“So, is this when the torture begins? I won’t tell you a thing, so you might as well kill me,” she rasped.
So rebellious. I couldn’t wait to see what she did next. I lounged in a comfortable leather chair a few feet from her, my legs sprawled. The syringe she used dangled between my fingers. I waited but didn’t say a word. Sometimes the wait was worse than the yelling. The air filled with her panic. I kept my expression blank, twirling the needle in my fingers.
“Say something, asshole,” she growled.
I quirked an eyebrow. “Such language. I’m waiting for you. Seems to me you have all the answers, while I have...nothing.” I looked at the offending object. Good. She appeared to be thinking she had a bargaining tool. Her arms shifted, the silver chains hit her wrists, and the scent of burning skin reached me. Her scream of pain did nothing but amuse me. Let her suffer. Until I got answers, her torment would continue. I had not an ounce of sympathy for the traitorous cunt.
“Help me,” she cried.
I crossed my booted feet. “You’re the only one who can help yourself.” I tossed the needle in my hand up in the air, catchingit in my palm. “Tell me what I want to know, and I’ll end your torment.” I wouldn’t allow her to leave, but I was a man of my word.
“I don’t know anything. I was just supposed to grab the bitch and...” she clamped her lips shut.
I shrugged my shoulders, grabbing a longneck from the table I’d pulled next to my chair. I watched her eyes follow me as I took a pull, saw her lick her dry lips. Yeah, I just bet she was thirsty. Again, I gave no fucks. I was the alpha and a bastard. Until she gave me answers, I could sit here and drink, even catch a few Z’s. Hell, I may even call for some female attention. I wondered what kind of reaction I’d get from our captive if I had a woman bouncing on my cock.
An image of Laikyn popped into my head. I barely contained the snarl that wanted to erupt. The smell of burning flesh brought me out of my own personal hell.
“Ah, little bitch, are you hurting? I got all night. I snap my fingers, and I have food, drinks, and even women if I want. So, you just sit there and lie. I can smell it, you know that, right?” I asked her. The more she fidgeted, the more she burned. Silver hurt worse than anything to a shifter.
“You’re a sadist. You use women and throw them away, just like all men. Sandy said so.” She bit her lip hard enough to draw blood.
“Ah, so this Sandy is your boss?” I finished my beer, pulling out another, acting as if her words didn’t mean shit to me. “Go on, maybe if you say something that I want to hear, I’ll tug those chains off your flesh. If you keep moving like that, they’ll go all the way down to bone. Do you know what’ll happen then?”
Her eyes sharpened. “That’s right, little bitch, the silver will continue until it disintegrates your bones. A shifter without hands would be useless to your Sandy or whoever is in charge of you.”
“Fine. All I know is my job was to bring Breezy to a meeting point. Sandy was adamant it was to be her, not another female. It’s always been her.” She spat the last word, clear hate in her tone.
“Where is your base of operations?” I sat forward.
“I don’t know. We are always brought in and out in darkness.” She yelped in pain.
I scented the air. I didn’t doubt for a minute that she was telling the truth, which didn’t help us. “What were they going to do to Breezy once they had her? Don’t fucking lie, I know you have an idea at least.”
Her chin fell to her chest. “Kill her, I hope.” Her head came back up. “Our leader hates her with a passion. Clearly, the one named Breezy has done something and deserves to die. Maybe you should ask her what she has done to warrant a death sentence.”
I laughed. “Little bitch, a mad woman doesn’t need a reason. You were just a pawn. Do you see anyone knocking down our doors to rescue you? You’re collateral damage.” I scoffed. “Right now, she couldn’t care less if we were all using you for our own baser needs, before ripping you to shreds.”
“You said if I answered you, you’d let me go.” Her voice cracked.
I stood. “No, I said I’d tug the chains off your flesh. I’m a wolf of my word.” I grinned, knowing my canines were showing. The scent of her fear and burning flesh assaulted my senses. Taking the leather gloves out of my back pocket, I stood. With ease, I crossed the short distance quickly and adjusted the chains, making sure I didn’t inadvertently expose myself to the metal as I ensured they were no longer touching her skin, too.
“Tsk, now look at that. You’ve really done some damage. You’ll need to shift in order for this to heal properly, or you’ll be scarred for life.” I bent down on my haunches, my face near hereye level. I knew I was a big son of a bitch, yet she met my gaze. “Now, tell me everything you know, and I’ll think of allowing you to live.”
“What do you mean?” Her bravado disappeared as my words registered.
I nodded. “This is my pack. My law. You came into my world and tried to take one of mine. For that, little bitch, I sentence you how I see fit. As of right now, you are a dead wolf walking, or sitting as it is. However, I have the power to save you, or not. It all depends on the next few minutes. I said I had all night, but I’ve changed my mind.” I got to my feet, my leather pants creaking as I stood.
“I can do other things.” She licked her lips.
I grabbed her by the back of the hair. In the position and height we were at, she was in the perfect place to suck me, if I chose. “I wouldn’t allow you anywhere near my dick if you were the last bitch on earth.” I jerked her head back. “Now, get to speaking, or I’m sending in my second, who just so happens to be mated to the wolf you tried to take. He’ll be glad to end you in the most painful way possible.”
“I don’t know anything. My job was to retrieve the girl. I am trained like all the other lesser wolves, but I moved up because I’m not a submissive.” She growled.
I glanced at her again. “So you were just to take her, meet at a rendezvous, and what?”
“We get picked up by trusted soldiers, and then we are taken back. We are blindfolded the entire time.”
“All right, how long does it take for you to get back to your home base? Don’t lie.”
