Your Cup Of Absinthe
By Free Mints
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The only constant in Hide's life was his favourite drink at the pub. Attractive broads and money in Yorkshire came and went, but it was nothing more than a dull existence. None of them were Makhi.
Charming, driven, and confident, the ideal qualifications for employment away for the smoggy city—and Hide. When that job came into their lives, Makhi left. The country moved on.
But not him.
His only lead was the shy, strange heir, Loukas Asbjorn. All he had to do for answers was to turn on his charms and get him to bed. However, the more he learned about the youthful aristocrat, the more he could not help but be charmed by his sweet personality. Yet he should not get distracted no matter how much his feeling for Loukas charm grows. Despite this initial goal, the young man's affectionate cruelty may be what he was looking for after all.
Free Mints
A weird dude who writes what he knows and what they know is pain. Wishes to share thier assortment of goods to the people around them in hopes they enjoy it as much as him.
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Your Cup Of Absinthe - Free Mints
Warning
The following story contains material suitable for adult readers only. Reader discretion is advised.
Contains gore, graphic sexual content, murder, knife play, unhealthy relationships, blood play, genital mutilation, and other unsettling themes
CHAPTER 1
One night, you said you found a solution to the debt we had.
I poured out that emerald poison to make a toast.
The morning after you were gone. A week later, I received my first letter from you, written in your messy handwriting. Three months later, the letters stopped. Four months later, the lads at the pub treated you like you never existed.
Last week, I found the same solution as you. Today I added sugar and water to our last drink. That was how rich folks drank it, according to the men at the pub. You were not like me with an insatiable sweet tooth, but you had dreams of being fancy. That drink was the closest either of us could get to a taste of luxury.
I will find you.
My eyes gazed out that window, searching for anything to stave off this horrid boredom. Alas, all that greeted me was the pitter-patter of the rain as it splattered against the windows. I clutched my coat to my body as the chill managed to leak into the well-insulated carriage. The wet, musty stench of mud and livestock of the moors was enough for a city rat like me to gag. The city, however, was more overbearing; the nauseating scents were of rubbish and smog. I quit working in the factories because living in clouds of smoke was enough. I despised being sick every single day due to that kind of work.
My glare shifted from the window to the equally dreary sight of the coachman. An older bearded male, probably a few years older than myself, and unfortunately already filled with old man-ism. He kept his eyes on those pitch-black horses and the muddy land ahead of him.
Are we there yet, sausage?
I intentionally whined, and like before, I received no response from the bloke. Probably had gotten sick of me with my constant questions and chatting.
Like they all did, but I was bored.
I tugged on my suspenders that held up my best brown trousers and repositioned in my seat. I would have given this job one thing. Despite being forced into these gas pipes, the coach’s seats were much better than that wooden box the public transport forced me to sit upon.
These trousers were my only pair not completely in patches, and the boots did not have a single hole in their soles. So my only other choice was the lady who had a nice place for me to stay and was willing to help me out in exchange for me doing her errands. As much as that harpy of a woman annoyed me, I would have to thank her for the new outfit she helped me get. An odd, cold girl, but I had to admit, tea with her was not that bad. She listened, and I would hear her out in turn during my stay with her.
I would never say any of that to the bint's face; she would receive none of that. However, I was dressed like I was heading back to that bloody factory rather than be a butler to some old rich guy in a disgusting marsh. I saw what the interviewers wore, well-pressed and expensive cotton and linen. Standing in front of them, my hands in my dirt cheap moleskin trouser pockets. I should have sent some letters with a good old fuck you
to her.
I stared at the vastness of the land, from the once fresh and green rolling hills of flowers of all colours to the flooded brown and dull green of the bogs. The squelching of the wheels and the horses’ hooves were the only sounds I heard the further we ventured from the city limits. I found my fidgeting finger tracing the name of my employer on the fogged-up window.
Asbjorn.
Everyone in England knew that name, the deviants at the pub and the Queen alike. Powerful, rich, and had more branches than a corkscrew willow tree. Merchants, owners of various industries—such as their grip in all things metal—and iron factories. You name a prominent position and they had their grubby mitts in it. This branch, all out in the middle of nowhere, was an oddity. As far as I knew, the only one who lived there was a retired old miser.
I let out an annoyed sigh as I thought back to the terms of that flyer: no experience needed, age range should be twenty-nine and older, male, and in decent health.
That tipped me off on what this might actually be and what my friend had gotten himself into. The pay was too good to be true for the qualifications. With pounds like that, any louse could skip town and live lavishly after a year of working.
It was obvious what this position was from the terms—and the pay, a toffer. Rich fellas like that never wanted who they liked to stick their pricks in to be out in the open. Older lubcocks still had ways of keeping their indulgences in one place without the inconvenience of leaving their homes.
I had too much pride to bend over and let those posh bastards have their way with me willingly for a little extra coin. But that money was beyond tempting.
However, I was here not just for the pay; I had a goal and a mission to complete.
In my increasing boredom, my hand passed through my long black hair, getting caught in the more unruly curls. The wildness of the land grew tamer as the wild bushes and trees grew fewer. It was almost as if some beast was gradually killing off all it deemed unfit in its presence. The sounds of hooves traversing mud and water became one of wheels upon a stone path. The fog grew thicker until it was no different from the oppressive smog of the city. A large iron gate held by two pillars came into view, then I finally saw that mansion. The towering lavish building of brick and wood grew in the distance. With every second, it became apparent what kind of man I might deal with. The pay, the extravagance; if I simply sucked it up until I found my friend, it would all be worth it.
I had nowhere else to go...
At least not anymore, and all I wanted was closure for myself. I wanted to know what had happened to him.
I rolled out my charm and blinded the coachman with my signature toothy smile. My previous melancholy would not have a single place upon my face. So, are we there yet? Also, why are you missing your front teeth? Definitely not in a fight like my missing teeth. You wanna look like a walrus?
The man groaned louder than before at my questions. I heard him mumble, Bloody patchwork moo cow in my damn seat,
and