, she’d been his slave. He loved the power, but today he wanted to get back to why he joined the club in the first place, he couldn’t let these new desires distract him. His anger since seeing Tracey that day had been suppressed, he didn’t want Melissa picking up on it and stopping him carrying out his plan.

  He had managed to get Melissa to show him around the rest of the club, so he knew ways of going in and out without being seen. Plus he’d found out that the masters’ rooms didn’t have cameras. He’d also gone into some of the other rooms with other girls, and had seen that the cameras in those rooms all covered the same area. He’d loved trying out control and making the girls do things just for him, but was careful not to end up with Tracey, she would blow his cover.

  He’d gone over everything in his head, tweaking things over and over again until he knew it would work, he was just waiting for when he was sure Alex and Gary would be at the club, and he would be able to put his plan into motion.

  Today was the day.

  Chapter Thirty One

  Alex had been with Gary, or at Marie’s, nearly every day since that time with Harry. She wanted Gary to realize how much he meant to her and that she was willing to do anything to stay with him and show how strong their love was. They had stayed away from the club and spent some normal time together. Gary seemed happier, and the night with Harry became a distant memory.

  Gary was becoming comfortable with Alex spending time with her friends. He was letting go of his controlling fear of losing her to someone else.

  Alex had become close friends with Marie and loved spending evenings talking and laughing with her, more so since finding out about Marie’s other side. Alex now saw that she needed more than the club; she needed real friends who knew all about her life, both aspects of it. Gary had Ray, and Alex now had Marie.

  Over the last two weeks Marie had been introducing Alex to one of her passions. Alex didn’t really take it that seriously but didn’t want to upset Marie, even more so since Marie seemed to be more and more concerned about her.

  Marie was really into paganism and witchcraft; she had her own altar set up and books upon books on the subject. Alex listened to her talk about enchantments and curses but was never completely convinced.

  Marie had been on at her to let her try out another one of her enchantments, to help ease the tension between her and Gary, a true-love binding spell or something
like that, Marie believed it would keep them together forever, she had said “if I can’t work out what the trouble that is planned for you, I can at least help you and Gary in some way.”

  Marie didn’t really see the point, she and Gary were stronger than ever now, but she also didn’t want to disappoint her friend, so she agreed to go along with it. So Sunday night she went to Marie’s with a bag full of items requested by Marie: personal items of hers and Gary’s, along with other things such as a hair from each of their heads. Plus Alex brought wine, wine was always good on these occasions.

  Alex sat in Marie’s room watching Marie mixing and binding things, not really understanding any of it, but she was happy to drink the wine and act as though her friend was doing her a great service.

  Smoke rose from a bowl, and Marie chanted some words that Alex could hardly hear. Alex didn’t know if it was too much wine, or the fumes from the smoke, but she felt suddenly giddy, the room began to swirl around her.

  The next thing she knew was that Marie was standing over her tapping her cheek.

  “You ok?” she asked.

  “What happened?” said Alex groggily.

  “Not sure, but I was just finishing up and I turned round and you had collapsed, maybe it’s part of the magic,” said Marie helping Alex to sit up.

  ”Or maybe it’s too much wine on an empty stomach,” laughed Alex.

  “Sorry I forgot the food, come let’s leave this and go and get something to eat, I can’t let you go back to Gary like this. He won’t let you visit me again,” said Marie with a laugh.

  “Gary isn’t that bad, you know, he just worries that’s all,” said Alex. They went into the kitchen, and ate a big salad and homemade bread, which Marie had prepared earlier.

  “That’s better: food and wine, and conversation with a good friend. Cheers!” said Alex.

  “Cheers! Do you feel any different, since my enchantment?” asked Marie.

  “No, I don’t think so, but maybe that means it worked,” said Alex not wanting to offend Marie.

  “Well if not, we will just have to try again another time.”

  “Marie, I think maybe we should just leave it. I appreciate that I have you to talk to, that’s a big help, believe me,” Alex smiled at her friend.

  “You’re right, why mess with something that doesn’t need fixing, come let’s watch a chick flick and drink some more wine,” laughed Marie.

  Alex loved her new best friend.

  On the way home in the taxi, Alex still felt strange, but didn’t read too much into it. When she got home the house was in darkness, Gary must have gone to bed. Alex went upstairs and found Gary lying in bed reading.

  “How was your night?” Gary asked.

  “You know Marie, trying one of her spells, or whatever, again. But we ended up eating some nice food and watching a film.”

  “What was she trying to solve this time?” asked Gary laughing, as Alex came over to him.

  “Us, she wanted to do some sort of love spell,” said Alex.

  “Love spell? We don’t need a love spell do we?” said Gary pulling Alex down onto the bed.

  “No we don’t, but I didn’t want to upset Marie, so I played along. It was good to watch anyway,” she said and kissed Gary.

  “I think you’ve had too much to drink, you look pale,” said Gary pulling back from the kiss.

  “More than likely, but since when has that stopped us from catching up,” said Alex.

  Gary smiled and kissed her, this time it lasted longer, both of them closed their eyes and became lost in the kiss. Warmth ran from their lips and tingled throughout their whole bodies. They began to strip, still kissing, and soon they were making love.

  When Alex woke up it was still dark out, she was wrapped around Gary who was asleep. She pulled free of him, her mouth was dry and she needed a drink of water. She went into the bathroom and ran the tap before filling a glass with water. She took a couple of sips and looked at herself in the mirror, she still looked pale. Marie’s wacky smoke, thought Alex, and went back into the bedroom and put the glass of water on the nightstand.

  Gary opened his eyes and looked at Alex. “What time is it?” he asked.

  “It’s still early, I just needed a drink of water, go back to sleep,” said Alex.

  He sat up and switched on the lamp and looked at her. “You sure you’re ok?” he asked.

  “I’m fine it must have been that funny smoke at Marie’s, I don’t think it agreed with me,” said Alex.

  “It must be catching, because my mouth is dry as well,” said Gary as he reached for Alex’s glass.

  “Well at least she’s done something then, maybe not quite what was supposed to happen,” said Gary. “Let’s get some sleep, we are going to the club in the morning.”

  Alex was soon fast asleep. It was late morning before they both woke up again, they never usually slept that long.

  “We must have needed some rest,” said Gary.

  “Well I feel better than I did last night,” said Alex, she was up and quickly getting her corset and stockings on.

  Gary watched her getting dressed. “Alex, just wear the underwear and don’t bother with anything else. It means I can get going faster, with what I have in mind for today.” He had a cheeky glint in his eye.

  “Well master I can’t wait either,” said Alex and grabbed one of his suit jackets and put it on. ”Just so I don’t get cold on the journey,” she explained.

  Chapter Thirty Two

  Alex was lying face down on the rug in Gary’s room at the club. Her master had bound her arms behind her back from her elbows down to her wrists, and now he was binding her ankles together, he lifted them up and attached them to the rope that bound her arms together.

  “You look lovely hogtied, this is such a turn on.” Gary helped her up so she could sit back on her knees. He gently began to kiss her neck and the exposed skin of her chest. Alex could feel she was tied tight, and she was totally under his control.

  There was a knock at the door, Alex looked up.

  “Who’s there?” shouted Gary and he didn’t sound happy, this wasn’t planned. Alex couldn’t hear the voice very clearly. Gary got up and walked over to answer the door. It was Ray.

  “What is it?” asked Gary.

  “Not here Gary, please,” Ray wanted him out of Alex’s earshot.

  “Wait, I’ll be right there,” said Gary. He closed the door and walked back to Alex. “Don’t worry this won’t take long.”

  “What’s going on?” asked Alex feeling uncomfortable. Gary could sense her concern.

  “It’s nothing, I’ll just go with Ray and sort out whatever the little problem is, and I’ll be straight back. You don’t know how much of a turn on you are right now and I don’t want to be gone for long. Stay like this for me my angel and I’ll be back in a minute,” said Gary. He picked up a blindfold and tied it over her eyes. “This will build up the anticipation until I return,” he said and kissed her softly on the lips.

  Alex listened as Gary closed the door. The room fell silent.

  “What happened?” Gary asked Ray outside the room.

  “Follow me,” said Ray. They walked along the corridor towards one of the other rooms. Gary heard Melissa trying to calm down a girl who was crying. Gary entered the room and saw Tracey crying and Melissa holding her, attempting to comfort her.

  “I have got Briggs looking at the cameras now,” said Ray.

  Gary went over to Tracey. Melissa stood up. Tracey was covered in bruises and blood, her face swollen.

  “Who’s did this? What happened Tracey?” asked Gary but she couldn’t stop crying. “It’s ok, you’re safe now, just tell me who it was and we’ll find them and sort it.”

  Tracey looked up at Gary and then at Ray. “It’s Nathan, he was here,” sobbed Tracey. “He’s found me, you said he wouldn’t find me Ray, you said no one knows about this place, well he found me. . .”

  Ray walked over to her and held her. “I’m sorry,
but we’ll work this out, this won’t happen again,” said Ray.

  “Who’s Nathan?” Gary asked.

  “He’s her ex-boyfriend, a right nutcase, that’s why she left him. Ray helped her build her confidence back up,” said Melissa.

  “And why didn’t I know anything about this?” said Gary.

  “Well, it didn’t seem relevant at the time when I introduced her to you, because we had sorted her past out; well at least I thought we had,” said Ray.

  “Is he still in the house?” Gary asked.

  “We are waiting for Briggs to let us know once he’s checked the cameras,” said Ray.

  There was a knock and another younger man appeared at the door.

  “What is it?” asked Melissa.

  “Mr Briggs sent me, he’s got a print-out of the man that he thinks came from the young lady’s room, he is just trying to track where he’s gone now.”

  The young man passed the picture to Ray. “Is this him Tracey?” asked Ray showing her the picture. Tracey nodded.

  “Melissa, please take Tracey to the office and call for an ambulance from there,” said Ray. Ray showed the picture to Gary.

  “This is Nathan?” asked Gary. Tracey said yes.

  Gary looked at Ray and Melissa. “This is Harry, he told us his name was Harry. Ray quick get Briggs. I think I know where he is.” Gary ran out of the door and towards his room.

  Chapter Thirty Three

  Alex was still kneeling, waiting for Gary’s return. Her senses were heightened but she couldn’t hear Gary or Ray’s voice’s outside the door, they had moved away.

  Then she heard the door open, Gary’s come back, she thought, at least he hadn’t been too long. She heard his footsteps coming nearer, then she felt his hands on her back, running his fingertips over her skin and the rope that bound her. But it didn’t feel right, her blindfold was removed, and as things came into focus she realised it wasn’t Gary in the room with her. It was Harry.