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“Kate, let me handle this,” Beast says as I ask for the thousandth time what she knows.
“You’re willing to torture a woman?” I ask, looking over at him.
It is not an accusation, but rather a sincere question. We both know that she’s been cruel to Ford and doesn’t deserve our sympathy, but I don't want to put Beast in a position where he feels any guilt. He’s never tortured a woman before, and despite how despicable this woman is and all the terrible things she’s done to her own flesh and blood, I have the feeling that it’s a hard no for him but he’ll do it for me anyway.
“Listen, I’m willing to dowhateverit takes to protect the people I care about, Kate.”
“Which is exactly why you shouldn’t. I can’t make you do this. I won’t.”
“You’re not making me do anything,” he says, grasping a knife from his trolley of torture instruments. He turns it over in his hands, looking at it for a moment. “Ford is a good kid. Christy deserves to be safe, and you need to know the truth so that we can face whatever the King has plannedtogether.”
“It will fuck you up,” I say heavily.
“I’m already fucked-up, Princess.”
“Beast—”
“No, Kate. I’ve got this.”
“What about what Christy said? Maybe this is what she was talking about. She was troubled by it…”
“I hope to fuck this isn’t what she was talking about because I don’t want that sweet kid to see this kind of bad shit,” Beast says, scrubbing his face, “But she was right about everything. Iwilldo what it takes to protect you. Always.”
“I know you would and that’s the problem.”
Ignoring me, Beast strides over to Mary, crouching before her. “I need you to listen very carefully, Mary. This is important,” he says, lifting her chin so she looks at him. She blinks rapidly a few times and there’s more lucidity in her gaze than when we first arrived. Perhaps the effect of whatever drug she’s been taking is finally beginning to wear off.
“My baby,” she whispers.
It’s the same thing she’s been saying over and over again for hours.
“Wewantto protect your baby,” Beast says, stroking her cheek with his thumb.
He’s gentle, soothing, and somehow that’s worse than him being violent. I let out a shaky breath and grit my jaw.
“All we need you to do, Mary, is answer a few questions and we’ll help you sort this out.”
“I want my baby,” she says, her lips wobbling, her eyes filling with tears.
“And you’ll see your baby again soon. I promise,” Beast lies, because we both know that no matter what, she’s not leaving this basement alive. “I just need you to tell me why you killed Rodriguez? What happened?”
For a long time she just stares at Beast, then clarity filters across her face and I hold my breath waiting for her to respond, but just when I think she’s about to tell us what we want to know, she closes her eyes and screams.
“I. Want. My. Baby!”
“Fuck!” Beast exclaims, dropping her chin and clutching a fistful of her hair in his hands. “If you don’t fucking tell us what we want to know, you’ll never see your baby again!”
“Wait!” I shout, just as he’s pressing a knife to her neck.
“Kate, this is the only way,” Beast says, but there’s something in his eyes that tells me he wishes it wasn’t.
“I have an idea. Just hold off, okay?” I ask him, pulling out my mobile phone and texting Cleveland.
Beast releases Mary from his hold and steps back, “So what’s the deal?”
“She wants her baby. I’m fulfilling her wish,” I say, hoping this is going to work.
“You’re not seriously bringing Ford here?”
