“Welcome back, my little toy. Looks like you may have an issue going on with your… procedure.”
The sound of metal against metal made me jerk my head back but I couldn’t turn it enough to fully see what she was doing. She had to be by her table of instruments again. It wasn’t until she circled back around me that I saw her rolling a scalpel from finger to finger. The metal glinted against the hanging light that somehow had gotten brighter since I was passed out.
“We may have to amputate,” she said, leaning in to stare at my toes.
I shook my head. Nothing was ever simple with her. Nothing was ever what came out of her mouth. I didn’t know what else she had planned for me but it wasn’t a simple amputation.
“Please,” I begged. My will to live was stronger than my will to die at the moment. “Please, I will do whatever you want. Please, just stop.”
I’m so tired…
My body was getting weaker from no food or water for several days in addition to all of the torture. I wasn't sure how much longer I would make it.
Maybe you should just let her amputate you. Maybe more infection would set in quicker and she’ll relieve you from this little game she’s playing by causing you to die faster.
I let out an audible breath and closed my eyes. Even if I made it out, what shape would I be in to save Inés?
Vik, it's time to let go. Your wife is waiting for you on the other side and I know the place has to be better than this one.
My body relaxed. There was a strange peace that washed over me once my mind made its decision. I was prepared to die. The world no longer needed a doctor who couldn’t keep people alive anyway.
If I found a way to escape, I would kill her. But the likelihood of that was slim to none at this point. Either way, it ends now.
She walked over to the mattress so was in full view. I didn’t hear her take off her clothes, or anything else as my mind began to let go of reality.
My captor leaned in, staring into my eyes. What did she see? Did she see the broken man I had become? Or was I still the stallion she needed to break?
“I told you if you were a good boy, I would be nice. You, my toy, are going to be here for a long time.” Her eyes crinkled behind her mask. “Did you like your dick inside of my mouth? Do you want me to take your mind off your pathetic existence? All you have to do is beg for it.”
The synapses in my brain weren’t firing correctly. Was she propositioning me? Didn’t she derive more of her pleasures from my pain?Fuck her.“Hell no! Let me go so I can kill you, stupid bitch!”
Her eyes sparkled as she straightened up, showcasing her naked breasts. “What a pity. And we were doing so well together, you and I. If you don't want to play with me then I’ll find someone else to play with and I know just the person…”
Why was she telling me this? Was it someone I knew? It had to be. Shit.Inés.
“Leave her out of this, you hear me!” I screamed
Abyzouleft the room whistling that same familiar tune, leaving me to my screams and threats to take her head. A few moments after her departure, two unfamiliar vampires came in. A new fire grew within me. That bloodsucking bitch got on my last nerve. I struggled and pulled at my restraints. I probably looked like Angel during her last moments, foaming at the mouth from hate, hunger, and fury.
The two vampires wrestled me until one of them pinned me down while the other was jerking at my chains. I continued to struggle until it felt like the restraints around my wrists loosened. It didn’t make any sense. Did he just free me? I didn’t have time to contemplate the why’s, the moment my arms were free, I swung at the closest bloodsucker, landing a hard crunch right in his fucking face.
He fell over to the side while the other vampire elbowed me in the face so hard, the momentum of the hit rolled off the mattress and onto the concrete floor in a heap. It knocked the air out of me. I fought to catch my breath when the vampires stood over me menacingly.
“Fucking filth,” one of the vampire’s spat, blood landing on the side of my face.
“Animals,” the other one mumbled as they both left the room and slammed the door shut. In my haze, I didn't hear them lock it. Taking sharp breaths in and out, I listened keenly to their fading footsteps then struggled to get on hands and knees, crawling quickly toward the exit door.
Live or die. This shit ends now.
Groaning under my breath, I brought myself to my feet and grabbed onto the handle.
ChapterTwelve
Inés
Days.Nights. They all blended together. There was no light here, not in hell.
I don’t know how long I had been chained, but my arms had lost blood long ago. There was nothing but prickles and numbness. I wasn’t sure if I could move my fingers. The only sounds that accompanied my residence here in this dark room were the sounds of screams from an unknown origin and the strange noises I couldn’t identify that kept me company at the odd hours.
