“That is all my fault,” Giovanni mumbles. His phrases are filled with defeat, however I refuse to allow them to deflate me. I swing my physique out, hoping the chains above me would possibly give, however it’s fruitless. All I’m left with is extra aches and bruises. I groan, letting my weight sag because the steel cuts deeper into my flesh. The cool air lashes on the grazes I can really feel on my pores and skin, doing nothing to assuage it.

I swing my physique round till I’m dealing with Giovanni. I blink by way of the darkness, faintly making out his silhouette. “How will you say that, Gio? You didn’t know this was going to occur.”

“I ought to have executed extra, Sera. I ought to have—” He doesn’t get to complete his sentence as a result of the door forward of us swings open and a blast of sunshine beams by way of the area earlier than a lightweight overhead activates.

I squint by way of the brightness, lastly glimpsing Giovanni and his blood-soaked shirt. He’s slumped, identical to me, although I can virtually really feel his desolation. It hits me like a wave, making me nauseous and dizzy. I flip my head to concentrate on the blurry determine lingering forward of us. They method slowly, virtually cautiously, like we’re prey. In all honesty, I really feel like prey proper now, however it doesn’t take a genius to work out who my predator is.

Rage sparks by way of my blood. I wriggle and swing, attempting to interrupt free from my binds. It’s no use, although, my wrists are sure tight, my total physique hanging from a series pinned within the low ceiling. Ache radiates so sharply that numbness extends to my extremities, making me dizzy. I groan by way of the pins and needles in my palms, my eyes struggling to concentrate on something as a result of it’s all nonetheless blurry.

“Topolina.”

I shudder on the nickname, little mouse. That single dread-filled phrase spoken in his voice makes me wish to hurl. I clench my eyes shut, prepared for this to be all a part of the identical nightmare. It’s wishful pondering, although. I do know it as quickly as his hand slides down my again.

“Get your fucking palms off me!” I scream, kicking my legs out. I narrowly miss him. If I had just a little extra give in these chains, I’d be choking him out with my legs or knocking him out with a swing kick. Clearly, Luciano has thought-about that, as a result of my physique solely gently strikes, even from my exertion.

Luciano tuts at me, shaking his head and stepping in entrance of me to pinch my cheeks collectively. “I thought-about killing you, you already know. Leaving you for lifeless on the aspect of the Valley highway would have been quite a bit simpler. However I’ll be trustworthy, the thought of getting you right here with me is way more thrilling, don’t you suppose?”

I spit a glob of saliva out, touchdown it completely on his face. “Do you suppose I’m going to imagine your sentiment?” I chuckle sadistically. I push my head by way of my arms, getting as shut as I can to Luciano. I received’t give him the satisfaction of my worry. That’s reserved for somebody who deserves it, somebody like Giovanni who has executed nothing however take bullet after bullet for me. “You’ll be able to’t kill me, you don’t have the fucking balls.”

Luciano sneers again, his anger thinning his lips. I do know I’ve struck a nerve when my head shoots sideways and ache radiates by way of my cheek. He grabs my face with one hand, urgent his brow to mine. “I don’t need to kill you, Bianchi. I simply have to provide you sufficient ache. You at all times preferred the ache, didn’t you? Although I’ve to confess, you may have extra battle in you this time round. I’m going to have much more enjoyable breaking you now.”

I suppress a shudder at his proximity. Fortunately, he shoves me again harshly, placing a ways between us. The load of my physique and the restriction of my chains doesn’t permit me to maneuver far sufficient although, which suggests it’s on Luciano to step away.

The cuffs punch my wrists as I writhe towards them. The urge to scream out is sort of unavoidable, so I chunk down on my lip, prepared my worry to withdraw even only a sliver so I can preserve my cool.

“You’ll be able to harm me all you want, Luciano,” I grit out. “You’ll get nothing.”

“Is that so?” Luciano steps in direction of Giovanni, a sly smirk on his face. “Perhaps she’ll change her thoughts as soon as we inform her the reality, what do you suppose, Gio?”

I flip my head towards Giovanni, my brows furrowing.

“I did what you requested,” he growls. “Now give me my daughter again!” Giovanni thrashes towards the chains, however his physique isn’t robust sufficient to get him free.

Luciano cackles at his efforts. “You’ll be able to have her again when that is completed.”

My eyes widen and shock has me frozen. All of it hits me like a sledgehammer to the intestine as realization sinks in that these two know one another.

“What’s he speaking about?” I snap, attempting to catch a glimpse of Giovanni. “Gio?”

Luciano swings me again round to face him, gazing at me with evil intent. “You belief too simply, Topolina.”

My mind appears to maneuver 1,000,000 miles a second, however I’m having a tough time maintaining. My ideas are blurred with questions. I’m so fraught with confusion that I can’t appear to seek out any fucking phrases. However Luciano was at all times good at thoughts video games, and I ought to have recognized that this was inevitable; him making an attempt to interrupt me one final time.

“Gio?” Although I attempt to be robust, his identify components my lips on a whimper. I’ve misplaced depend of what number of occasions I’ve referred to as out to him, and it stings that he received’t reply me.

Luciano laughs sadistically earlier than turning on his heel and heading right into a nook of the room, towards a desk filled with rusty instruments. Luciano plucks up each, inspecting it quietly. That motion alone tells me he’s had this all deliberate out, and the disgrace I really feel that I’m as soon as once more on the Verdi’s mercy kills a bit of me, little by little.

The pause offers me the prospect to go searching— as a lot as I can in my restricted state. We’re in some type of basement the place mould festers within the cracks of the partitions. It smells damp and reeks of demise.

Luciano grins up at me, his blue eyes full of a sadistic flare. In his hand, he holds a knife, sharp and clear.

If there’s one factor I find out about instruments like these, it’s that it doesn’t matter in the event that they’re rusty or not. All of them harm the identical. There’s a motive rusty instruments are used over clear ones, although, and that’s since you don’t need to go as deep. You’ll be able to nonetheless rating flesh and trigger excruciating ache, the added bonus being the an infection you die from afterward. Sharp instruments are used to trigger faster ache. You don’t rigorously slice and cube, however slash to your coronary heart’s content material. And I feel that’s what scares me probably the most. Bleeding out isn’t a pleasing technique to die. If I’m going out, I need it to be fast. Although I’ve recognized Luciano lengthy sufficient to disregard my naïvety now. He’s not going to make this fast in any respect.

“Darling, Serafina.” Luciano attracts the blade down my cheek. It’s chilly and sharp, like each molecule on this room. The slice of flesh burns by way of my face because the air round us hits the open wound. I can really feel the heat of my blood trickle down my face as Luciano drags the steel down my neck and over my prime. The straps of my camisole snap away with a flick of his wrist, the fabric pooling at my waist.

“The issues I wish to do to you,” he says while suppressing a groan. “It’s like previous occasions, no?”

I suppress the urge to shudder with disgust. I can’t permit it to hassle me as a result of that’s the type of sick satisfaction Luciano will get. He preys on the weak as a result of he is aware of he can’t acquire a way of energy another method. The lunatic thrives off of energy journeys. However I received’t give him what he needs. He can paint this room with my blood, however I nonetheless received’t beg.

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