Chapter 84
Tony
Waking up I feel like someone is trying to rip off my arms.
“Ughh..” I groan out as I attempt to move…but I can’t. Why can’t I move? I blink my eyes and ears connect to the present as I hear and see my girl on a screen in front of me. Well, it looks like her, but I’ve never seen her like this, even before the full body tattoos that cover her scars. Here in front of me she looks..soft and delicate…innocent and carefree even.
“Welcome, brother.” I hear beside me, pulling my attention.
Luciano is there, naked…and behind him Luca’s face peers over at me, also naked and waving his hands that are also chained. I look up as far as I can and see that my hands are found above me and looking down, I see I’m also butt naked.
“I have two questions.” I start “Why are we naked and why do you guys have chairs to stand on and I don’t?”
“I think it’s rather freeing if I’m being honest.” Luca jokes. “And it took us three loops of those videos to get these chairs back after they kicked them out from under us before you were brought in.”
“I was going to try to push mine over to you, but I couldn’t get you up on it while you were still out.” Luciano says. “With how close we are and the extra chain from the height, we can share if I wiggle it over a bit“.
After the tedious task, Luciano and I stand hip to hip, just barely on the chair and I’m able to lower my hands slightly and get some feeling back. It’s still an awkward angle where our torsos are leading outward to where they’re hung on the roof but it’s still better than the position, I woke up in.
“What the fuck are we watching this?” I finally ask.
“It’s his way of torturing us, without killing us.” Luciano mumbles out.
“Yeah, he wants to save that for when our girl gets here, as some sort of fucked up, welcome home present.” Luca says.
“This is torture?”
“When you’ve watched it as many times as we have, in the dark, chained up and fighting your body’s natural instincts to move, questions every laugh, every kiss, every moment we’ve had with her, comparing it to this. Yeah, it starts to fuck with your head.” Luciano whispers with his head down.
“Not to mention I’ve had to piss myself three times already. Pretty rude they won’t even come in and hold it for me.” Luca pokes his head around at me again and then points to the puddle of piss on the floor and his chair. That’s totally down his leg too.
“Does she know? Did you get her out?” Luca whispers out after a while. Almost barely audible.
“I told the guys to go back and get her away from here. To keep her safe and forget about us.”
“Good.” They both say. Then we all hang our heads and go back to the silence that’s overthrown by the videos.
Ariana.
I’m about three hours in, sliding through the vents, cataloguing rooms and guards, I was just about to move to the final floor, the basement, when I heard his voice. I could recognize it anywhere, even after all these years. Alexander. He’s in one of the rooms I previously moved past, turning around in this small space isn’t an option so I lift my feet slightly and use my hands to push me backwards. I can’t risk going past the vent opening, I know he has a very keen eye, so I stop just before it, where his voice is very clear.
“Any word from Hudson yet, boss?”
“Hmm, not yet, last message received was over an hour ago. Said he’d be placed on her guard duty, and she hadn’t been told Luciano, Luca and Tony were missing yet. He’s trying to convince the other men it’s a good idea to tell her.”
“How long do you think it’ll take her to come once she knows?”
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It’s hard to tell with her. She always was a wonder. Hard to read and full of surprises. Doesn’t matter though, Hudson will let us know when she’s on her. way and we can be fully prepared for her arrival.”
And you’re sure about this…about her?”
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