Twin Tormentors By RARE

Chapter 31

VERNERO POV

It was a little after 7 when I decided it was time to leave Leigh’s room. She was sleeping soundly and I felt like watching her was just going to disturb her peaceful rest. Enzo had long gone, left me to myself as I insisted on watching over her.

Somehow just sitting here, watching as she took small peaceful breaths gave me a sense of relief, made me forget for a minute how badly I fucked up. I didn’t want to put the blame on anyone or anything else. It was with my ignorance that she passed out. Had I checked the system well, things wouldn’t be like this. The harder I thought about it, the more I felt like I needed to skin someone alive,

With that, I left.

I went straight into the monitoring room and checked the surveillance. I had to be sure of what happened. And if someone actually dared to turn up the temperature… Oh Lord, help them!

To my surprise, there really was no one. The only people who went to the sauna today were Enzo, and me. Even Valerie saw from the surveillance room that Leigh passed out.

Now, this meant one thing; The system did have a small error.

I let out a loud growl as I slammed my fists angrily on the keyboards that were on the table, earning me a yelp from the guy sitting next to me.

I left without further ado and quickly dialed Ciello’s phone number. The phone clicked as he answered on the third ring:

“Boss?”

“I want whoever that was in contact with Leigh-Ari in 30 minutes, chained in the dungeons,” I commanded as I ran to my office to ready myself for what came next.

“Done, Boss.” He replied cutting the call. Upon reaching my office, I walked into my private bathroom and stood under the icy cold shower. The cold sprays of water cleared my mind, numbed my body, removed all the unwanted thoughts that may lead me to failure. I had hurt one person I cared about the most. Someone had to suffer for all she did. And I was going to inflict the pain very, very, well.

30 minutes on the clock, my phone rang and it was Ciello. I smiled and picked it up, loyal to his words, he had everyone that talked to Leigh today.

It was about to go crazy!

LEIGH-ARI

a sitting position and pulled my knees to my chest, with my back against the headboard. The room was dark, signaling

bedside lamp and padded across the room to switch on the main lights. A

I realized that being surprised wasn’t going to do it for me, I mean I was with Ciello, maybe he was the one who brought

and that’s when I realized I hadn’t, had anything since the hearty breakfast I had in the morning. Good Lord this had been an insanely

to escape only to be found yet again, then

grumble angrily. I looked for another set of comfortable clothes and slipped them on, then left my room on a

after closing my door, I realized that I had no idea where the kitchen was, let alone the

However, the hallways were as still as death, unmoving, and

saw a huge, oak, doubled doors, and ran towards them, then pushed them open with all my might to reveal what looked like a rooftop. There were stone-carved seats and tables, as well as manicured statues and fountains. The light from the

as

took off and walked down the stairs that stretched on forever. The stairs went on and on and it was insanely chill in here. I shivered

jolted me out of my own skin. It sounded like it was coming out from somewhere below, instead of walking

came to a clearing and stopped dead in my tracks. The sight in front of

sales consultant I was talking with today, chained and nearly disfigured. The vendor, the police officers.

I screamed announcing my presence in the room, tears pricked

Vernero shirtless, with what looked like an ax grasped tight in his

as a whisper as I

door?” He thundered to someone

sentence before a loud qunshot rang around the stone walls, echoing around and creating a ghost sound that made my heart palpitate. His lifeless body fell limp to the floor and

I cried so hard as

my earrings to coughed, and

stop streaming down

He threatened in his usual icy tone, I straightened up and looked at him, then angrily wiped the tears that

Not them.” I announced