Gavin’s eyes flashed, and a smile curled on his lips.
‘I actually might know a guy. I met a chaos demon shortly after I died. Funny guy. Kind of a dick, but I guess that’s to be expected, considering he’s a demon and all. Maybe I can summon him to collect Cal’s ghouls once we get rid of Damian? I assume we’ll want to get rid of that asshole’s spirit once he’s dead, too.’
Not too sure how I felt about summoning a fuckingdemon.I was still mulling over Gavin’s idea when Theo piped up.
“Don’t you have a grenade in your backpack?” she asked Vox, and he nodded. Theo shot him a devilish grin.
“Cool. Hand it over. I’ll blow up the jerk off guarding Cal’s door while you get Naomi to safety. Ryan’s ghost buddy can handle Cal’s ghouls while we free him. Cal can kill Damian, then we can all fucking go home.”
Vox gave Theo a smirk and nodded again, turning so Theo could dig through his bag for the grenade.
“You know how to use one of those?” I asked as Theo held up the black, egg-shaped explosive.
Her eyes were shining with excitement, and she shrugged.
“How hard can it be?”
Iwas tearing against the ropes that Damian had used to tie me down so hard I could feel blood pooling in my palms.
“If you fucking touch Naomi I will fucking bathe in your blood!”
The shit I was screaming at him was getting increasingly more violent as I tore through my own skin and flesh in an attempt to get free.
Damian chuckled at my attempts to release myself from the chair as he prepped what looked like another needle.
“I’m going to rip your spine out of your fucking throat!” I roared as Damian flicked the syringe to distill any air bubbles.
“You’re going to dononeof that, Callum. You’re going to sit still, and I’m going to have my fill of you. Then, when I’m done,I will kill you. Just as I should have done the day I found you in that fucking precinct.”
He came forward and fisted my hair, jerking my head to the side to expose the veins in my neck.
“Get the fuck away from me!”
“Shh, shh. This will help you calm down. Don’t worry. You’ll still be able to feel everything. It’s no fun if you don’t come while I fuck you.”
“Damian, I will literally bite your fucking dick off!”
As he looked down at me with those hungry whiskey eyes, more repressed memories seemed to wiggle free from the depths of my mind. I couldn’t believe I had buried them so deep.
He had always been a fucking child abuser. My mind had tried to protect me from it, but I hated myself for being so weak. All the times he had touched himself while he had me tortured as a child. Sometimes he had touched me too, and I had fuckingrepressed it.
If I’d remembered, would it have taken me so long to break free of him? How the fuck could my mind betray me like that!?
“I’m going to fuck you raw, Callum. We’re going to goagain and again. I’m going to make youbegfor it. Then I’m going to sell little Naomi into the trade you tried so hard to dismantle. I’ll let you watch the auction. Tight little pussy like hers will fetch a pretty penny. Then, once she’s gone and you’re mine again, I’ll slit your throat and watch you die. Maybe in front of her, just so she knows for sure her big brother isn’t coming to save her.”
“Why are youdoingthis!?” I snarled, though I knew it was a stupid fucking question. There was no rhyme or reason for Damian’s sadism.
Some men just wanted to hurt people.
Some men fucking got off on it.
I knew this because I was one of them.
The difference between Damian and me was that I didn’twantto be like this. I didn’t takepridein the fact that I was a monster.
Damian loved himself, which I supposed was lucky for him, considering no one else ever would.
“Why am I doing this? LOOK AT MY FACE!” he roared, positioning the tip of the needle against my throat. “Look what you fucking did to me! Did you really think I would let this go unpunished!?”
