Twin Tormentors By RARE

Chapter 56

LEIGH-ARI

From the deep slumber of stupor, I felt I wave of icy coldness covering me. It took a second for my mind to register that my body was completely drenched. The biting cold caused wild shivers to erupt intensely, pulling me back from the dark world. My senses slowly connected with my body, my mind regaining itself.

My ears were ringing loud, and my head felt like it had been banged against a hard concrete for at least a million times. My body was pinioned in a very cramped position making me immobile in all ways. I tried to move my arms, but what felt like cold chains held me back in place, and that explained why I felt like I was tied down.

An aggrieved groan escaped my much-patched throat, causing it to hurt even more. I willed m y heavy eyes to open but everything was just so blurry and unclear. ‘Rise and shine princess.” A voice called out from somewhere behind me, ringing painfully in my already disturbed ears. The unending throbbing in my head made it feel like someone took an ax and plunged right through the skull, splitting it into two halves. Why was I in so much pain? And the headache?

I tried to engage my mind to function but everything wasn’t just cooperating. “Water.” I croaked, my voice scratching painfully against my dry throat.

“We don’t want you to die early. So here.”

I opened my mouth to take a sip of the water but what I received was more! A whole bucket of cold water splashed right on my face and my body, the hard ice cubes hitting my already abused body bitterly. The cold water clothed my already wet body completely. The shivers just went on and my teeth began cluttering against each other. No matter how heady the pain made my mind be, the bucket of icy water cleared everything. I heard better, I saw everything.

Through that haze of pain and confusion, I fully opened my eyes to take in my surrounding. I was still dressed in my gym clothes, my body covered in angry wounds that were oozing blood, goosebumps from the cold, the ice cubes that fells on me, and the droplets of water. I was chained on a metal chair with big chains that had me secured in one place, restricting m y every movement. I looked up to find a huge empty warehouse, with a few lights illuminating the dark space.

Pieces of memories flooded my mind and I remembered the heated collision between the intruder and me. He hadn’t gone easy on me at all. I remembered him dragging me against the floor full of broken glasses, him banging my head against the floor and then repeatedly kicking me on my front. That explained the splitting headache, painful ribs, and muscles, the sting on my lower back. My arms were covered in angry scratches, a few wounds that had pieces of broken glasses inside. And the burn on the wounds told me that they had been

inflamed.

“How are you feeling, Tesoro?” The oh-so-familiar voice called out again and the owner stepped in my line of sight

My mouth hung open from utter shock. All the words seemed to have been stuck in my throat as I stared at my captor with shock, horror and so much trepidation. I tried to piece everything together, tried to make sense of why HE, of all people, could do this? Betray the boys? Hurt me? My puzzled and confused look amused him and he chuckled stepping further in front of me.

get that every

managed

across his chest. I

him to throw his head back and let out a burst of huge belly laughter that echoed around the empty warehouse, creating a ghostly sound that multiplied

are wrong. You and I have never been friends.” He spat with a mocking face, his hateful eyes

been right. One person I thought I understood was the one who harbored ill intentions towards me. It hurt when I found out about Valerie but this was a different kind of hurt. This one was

bring someone back to life, all meant nothing to him. Lorik had been one of those I just clicked with because of our medical profession. Yes, he wasn’t a surgeon like me, but he knew a thing or two about

of knowing I breathe the same air as you. I hate everything about you.” He spat angrily glaring daggers at

so much? What have I ever done to you?” I asked with a small tear drizzling down my face. The sight of my tears was like a sweet confection that marinated his anger and hatred,

did nothing sweetheart. You just had to exist.” He said stepping backward and

“What do you mean?”

was a big fish. “You stole everything from me Leigh-Ari. My boys. You stole them from me and kept them all to yourself. That’s not how I nurtured them. That’s not what I taught them. They have everything, they could get anyone they want. You know that yourself because the east wing is full of women they’ve fucked. But then there you are; your mere existence sends them crazy. I hate you because you make them weak. And I don’t do weak.” He said angrily with a raised voice. I tried to make sense of all his words but I was failing miserably. What does did even mean? The twins are the ones who popped into my life, turned everything upside down, and then stole my life from me. This fucker had no right to tell me I was

nowhere like they fell from the sky, took everything for me, confined me in that damn castle, and forced me to live THIS life. And now you dare to say I stole your life?” I

and then smirked. I glared at him angrily and he raised his hand in the air, and then slapped me so

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But at the end of the day, you are just a damn sick bastard who has no balls but can only hit a woman who is chained down. You have me in chains because you know so fucking well that had I been free, I was going to fuck you so hard you won’t even recognize your own fucking ass.” I

After a few heartbeats, I felt the clunking of metal and cursed my unruly mouth for saying those words to him. I was completely bound and helpless, and I didn’t even know where this becursed place was. Good lord

on whatever he had on his hand. But the

of his footsteps sounded as he rounded

little Ari. I know way more than you think. I know things that you can’t even begin to imagine. And yes, you may think I am

calm tone, but this one held so much authority that