Dark Desire
Chapter 15
Brenda
slipped into Zander's room. She had been pacing in her own room for hours,
ever since Alcazar had sent her there. She had known, in her gut, that
something bad was going to happen to Zander, that Alcazar was going to punish
him for running away. But she had had to wait for her guard to fall asleep.
Now she closed the door to Zander's room and she was surprised to see the
lights were on. The bed covers were pulled down but the bed was empty. So was
the room. Then Brenda noticed that the light was on in the bathroom. She
opened the door and gasped at the sight before her.
"Zander!"
Brenda saw the blood pooled on the floor. Saw the shattered glass. She saw the
gash on his wrist and grabbed a towel and wrapped it around the wound.
"Zander...Zander!" Panic flared in Brenda as she searched for a
pulse on his neck. She almost wept when she found one, weak and thready, but
there. "Don't you die on me, Zander!" Brenda hissed at him, even as
she unclipped a cell phone from her belt. She had taken it off her guard
before coming to Zander's room. Now she punched in a number. When the person
answered Brenda explained the situation to him in clipped tones. Then she hung
up the phone, tossed it in the garbage can, then drew in a deep breath and
screamed for help.
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* * * *
Luis
paced. He watched as Desiree examined Zander. He was laying on the bed now,
his wrist tightly bandaged. "How is he?" Luis barked at the nurse.
"Not
good," she replied. "He needs to be in a hospital, Mr. Alcazar. He's
in shock and he needs treatment that I can't give him there, and he needs it
now or he'll die."
"I
sent for a private ambulance. It should be here any minute." Luis had
hoped that Zander would be all right, but he had not wanted to risk losing him
either. So he would send Zander to a private clinic where a doctor, who owed
Luis a favor, would take care of him.
Just
then Jack entered the room. "Sir...the ambulance has arrived."
Luis
nodded. "Send them up." He moved to the bed and looked down at
Zander's pale face. "I won't let you die on me. I won't let you go that
easily." Leaning down, Luis kissed Zander's pale lips. Then he pulled
back and strode out of the room.
*
* * * *
Jason
watched the EMT working on Zander, hooking him up to IV's and attaching leads
to him. The kid didn't look good. Jason sighed and rubbed a hand over his
face, thinking back on the phone call that Sonny had received from Brenda. A
one-sided phone call but Sonny had reacted, explaining to Jason that Zander
had attempted suicide and that he needed to be spirited away from Alcazar. The
irony of the situation was that Jason had been planning on spiriting Zander
away from Alcazar anyway. Because of Elizabeth. She had come to him after
Zander had been hospitalized for the car accident. Then she had told him about
the rape and her fears for Zander's safety. Jason knew that Elizabeth had
strong feelings for Zander, but his own feelings for her had lingered so he
had brushed off her concerns at first. But he had assigned someone to keep an
eye on her and he had managed to get a man on the inside of Alcazar's domain.
Initially to keep an eye on Alcazar as an enemy to him and Sonny, but the guy
had told Jason about Alcazar's treatment of Zander. Drugging the kid, beating
him, raping him. And Jason had just gotten off the phone with the guy only to
learn about the orgy that Zander had been forced into. Jason wasn't a fan of
Zander's, but what Alcazar was doing to the kid sickened Jason.
"How
is he?" Jason asked the EMT.
"Holding
on," the man replied. "We'll be at Riverview in about three
minutes."
Jason
nodded then got on the phone again. Instinct told him that Elizabeth might be
in danger so he called someone to pick her up and bring her to Riverview.
Instinct also told Jason that Zander was going to need her.
*
* * * *
Dr.
Selena Morales closed the door to Zander Smith's room. She sighed and rubbed a
hand over her face. Examining the kid was rough. He had been brutally raped
and had required stitches. More stitches to the gash in his wrist, and then
she had discovered the brand. She felt sickened that someone could do that to
another human being.
"Dr. Morales."
"Mr. Morgan."
Jason locked eyes with her. "Is Zander going to be okay?"
Selena
shrugged. "I think that he will heal, physically. But emotionally and
mentally...the prognosis doesn't look so good. Quite frankly between what you
told me has been done to that young man, and what I saw for myself, I'm not in
the least bit surprised that he tried to kill himself."
"Can
you help him?"
"I'm
going to try. I really can't tell you anything more until he wakes up and I
can talk to him."
Jason nodded. "You have my number, please keep me informed. And have you
prepared a room for the young woman I told you about?"
Selena had almost forgotten about her. "Elizabeth Webber...correct?"
"That's
right. She's a friend of Zander's and I think she'll be able to help you help
him."
"And you're hoping that she'll be safe here, along with Mr. Smith."
Selena could read Jason Morgan like a book. And she knew that she was probably
the only one who could.
Jason blinked. "I have my own security in place here. Everyone will be
safe. Just take care of Elizabeth and Zander."
Selena nodded. "I'll do what I can." She watched Jason Morgan walk
away then she turned around and headed back into Zander's room. Selena
settled herself in the chair in the corner to keep vigil. If Zander woke up,
she didn't want him to be alone.
*
* * * *
"No...no...please..."
Zander whispered as he thrashed on the bed. He could feel Alcazar's cock
thrusting hard inside him, even as others touched him, stroked him, kissed
him. "NO!" Zander came awake with a start. His eyes flew open and he
felt panic wash over him when he didn't recognize his surroundings. A woman came
towards him. She had dark hair and golden skin. "Get away from me!"
Zander screamed at her, even as he ripped the IV needle out of the back
of his hand then slid from the bed.
Selena tried to calm him. "Zander...take it easy. It's okay. You're
safe here."
He wasn't listening to her. Zander ran for the door only to find his way
blocked by two big men in white. They grabbed him before he could
retreat, dragging him back over to the bed and pinning him down upon it.
"NO!" Zander screamed as he struggled against them. Then he saw the
woman approaching again, this time with a syringe in her hand. He felt
the pinprick and then darkness washed over him.
"You
can let him go now," Selena said to the orderlies as she watched
Zander's eyes close and his body go lax. "Send Janet in with the
restraints and another IV." Selena sighed as she reached out to brush a
lock of dark hair out of Zander's eyes. She could only guess at the nightmare
that had plagued him, but it confirmed what she already suspected.
Helping Zander Smith deal with the trauma he had suffered was not going
to be easy.
*
* * * *
Elizabeth
paced in her room. She should have been sleeping but ever since her arrival at
Riverview she had been restless. Dr. Morales had allowed her to peak in on
Zander, but that had been hours ago. Elizabeth had been stunned by Jason's
call in the middle of the night, telling her to pack and to be ready
to leave in twenty minutes. Then he had told her about Zander's attempted
suicide attempt, and about the sexual abuse he had suffered through. Elizabeth
knew that Jason had spared her the details, but she knew it had to be bad
for Zander to cut his own wrists. The thought of what he had suffered at the
hands of Luis Alcazar brought tears to Elizabeth's eyes. She brushed them away
with the back of one hand then headed for the door. She needed to see Zander.
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