Page 75 of The Siren's Call
“Oh, goody. Because I would have been disappointed if you caved at the starting line. Stay here while I go and fetch a new toy. Oh, silly me… you’re tied down.” Ida coos as she gets up from the blood-stained floor and goes back to choose her next torture device.
Next, she comes back with a knife. She grabs his t-shirt and cuts it open from the collar to the gut. She pushes the fabric apart to expose his chest, running the knife across his pecs and abs slowly.
“It’s a shame we haven’t got more time to get to know each other before I kill you, such a waste of a fine specimen of a man. I do get rather horny when I torture someone and getting off while torturing them is a high you never forget,” she says as she starts digging the knife into the skin.
“Spare us from having to watch you fuck the captive Ida, that’s not something I want in my memory banks,” Dimitri moans.
I couldn’t agree more with him. The last thing I want to watch is our little sister kink fuck the captive, but she wouldn’t be bothered in the slightest though. As she steps back to survey her work. She has carved Ida into his chest with a kiss at the end. For fuck sake’s I may have to try and pull her off the job, I think she may have been spending too much time with her robots.
She bends back down to him though and stabs him deeply in several places, missing the vital organs every time. While she wanders over to the table again, I look over our captive.
“Do you have anything to tell us Konstantin?” I ask.
He takes a few deep breaths and raises his head to look at me, then smirks.
“Enjoy the time you have left with Valentina, Nickolai. Because once her Papa has her back? There will be nothing left of her. She will pay for letting the enemy fuck that sweet pussy of hers, for bringing shame onto the Ivanov name. That is why I will give you nothing you Filippov scum, I will enjoy knowing that my death results in hers,” he replies.
I just see red mist; I have never lost control when torturing someone. Never let my emotions lead me into doing anything rash, but hearing Valentina’s name mentioned is like a spark to tinder.
I fly across the room and start pummelling his face with punches. I don’t stop, I can’t stop. Dimitri and Lev try to pull me off him but it’s no use, I’m too far gone in my rage. I continue with blow after blow to his face. They finally manage to pull me back from him. I’m heaving with rage and violence, as I look over the damage I have done. His jaw is badly broken, hanging awkwardly to the side, his face itself is hardly recognisable with the blows I’ve inflicted.
I shrug their hold on me off and walk over to the table, I pick up the spike I had specially made and walk back over to him. I place it under his chin and lean down to whisper in his ear.
“You tell your boss when he’s down in hell with you that I win. I always win. Valentina will bear my name, my children and my family’s future. The Ivanov name will be wiped from this earth like the scum it is, no one will ever remember he existed. I managed to put an end to his family name forever by taking his sole heir to my bed. She is mine and will always be mine, so let him try and take her from me,” I roar.
At this, I ram the metal spike up into his brain from under his chin. The life bleeds from his eyes as I watch. I rip the spike out and toss it to the floor as his head slumps forward. Blood pours from the wound under his chin and pools on the floor under the chair.
I march out of the room as the others follow me silently. They know not to talk to me. They now know what Valentina means to me without any words being shared, nothing needs to be said.
“Clean the room and dispose of the body. When you have finished, report back down to my Lounge,” I order my men.
“Pasha follow us.”
“As you wish, I am but a humble servant.” He deadpans, but my mood is too dark to appreciate his humour, so I shoot him a warning look and stalk away.
I walk to the room I keep here for instances like this, I need to clean up and get a change of clothes. So does Ida. It will also give me time to cool down. I go in there and head straight for the shower stripping my clothes off as I go. I stand under the shower with just one thought on my mind. What scheme are they concocting to take my Little Vixen away from me?
I can’t help thinking I let my emotions get the better of me, I should have let them torture him more. Got more information out of him, find out if they knew all my properties or where Valentina was. I’ve fucked up royally and the only thing, other than my family, that they can use against me, is the very thing they are after. Valentina.
They think it’s just a vendetta, waring families using assets against each other. They just think I’ve taken their Queen off the board, using her to get to the King. Which, if I didn’t feel the way I feel about Valentina, would be right. I would have made a checkmate move; their family name would cease to exist.
The problem is I care about Valentina deeply, love her even. How fast I’ve fallen is astonishing, even to me. She has burrowed under my skin, carved her name on my heart and bonded my soul to hers forever. Since the first moment I saw her, not even knowing who she was. She called to me like the true Siren she is. Now, no matter what I do, I’m ensnared by her call.
No, they will never get to Valentina. Over my dead body will they ever take her from me. I haven’t much time, but I need to make sure I have all the bases covered from here on out. I know, from what Konstantin said, they are determined to get her back, so something is going to happen. I just don’t know what or when.
I get out of the shower thoroughly washed, then put on one of the outfits I have here; black shirt and black trousers. I fold the sleeves up on my shirt and leave three buttons open on the collar. As I head back out into the lounge of the suite, Lev, Dimitri, Pasha and Ida are grouped around the table discussing something. They go quiet when I enter and look at me with worried expressions.
“It’s okay guys, I’m under control for now. What I need is information, has anyone got anything new for me?” I ask.
“Bret, you need to chill out for a bit, let’s go back to the girls and have a good time. Once we are back in the hotel, we can go through all the security detail, ramp it all up for tomorrow then go from there. You will be in a much better frame of mind if you spend some time with Valentina,” Dimitri says.
“This is important, Bret. I need to make sure you’re all safe as well as Valentina. They will use you all against me and I’ve brought it on you all,” I reply.
“Bret, this war between our families has been ragging for decades. It was always going to catch up with us all, you have done nothing wrong.” Dimitri counters.
“Except fall for the one woman off limits, the heir to the enemy’s kingdom.” I scoff.
“Is my big brother admitting he has fallen in love?” Dimitri asks, somewhat shocked.
