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He snarled. “That so?”
I smiled. “That’s so, yes. Now, tell me. Where the fuck is Rupert?”
“Probably still face down in the gravel outside the pub. I mean, he put up a pretty good fight. Fruitless, though. A good one nonetheless. But, you know, energy expended for nothing, and all that.”
I tugged at my restraints. “If you’ve hurt him, I swear to God--”
“Oh, we definitely hurt him. That was the goal. But don’t worry. What we’re going to do to you will make his injuries look like child’s play.”
I strained at the bonds again. “What the fuck is this all about, anyway? Huh? Because I know you. And even I know this isn’t all stemming from the fact that I wouldn't let you become a Red Thorn. You’re more even-tempered than that.”
He sighed. “You really are an idiot, aren’t you?”
I watched as Benji began pacing. He kept sighing. Talking to himself. Almost as if he had gone crazy. I watched him while he moved. My eyes were finally focusing so I could see more of my surroundings. And it confirmed a lot of what I thought. I was in one of the middle rooms. One of my father’s sterile rooms. They had no windows. Only one door to get in and out. And everything was covered in plastic wrap. Everything. The red I saw on the wall was actually tape. The ends of the plastic wrap that covered every square inch of the room was bonded together with that red fucking tape my father used.
Oh, this isn’t good.
“You know, I’ve always wondered something.”
Benji’s voice caught my attention as I tried to work my wrists out of the bonds.
“And what is that, smartypants?”
He snickered. “Cute. I’ve always wondered why you picked Dani.”
I froze. “Don’t you dare say her name.”
He shrugged. “I mean, she’s got no curves. So it can’t be her body.”
“Don’t you talk about her!”
“She’s not brave, so it’s not her strength.”
“You don’t know a fucking thing about her.”
“She’s thrown her life away for you, so it can’t be her future. Or any money she might have. Which leaves me with only one option.”
I felt my heart rate skyrocketing as I felt the bonds finally loosening around my wrists.
“And what would that be?” I asked.
He grinned. “I guess college virgins really are worth the ride.”
I growled. “That’s it!”
From the shadows behind Benji emerged two men. Just as I got one of my hands out of the bonds, they rushed me, forcing my arms back behind the chair. I fought against them, feeling the bolts adhering the chair to the floor slowly giving way. I roared and screamed. I called out for Benji. For my father. I promised death to them all as the two men tied my wrists tighter this time. Almost to a point where I couldn't feel my damn hands.
“Benji, goddamn it! What the fuck are you doing!?”
And as the men dressed in black cracked their knuckles, my cousin smiled. Making my gut seize in something I hadn’t felt since I was a child.
Fear.
“Business, Max. That’s what this is about. It’s always just been business.”
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