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THE WEASEL JUST WANTED to die now He was hanging upside down fro of his own master bedroom The room had mirrors everywhere, and he could see himself in several of the reflections
He looked like death He was naked, bruised and bleeding all over His hands were tightly cuffed behind his back, his ankles bound together, cutting off the circulation Blood was rushing to his head
Hanging beside hiirl, Maria, but she had been dead for several hours,by the terrible sht through him
The leader of his captors, bearded, always squeezing a black ball in one hand, squatted down so that he was only a foot or so from Shafer’s face He spoke softly, a whisper
“What we did with some prisoners when I was active—ould sit them down, rather politely, peacefully, and then nail their fucking tongues to a table That’s absolutely true,hairsfroenitalsit’s more than a little bothersome, no? Ouch,” he said as he plucked hairs from Shafer’s naked body
“But I’ll tell you the worst torture, in my opinion, anyway Worse than what you would have done to poor Maria You grab the prisoner by both shoulders and shake violently until he convulses You literally rattle his brain, the sensitive organ itself He feels as if his head will fly off His body is on fire I’
“Here, let me show you what I mean”
The terrible, uni upside doent on for nearly an hour
Finally he was cut down “Who are you? What do you want from me?” he screamed
The head captor shrugged “You’re a tough bastard, but always reain if I need to Do you understand?”
Geoffrey Shafer could barely focus his eyes, but he looked up to where he thought the captor’s voice had come from He whispered, “Whatdo youwant? Please?”
The bearded man’s face bent close to his He seemed almost to smile “I have a job, a most incredible job for you Believe me, you were born for this”
“Who are you?” the Weasel whispered again through badly chapped and bleeding lips It was a question he’d asked a hundred ti the torture
“I am the Wolf,” said the bearded man “Perhaps you’ve heard of me”
Part One
THE UNTHINKABLE