Twin Tormentors By RARE

Chapter 46

LORENZO POV

Arriving at the castle, it took me a heartbeat to climb the stairs to the west wing. I was a heaving mess with my eyes wide open, and my nose flaring as I tried to breathe all the air I could possibly master.

The thought of what might have happened when the mines went off ripped all the air out of m y lungs. No amount of oxygen could make up for the burn inside of me,

I was fuming. But to top it all, I was weak in the knees. The fear was heady on my mind and

senses.

Upon arriving in the west wing, I kicked Ari’s bedroom door open to find it empty.

“They are in the medicine room, boss,” Raquel informed as she emerged from the closet holding pieces of Ari’s clothes.

I gave her a simple nod and took off again. It didn’t take me an age to arrive in the medicine room which was on the other side of the castle, 3 floors down.

I had had all the energy when I was coming, but standing in front of the closed door of the medicine room, I felt powerless. Feeble. I felt inanimate. Taking a deep breath, I pushed the door that slowly creaked open to reveal the inside of the room. When I got a clear view of the inside, I found her sitting with her back against the giant pillow, her right hand in Verzi’s. They both looked up and Ari gave me a small smile.

“Look who’s here.” She wiggled her eyebrows playfully.

At that moment, the relief I have never felt before, the pain that had engulfed my senses when I thought that she had died, the promises of the future, the helplessness when I thought she was gone, they all consumed me whole. Creating one giant ball of rage. Pure rage.

Without further thought, I stormed inside and yanked Vernero from his chair, then landed a strong punch right where his cheek connected with a bone. The blow took him off guard and sent him flying across the room where he landed on his ass. I charged to him again, followed by Ari’s scream

“Aaaaaaaaahhhhh!” Ari screamed from her bed. I gave her one stink eye and refocused my attention on Vernero who was getting up from the floor.

WE

his muscles and grinned, revealing his bloodied

But he was quick to dodge it and whisked his arm around my torso, then planted his knee in mine instead, eliciting a loud

STOP IT.” Ari’s panicked scream sounded from somewhere across the room. Verzi’s kick had rendered me

contact with his groin causing him to stagger backward. But quickly found his footing and lunged for my head, then smashed it

hands wrapped around his that were tightly pulling on the strands of my hair. The kicking stopped, and so did his hold in my hair. And then he pulled m e up straight and pushed me

ass

is wrong with you?” Ari

Vernero pointed at me accusingly and

decided to play oblivious to his accusation and relaxed on the floor while wiping the

the hell did you hit him?” She

system could have killed you,” I replied flatly and got up to a standing position, then groaned when a sharp pain shot in my abdomen where he landed his kick. Yahp! He kicked the shit out

for her safety you asshole,”

shut up. Both of you. Shut the hell up okay?” She was so furious and so beautiful

alive. She was still here.

down.” She instructed folding her arms across her chest. No one seemed to make a move and the

“Lorenzo?”

“Yes, Tesoro.”

help but obey. I walkedt o

to the chair on the far end of the room and perched himself. Unlike me, he let his

once again and I just stared

this…” She pointed to her chest. “you will never have it. You claim to love and want to protect me. You told me I should teach you how to love me, how the fuck am I supposed to

are knocking each other’s teeth out? I care for you. Both of you.” What? She cares for us? That music to my

love the both of you. But can you once, just behave like normal people? Because you guys are fucking abnormal. You are crazy. You are retarded. And I mean the two of you.” She turned

wrong to hit Vernero, and you Vernero shouldn’t have

let him hit the crap out of me without fighting back?” Vernero

at his face. Look at YOUR face. What am I even supposed to do with you when you are like this?” Leigh-Ari continued fuming between us. In some crazy way, her angry voice somehow

both of you. It is my fault for going into Dark Woods. Raquel told me I shouldn’t go in there but I did. Out of curiosity. In case you didn’t know, it was Vernero who found me after the bombs went off. I understand both of you were scared. And I am sorry. But this, this fight won’t do us any good. So please, just stop okay?” she