Page 64 of Marked for Extinction
It was Vik!
“What the hell is going on?” I called out, running toward him.
Beau appeared out of nowhere, his lip bloodied and stepping in my way as he stared down at me. “You stay right fucking there. That asshole traitor is going where he belongs.”
Vik laughed like he had lost his mind, scaring the residents around us.
“Just you all wait. Ares and I will burn this fucking place down for what you’re doing!” He laughed again and the hairs on the back of my neck stood on end.
Ares. He had lost it, again. His mind was playing tricks on him to help him cope with the madness.
Trying to push my way past Beau, I was blocked once more but by a different body. Vik’s brother.
“Where do you think you’re going, dearie? Little pets like you should stay where they are safe, hmm? No reason to play with the insane. Let sleeping dogs lie where they should—in their cages.”
“What? Get the hell away from me,cabrón! I need to get to Vik. He needs me! He needs—”
The doctor let out an eerie laugh that felt like shards against my skin as he leaned in with a devilish smile, the light from above glinting against his goggles on top of his head.
“The man needs you like a hole in the head. In fact,” he leaned in some more until his nose almost touched mine. “I have much better use for you, my pet.”
My eyes widened at his insinuation and my mind flashed back to the torture chamber. I screamed bloody murder, slapping my hands on the side of my face as I tried to dislodge the images in my head. Blood. Darkness. My body trembled as my skin replayed the way my flesh would part under my captors punishment.
“Get the fuck away from me! Leave me alone!” I screamed.
“What the hell did you say to her?” Beau growled.
The doctor chuckled and mumbled something as new arms came around me and helped me back up. It was Gavin.
“Get the fuck out of here. Don’t you think she’s been terrorized enough? You got your prisoner. Let her mind fucking settle, you animals!”
“Tsk. Tsk. Tsk. So the dogs bark, trying to protect what they think belongs to them. You boys have much to learn in this lifetime.” The moment Vik’s brother whistled the familiar tune and walked away was the moment I screamed out in terror again as images of the bloodsucking bitch’s face came into view as if she was really there, smiling down at me in anticipation of my suffering.
ChapterTwenty-Three
Vik
“I’m goingto kill you all!” I roared as I paced back and forth behind the door. A guard stared at me with fear from the window slit and I bared my teeth at him.
“Give it a few minutes. I’ll get us out of here,” Ares said, but I couldn’t listen to him, not when my only thoughts were of Inés and her screams as they dragged me away.
“Fuck!” I slammed my shoulder against the door and screamed again despite the pain that radiated through my bones. This prison cell was crudely dug out, the walls still jagged on all sides including the ceiling. The only thing perfected formed was around the metal door that kept me in.
“He’s fucking gone insane!” I heard from the other side as Ares laughed from one of the shadowed corners.
“Maybe he’s changing! They were right!” One of the guards belted out.
“Fuck, how did we not see it coming? He looked like a lunatic walking topside. We should have known,” the second guard followed up.
I snaked my finger through the small bars on the window of the door and glared at them with my goggles pulled up to my forehead. At this point, it was no surprise I shared a bloodline with the other lunatic they let in their homes.
“Why don’t you come in here and find out the truth for yourself, you cowards,” I growled. The simple fact that they allowed the younger soldiers to guard told me they truly didn’t know what kind of threat I could be.
The younger guards leaned away and took a few steps back with their rifles in hand, visibly shaking.
“Stay away from me!” the youngest one warned.
I snarled menacingly. “On the contrary, you all should have stayed away fromme.”
