Waiting for Superman ~ Part 3 (3rd & Final Book of Hero or Hellian Trilogy)

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I have no clue what the day is but I do know that it is was cold and evidence of winter came when Merlin and his minions came to the cellar. Snow was always on their boots.

For months I had remained silent until the day came when I received a new form of punishment. I remember feeling numb as I was leaned over an anvil before Merlin said a prayer and then I made the first sound I had in months.

My screams shattered the air as I was whipped with a cat-o-nine whip.

No longer was I numb but I wondered if I had died and was in hell.

Tears stung my dry cheeks as I screamed and cried until I was blessed with unconsciousness once again.

When I awoke I was covered in blankets but was in great pain in the darkness and I wondered if I was blind until the lights came on and down came Merlin.

He sat down in a chair near me and said, "I don't enjoy doing this. You need to tell me so I can save you."

Tears once again fall and all I can say is, "Kill me, please." My voice is so hoarse and doesn't even seem like me talking.

Merlin just looks at me and shakes his head before leaving.

I receive lashes until I pass out five more times and I know he enjoys it because it is the only time be defeats me and has me screaming in agony.

The last time I awoke Merlin was waiting there and I knew others were in the room but Merlin looked at me and said, "The evil inside of you won't leave because it is trapped in your loins. Tomorrow we will surgically remove it."

I knew what he meant because I remember reading a horrific murder story about this sort of mutilation and honestly I was scared stiff. I had to die today. I did not want to suffer this sort of inhumane pain.

I could only stare at the walls until they left and turned off the lights and it was then that I began to plead and beg for death between sobs until they arrived the next morning.

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