POSSESSION: The Hidden Omega In All Alphas' Academy [BL]-Chapter 175: Thank Goodness

[FLASHBACK: 13 Years Ago, Remsworth Mansion]

{TRIGGER WARNING: CHILD ABUSE, Read at your own discretion}

Despite head butler Rick’s pleas for mercy, Lorelia didn’t bat an eye at him because she had already made up her mind to take her cruel revenge against a vulnerable, small boy who had accepted his bitter fate only for the sake of protecting her son. Helplessly when her horsewhip was brought there, as per her command, the head butler took Aiden away in his unconscious state still wrapped in Barnes’s shirt.

Before losing his senses, Aiden had clenched onto Barnes’s hand, as if even in that tremendous pain, he was still fearing the possibility of being his ’bunny’ taken away from him.

Butler Rick’s hands trembled a little when he unleashed Aiden’s hold from Barnes’s small wrist, it made Barnes sob bitterly for a while. When his glance fell on those dark red burnt scars formed on Aiden’s soft neck skin, he could muster his inner courage, pondering that at least this time, he made the best decision by letting Aiden get away from there.

Finally separating those two, the second both the head butler and maid fearfully stepped out of the room, closing the door behind them, the loud noise of smashing the horsewhip reverberated strongly even outside the room, making painful shivers run down their spine.

Just like Lorelia intended, she brutally smashed her whips on Barnes’s fragile bareback, leaving big painful wounds all over him. Not only whipping, but she slapped him fiercely and even countlessly kicked him on his stomach with her high heels until Barnes coughed out blood.

But no matter how much she tormented that poor child, Barnes didn’t let a whimper escape from his mouth, as if he had already mustered his inner courage to deal with everything she might do with him tonight.

~ "WHY? WHY ARE YOU ENDURING THIS CRAZY WOMAN’S TORTURE!? IF YOU CAN’T FIGHT HER BACK, AT LEAST RUN AWAY YOU STUPID PUNK! DON’T JUST STAY PUT AND TAKE THE BEATING! SHE WILL KILL YOU AT THIS RATE! IF YOU CAN’T FIND STRENGTH, AT LEAST LET ME TAKE OVER YOUR BODY SO WE CAN ESCAPE!!"

Unlike usual, his wolf Jules painfully growled inside him this time, as if he couldn’t bear to watch the torture he was put through, without any mistake in the first place. But despite his pleas, Barnes didn’t show any sign of fighting back or escaping and continued taking those cruel beatings, with a resolve his life depended upon.

’If I let her hurt me as much as she wants...she won’t touch Master Aiden anymore... I don’t care if I die tonight, but I must protect Master Aiden...because...he’s too precious for me, more than my own life...’

~ "BARNES! GET UP! AND ACCEPT MY SUGGESTION, YOU FOOL! PLEASE DON’T DIE..."

Despite his strong determination, his wolf’s loud painful cries made him realize even though he sounded cranky and rude most of the time, Jules had always deeply cared for Barnes.

When the realization hit him, a small trembling smile curved his lips which immediately caught Lorelia’s attention, making her stomp his face with her pointed heel!

"How dare you fuckin’ smile when I am beating the shit out of you, rascal? And why? Why aren’t you making a sound? You’re bleeding from everywhere...yet still, you won’t beg for your life to me? How dare you little twerp!?"

With another violent kick on his face, she smashed Barnes’s pointed nose from which he started bleeding profusely. But gritting her jaws, Barnes endured the torment with the only thought echoing in his mind, ’It will all end soon...I have faced many more beatings before...I won’t die just from this. I have to live...at least...for once, I want to see...Master Aiden...’

Despite breaking his nose, and making him bleed from every part of his body, Lorelia still didn’t feel satisfied since she didn’t hear a single sound of his whimper, nor he tried to beg before her.

Getting frustrated by his strong resolve after over a few hours of her heinous torture, Lorelia tossed away the bloodied whip and gnawed at him, "Looks like you’re quite thick-skinned to still survive this without a cry, huh? Fine, I don’t wish to waste my energy anymore. Since you did endure it well, I will not touch Aiden tonight anymore.

"But, get out of my mansion right at this moment. And mark my words, if I ever see you again around my Aiden, I am going to crush and skin you alive...Got it? This is what pests like you deserve, so be grateful that I spared your life at least!"

When she was done with her grumble, Lorelia kicked on his bloodied battered body lying down on the floor one more time, making a big scar form on his forehead as blood started streaming down from it. She gallantly walked outside the room, leaving him brutally injured with his eyes half-open, with a glistening ray of hope in them.

’She won’t touch...Master Aiden...Did I hear it right? I...I couldn’t save him from getting burnt, but now...I...I succeeded, right?’

"BARNES!!"

With his senses that had started to blur out from gruesome pain, Barnes heard the sharp voice of the head butler rushing inside the room the second Lorelia stepped out. Reaching him close and wrapping his battered body with a coat he had carried along, the head butler sobbed painfully after watching this pitiful boy’s miserable state. ƒrēewebnoѵёl.cσm

But before his senses would lose completely, Barnes clenched onto the head butler’s arm with his trembling fingertips, and forced himself to speak in a wrecked voice, "D-D-Did you...g-get a...d-d-doctor...f-for M-Ma-ster Aiden...S-Sir? I-Is he...s-safe?"

"You stupid boy! You’re almost on the verge of death and now...you’re still worried about Young Master? How can someone be so selfless...so...(Hic)..." His words trailed off when the head butler started sobbing hard, hugging Barnes’s body tightly in his arms, and spoke in a low murmur, "Yes...he’s safe now. The doctor has treated his scars...h-he will be fine soon again...So don’t worry about that anymore...okay?"

"T-Thank...goodness..." A trembling smile was the last thing Barnes retained before losing consciousness in his broad arms.