His Slave

His Slave Chapter 22

I apologise for this being on the shorter side, I know you're all so eager for me to update but I've been really busy the last few days-I've tried to keep you guys fulfilled! I promise to make up for it in the next chapter though!!

Cali continued to drift in and out of consciousness. She could feel the blood trickling down her forehead, each breath she took felt like a knife stabbing her chest.

"Cali what happened?!" Asked Kyle shocked as he supported her head on the concrete floor.

"I'm fine" winced Cali , no one could find out what happened.

"No you're not! Was it Aidan? I didn't know where you went? We're you with Gwen?"

Cali didn't reply, instead she moaned in pain.

"Cali hang on, I'm getting help" Kyle turned and ran out the room.

Cali was alone again in the murky store cupboard, but now she had the comfort knowing that help was coming, Aidan couldnt hurt her anymore, unlike Gwen...

She shakily lifted her hand and touched her fore head with her fingertips; blood.

Cali inhaled sharply, she had really got herself in a sticky situation this time.

Gradually she pushed herself up until she was sitting. Her head spun and felt weightless, Cali felt like she was about to throw up. She leant forwards and held her hand over her eyes, it felt like there was a marching band in her head.

Cali could hear the feint words of Kyle in the distance along with pounding feet "She's in the storeroom" suddenly Kyle and Tim emerged around the corner. "My God Cali" exclaimed Tim crouching down next to her. He supported her back and slowly removed her hand from her forehead.

"That's a nasty cut you've got there girl" he said tutting. Placing his hand firmly on her forehead Tim put pressure on the wound.

"Could you go get the first aid kit Kyle? We're gonna need some band aids. And if you see Finn could you tell him Cali's been hurt, he'd want to know" "sure Tim" said Kyle racing out the room.

"So are you going to tell me what happened?" Said Tim softly turning to Cali. She shut her eyes thinking.

He was so fatherly, not what she expected. To be honest she was imagining him to be a ruthless man, driven by sex and money. Instead however she found her self slightly comforted by his presence.

Quick come up with an explanation! She thought, they can't know what Aidan did!

"I tripped down the steps" she whispered biting her lip hoping he would believe her. "This seems a pretty extreme injury from a fall?" Questioned Tim tilting his head.

His eyes showed a lifetimes worth of wisdom. He was comforting yet still oozed that flare for mystery and danger like his son.

"I was running looking for Kyle, I tripped and hit the shelf..." Expanded Cali.

That would work right? It seemed like a good enough cover up?

At that moment Finn leapt down the steps. "Cali! Oh my Goodness what happened?! Kyle said you were hurt!" "Calm down Finn she seems ok..." Replied Tim calmly. Finn crouched down panting, worry in his eyes. He searched Cali's body looking for injuries. "Where are you hurt? What happened?" He questioned leaning forewords on his hands.

"My head and my chest, I tripped" whispered Cali grimacing from the pain. Finn then gently went to feel Cali's chest but she flinched away. He looked up at her puzzled. She was terrified of his touch, a males touch.

"Cali I'm not going to hurt you..." He said sternly looking her directly in the eyes. Cali looked down in obedience. The pain was getting worse.

Gently Finn drew his hands down her chest until he came to the area of Cali's broken rib. Upon his touch she inhaled sharply and yelped. Tim supported her body.

"There?" Finn asked gauging her reaction, Cali tensed up again when he touched it. "Yep that ribs broken, I can feel it" he concluded.

Cali looked down at her rib cage, she was more damaged than she thought.

"You'll want Chris to take a look at it, strap up this cut too" said Tim reassuringly to Finn.

"Yes I'll call him, in the meanwhile we need to get you home, Dad can you help me get her up?" "Yes son"

Steadily the two men lifted Cali. Finn then carried her while Tim opened the doors and helped make way.

The incident had caused quite a stir outside. Men lined the corridors trying to see what had happened. Girls stared on in silence for Cali.

Eventually Kyke met them at the Car outside. They stood in the moonlight discussing the best option for Cali.

The pain was getting worse and she was moaning louder an louder, now gripping Finns shirt for comfort and pain relief.

"I'll hold her in the back while you drive Kyle ok?" "Yes that's fine, what about Aidan wasn't he coming back this evening?"

Cali froze, even his name sent her into panic mode.

"No he went home, said he had to sort Gwen out" "oh right" replied Kyle suspecting nothing. Neither of them knew the truth. But Cali did.

Later that night they arrived back at the manor. Cali was taken straight up to Finns room where Chris awaited them.

"Back again little miss clumsy" he mused as Cali was placed on the bed. "When will you learn to be careful..." He trailed off while checking Cali's pupils, pulse and temperature.

Finn stood by her side rubbing her shoulder, he was clearly stressed.

"First things first lets get you some pain relief..." Said Chris as he injected her with a pain reliever. By this time Cali didn't even protest, all she wanted was the pain to go away and to be able to breath like normal.

Once again a cool numbing sensation overwhelmed her body. The pain eased and she relaxed down onto the bed. Finn smiled down at her.

"Ok well like Finn guessed; that rib is broken, there's not much I can do for that, just give you pain relief really. And the cut on you're forehead? Well I'll clean it up and use surgical glue and bad aids to hold it together. It shouldn't be a problem" Cali breathed a sigh of relief, it was nothing major, she would be recovered soon and able to start working on saving Gwen.

"Cali are you hurt anywhere else? I need to know if you have any other injuries?"

Cali hesitated, she couldn't tell him about her pain below, he'd know instantly something had happened. She couldn't risk it.

"No that's all" she whispered. "I just want to sleep".

"Cali let Chris fix you up then you can sleep all you like" said Finn beside her.

Cali glanced up into his eyes, he was looking down at her with an anxious expression. He then turned and looked out the door "why wasn't Kyle with you anyway?" He mumbled. Cali pretended not to hear, instead she focused on Chris' large hands that were washing her cut forehead...

Half an hour later Chris was packing up his things. Cali was laying peacefully on the bed dosing. "There's something more gone on here" whispered Chris to Finn "you don't get these injuries from a fall..." "I know she's acting strange" pondered Finn "I'll get to the bottom of it soon though" he promised showing Chris out.

By now it was about 4am. The moon was high in the sky and an owl hooted from an old ancient oak tree outside. Finn turned and gazed at Cali sleeping peacefully in his bed, his sleeping beauty.

Quietly he walked around the bed and took off his pants and shirt, leaving him in only his boxers. He then swiftly laid down next to Cali and pulled the cold sheets up his torso and slid down into the soft surroundings.

He gazed at Cali's still body in the moonlight. She was so beautiful when she slept, even with a bandage across her forehead. Her soft hair rested on her shoulders and moved up and down as she breathed.

He lifted his hand wanting to hold her, to pull her closer, to hug her, but then he withdrew it back to his side. His didn't want to risk causing her more pain...

Aww has Finn found his loving side? Will Aidan get away with what he's done?

Here's another question. If you had to date either Finn, Kyle or Aidan who would it be? I'm guessing most of you will say Kyle right??