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"Now what?" Eunji asked.
Even I was stumped. I thought we'd have a few answers by now. Then inspiration struck me hard, like a bolt of lightning from the sky.
Chapter 18
Eunji
"Now we move on." Vito chuckled.
I wasn't seeing the humor in the situation, but I stayed back and waited for him to let me know what we needed to do next. He handed me a pair of pliers. I looked down at them questionably.
"You're going to want to aim for the molars, little lotus," was the only instruction I got before he took a chisel and shoved it into this guy's mouth.
I couldn't see what Vito was doing, but there was blood pouring out of the mouth, down his neck, and soaking into his shirt. He was pulling his head away from Vito, trying to get away.
"Eunji, come hold his head straight," Vito snapped me out of my reverie.
I rushed behind the chair and grabbed hold of his head, helping to hold him in place while Vito chiseled away.
"Why're you doing that?" I was so confused.
"It loosens the tooth from the gum, so you don't have to exert yourself too much," Vito clarified.
"Torture sure is messy," I murmured over the cries of our victim.
Vito pulled back and gripped his chin in his hand. He opened the poor guy's mouth and tapped a little more at the gums.
"Just checking, you want to give me your name now,bastardo?"
I shivered from his aggression.
"Sergei Romanov." He spat a wad of blood at Vito's face but missed the mark and it hit Vito's chest instead.
"Good. Now tell me why you want my woman," Vito growled.
"She is ours,savok," Sergei gasped out.
He was coughing back blood. I wrinkled my nose in distaste.
"Fuck that. What do you want with her,stronzo?" Vito was spinning the chisel in his hands.
I was worried he would snap at any moment.
"Our money's worth." He tilted his head back to look at me. "They'll be coming for you soon,suka."
Vito nodded to me and then moved out of the way. I opened Sergei's mouth and started pulling teeth out. I tossed them on the floor behind me. Blood was coming out everywhere and had soaked my hand.
"Should've gotten you gloves, my little lotus," Vito murmured deeply in my ear from behind.
I felt tingles in my stomach from his close proximity, which should have turned me off seeing as I was pulling teeth out of a man's mouth in direct retaliation to the things his outfit wanted to do with me. Then again, it felt good to be in control, to take back my power. I couldn't let the Russians scare me. I was strong.
Vito pulled me away from Sergei when I was down to only six teeth left. He kissed me so hard, I felt my toes curl.
"Let's leave him," Vito suggested and stuffed a dirty rag in Sergei's mouth.
I was almost certain he was going to end up with an infection, but if what Vito said about Luciano was true, that was the least of Sergei's problems right now.
Vito rushed me back inside the compound and shoved me against the entry hall wall. I noted that there was no one around yet, just before his mouth descended onto mine. I expected him to slam me against the closest wall and ravish me.
