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“Give me answers,” I said one last time “Or I’ll kill you now”

“You’ll killrealized that I was dangerous in ht

“But your ansill make a difference in how painful or slow it is,” I reasoned, and he sed thickly, a flicker of desperation in his eyes

“But I can help you!” he cried out “I know things, and I can help you plan retribution”

“No deal We have plenty of intel Give us ant, or she starts getting inventive,” Keir called out Hearing from Keir see silently back at us despite the fear in his eyes

“Alright, you chose this,” I countered, glancing over at Keir

“Make it bloody,” he husked, that sry and sexy

“Done,” I pro a pair of spiked brass knuckles on the wall They were a bit big, but I slid theain “Now… one more time I want names and details”

“No,” he said quietly, flinching when I slammed the knuckles into his jaw As the spikes tore his flesh, eat , the saliva bloody and thick I just blinked at hiot to this point where their fear threatened to turn the corner into bravery, silence was the best weapon Silence was unpredictable Silence was pain Silence was the unknown When you were the one strapped to a chair, your tearscuts and a disfigured liic happen, the toughest ofaway all their nasty secrets

“You have a rat ants you out They’re working with the higher ups in the Lach Faht to stay conscious through the pain “They told us where to find yourman’s ashes are in our incinerator”

“And they’ll never find yours,” I said, uys, butuntil Iames

I rained hit after hit down upon hi on his blood, dying slowly The sounds of bones crushing and flesh tearing filled the roo died out Swiping a hand across uys Their demons were fully out now, ready to play with mine, and as I stared at the predators before ain

Keir

She was a dark angel, beautiful and violent, painting the rooracefully doled out justice My chest war our queen was closer to giving in to us, to joining us in this e Even back in high school, I’d knoe’d end up here She was our equal, and she could hold her own She’d be able to handle us and our Family with ease

When the life drained from his body, she dropped the knife and looked up at us, breathing heavy, skin covered in his blood