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.

right? I get

I managed a

and then folded his giant arms across his chest. I tried to find all the words; I really wanted to

we were friends,” I called out in a small voice causing him to throw his head back and let out a burst of huge belly laughter that echoed

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

One person I thought I understood was the one who harbored ill intentions towards me.

myself while looking down at my knees. There was so much I wanted to say. The times we had sat together talking about the OR, the operations, the patients, and how awesome it felt to bring someone back to life, all meant nothing to him. Lorik had been one of those I just clicked with because of

hate the idea of knowing I breathe the same air as you. I hate everything about you.” He spat angrily glaring daggers at m e. I just looked up, feeling so inanimate and out of it. I didn’t even know why he hated me so much for

with a small tear drizzling down my face. The sight of my tears was like a sweet confection that marinated his

had to exist.” He said stepping backward

“What do you mean?”

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

saying Lorik. The boys are the ones who just popped out of nowhere like they fell from the sky, took everything for me, confined me in that damn castle, and forced me to live

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

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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 yelled at the top of my lungs, feeling so much anger

just took a step backward and then left my eye side to my behind. 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

in a calm relaxed voice, still working on whatever he had on his hand. But the continuous clunking of the metal made me

my eyes close. The sounds of his footsteps sounded as he rounded

I know things that you can’t even begin to imagine. And yes, you may think I am being a little unreasonable but no darling. I am not. I am not going to watch a low life like you

yet another calm tone, but this one held so much authority that I had