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My brothers drop around me, each one holding me, giving me a little strength. This is what I was afraid of. Letting it out and losing myself. I need to pull myself together my woman needs me.
“We’ll find her.” Finn leans forward, pressing his forehead against mine. “We are the O’Farrells. Brothers, family. We’ll stand at your side to bring them all down and we’ll be with you when you bring her home. We’ve leaned on you our whole lives, it’s your turn to lean on us. Let us all be your anchor.”
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I didn’t realise how much I needed to break last night, or how much I needed to hear that my brothers were with me. It’s not like I ever doubted it, but I have pushed them so hard since Bell’s was taken, I wouldn’t have held it against them if they let me fight alone.
I actually managed more than three hours of sleep and while I woke up feeling a little more refreshed than I have in weeks, I feel guilty knowing I managed to sleep when my woman is still out there. But it was sleep that I needed. I’ve woken with it very clear in my head what needs to happen.
I lean against the wall in the warehouse just outside the kill room. Tipping my water bottle to my lips I watch as my brothers stroll through the door. Ronan smiles when he sees I’m ready to get started. The others just shake their heads as they move over to the table with their joggers and tee’s on and begin to get undressed.
A few minutes later we’re all ready and standing at the door. I take a look at each of my brothers, they all give me a single nod. I close my eyes, tipping my head to the sky then take a deep breath letting my demon rise to the surface.
“Let’s do this.” Ronan slaps me on the back then opens the door to the darkness of the kill room. I let my brothers walk ahead of me giving me another minute to get my head on straight. Stepping through the door I flip the light switch. “Wake up mother fucker. It’s time to play.”
We removed him from the ceiling when we walked in and strapped him to the chair. I started with his toenails sticking a hot pin between the toe and the nail bed. Vincenzo doesn’t handle pain as well as I thought he would. He cried before I’d even stuck the third pin in. Not that the crying did anything other than spur me on to do the other seven.
Once I’d finished the pins, Finn made somewhere in the region of fifty small cuts on his shins, then poured neat bleach on each one. He passed out forty minutes in, but we wake him with ice-cold water the moment his eyes begin to close.
We’re only around four hours in and I don’t think that Vincenzo can handle much more, but I’m not done yet. I grab the pliers from the table as Ronan and Connor hold him steady, securing his hand so he can’t move it. Holding onto his finger I grab the tip of his nail with the pliers and yank them up, he cries out and I’m already ripping off another one before he even realises.
“Ple… eeaasse.” He sobs as I continue to rip off each of his nails.
“I gotta say Vinnie… I thought you were made of stronger stuff than this.” I tsk my disappointment.
“Nah, don’t you remember when he and Anjelica had me tied up in the house, when you guys arrived this fucker ran off and left her to deal with the shit show they started. He’s definitely a coward.” Finn walks over to us, looking at Vincenzo with nothing but disgust. He brings the point of his blade to Vincenzo’s face and drags it down from the edge of his brow to his chin.
“Stop. Please. I…” He sobs as he tries to speak, he struggles to catch his breath. “I’ll tell you…”
I grab his chin lifting his face so I can see him clearly, “tell me what?”
Tears roll down his face mixing in with the blood and snot. He takes a few deep breaths then looks me dead in the eyes. “They have her in Italy. The Russo’s have property in the St Jacques region of Valle D’Aosta. They are holding her there.”
“Are you lying to me?”
He shakes his head as he fails to stop himself from crying. “It’s the truth. She is with her father, Liam and Michael.”
Holy fuck, I look at my brothers. We knew Liam was behind this but to hear that his father our uncle is there. And now her father is in on this. I’m going to fucking kill him even if she hates me for it.
“Kill.” I look over at Ronan. “Maxim is already in Greece for other business. We need to redirect his plane and then head out there. Let’s go get your woman.”
I stand and nod aimlessly. Taking the knife from Finn, I slide it into Vincenzo’s neck severing his artery. There’s no sense in dragging out his suffering, he’s served his purpose and I have better things to do.
Chapter 37
I haven’t seen my father or Liam since he punched me in the face. I refused to sign the papers handing over my business and money to my father. We got into a massive argument with him calling me selfish among other things then storming out. The lawyer didn’t say anything he just left the papers on the top and followed my father out.
I hear footsteps and then a key turn in the lock, I’m surprised when Liam walks in with my lunch. I jump off the bed and stand in the middle of the room. I don’t want to be boxed in anywhere near him, I want to be able to have somewhere I can move to if I need to.
“What are you doing here?”
“I thought we should talk.” He walks toward me heat races and but I stand my ground. I don’t want him to see how afraid of him I am. He walks right past me, placing the tray of food onto the dresser then takes a seat on the bed. He watches me, his eyes roaming up and down my body. I shift my weight a little, but I don’t make any other movements. I’m aware that he’s left the door open, and I can’t hear anyone out in the hallway. I have no idea how many other people are in this house or what lies in wait beyond that door, but this might be my only opportunity to make another attempt to escape.
“You should count yourself lucky that your Da is so focussed on getting your money.”
“And how do you figure that is lucky?” I bite back, I may be a little scared of him, but I’m not so scared I won’t stand up for myself.
He laughs leaning back on his arms making himself a little more comfortable on the bed. “My Da and I, we have plans for the rest of the O’Farrell women. Alex is mine, I get to keep her and do whatever I want with her for as long as I like. The others, they’ll be broken in by my Da and then moved on. We have buyers for Liv and the kids. Cara’s Da has offered to pay us a lot of money to send her back. Money, we intend on taking, but she won’t make it back to him though. We already have a buyer lined up for her. Nora, well both Da and I will be breaking her in before we offer her up for sale. Vincenzo was going to take Niamh, but that stupid fucker seems to have disappeared, we do however have a buyer who seems to be interested. Once we’ve grabbed her, we’ll tender her out to the highest bidder or maybe the sickest. We do have a few who like their woman a little broken.” He smirks as he watches my reactions.
