Page 204 of Brutal Savage

Is this really over? Will I finally be done with the Eights for good?

“What are you gonna do with them?”

In his eyes, I find a hungered beast. “Everything.”

And I feel that word. I feel it in my marrow, knowing that’s his oath to me. For all the wrongs I’ve endured.

“Take her away,” he tells Iseult.

“No!” He doesn’t understand how badly I need to see Jerry dead.

“Elara…” His eyes soften. “I don’t want you to have to watch this.”

“I don’t care. I need to see it.”

“If that’s what you want, I won’t deny you.”

More footfalls draw closer. When we look in that direction, we find Konstantin and another guy who looks very much like him walking in.

Konstantin drops someone on the floor.

Isaac.

“Guess who my men found hiding in one of the cars outside.” He smirks.

My heartbeats quicken as I stare at the men who ruined my life, neither one saying a word.

Isaac’s one eye is swollen and his mouth bloodied. And from the appearance of Konstantin’s knuckles, it’s likely he’s the one who did it.

“Sit them up,” Tynan tells his siblings, and they pull the men to a seated position.

Jerry grins wryly, and I find that one of his teeth is missing.

Tynan removes a knife from his ankle holster and nears the tip to Rogue’s throat. “I trusted you. We trusted you…” His body reverberates with rage. “And you betray us? You put my wife at risk? Why?”

Rogue drags his face up and stares at him. “What would you do if my father killed yours?”

Tynan grabs the back of his neck, nearing his face toward him. “This.”

With one quick jerk, he sinks the blade into his eye.

I gasp, looking away while Rogue roars in pain…

Tears burn behind my eyes. This is all too much.

“I’m not done with you yet. I’ll drag this out. Each one of you will suffer.” He kneels in front of Jerry. “I will enjoy every fucking second of watching you die.”

Jerry’s upper lip curls. “Fuck you, you cock-sucking bastard.”

“You really shouldn’t have said that.” He glances at Cillian. “Give me another knife.”

For a brief second, real fear flashes before Jerry’s eyes, and before I know what’s happening, Tynan pushes him down flat on the floor while Fionn and Cillian hold him down.

“What the fuck are you doing?” Jerry tries to fight them, but it’s no use.

“Let my son go! You can have me.”

Tynan ignores Isaac’s plea, prying Jerry’s mouth open. And when he slices his tongue off, I cover my mouth to stop from hurling, squeezing my eyes shut.

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