Page 74 of My Broken Bodyguard 2: Ritchie & Tori

After flipping on the switch, the bright light radiated their flesh.

“The girls did a number on you guys,” I chuckled.

Daryl and Reece groaned under the heat.

“That light will have you wide awake in under a minute. Soon you two will scream. Your voices will bounce off the soundproof walls. Allowing the girls to continue resting peacefully. Tori is asleep at our new home.”

Brock kept an eye on her.

“You’re no better than me.” Daryl’s words came out hoarse. The only thing they’d been given was water.

I reached for a water bottle and poured a little down their throats. Wouldn’t hurt to hear their last words and audible screams. I tossed the empty water bottle into the makeshift garbage bag to my left.

My eyes moved over the silver tray, then I selected my tool.

“The difference between me and you...” I pointed the blade at his chest.

“...I’d do anything in this world to protect her. I’d never exploit her like you did.”

“You saw her as a vulnerable little bird and decided to rescue her. Tori isn’t a little bird. When her back is against the wall, she’s a rottweiler. The woman can survive in the roughest of conditions,” he winced.

The heat from the light was charring his skin. I could smell his skin burning.

“Yes, she’s from the streets, but when a person is raped, their power is stolen. And trying to get that part of them back is difficult. The last thing you wanted to do was help her heal.”

“I did,” he bit out.

“Dressing a woman in pretty clothes, housing her in a castle, and forcing her to be your woman was not helping her heal.” I brought the saw down on his shoulder.

“Awe,” he roared.

I tugged my goggles over my eyes, then I continued.

“She deserves to be loved and cherished. I don’t give a fuck if she is a rottweiler. Even the most loyal animal desires compassion and love from their owner. My woman will have the world at her fingertips.” I brought the saw down again, and again. “She will understand that she’s all that matters to me. That I have her best interest at heart.”

My eyes narrowed as I slid the saw back and forth until it cut through his muscle and bone.

His arm dropped to the floor.

Catch approached Reece. “I’m going to kill you for what Daryl did to Bianca’s brother.”

Reece’s cold eyes stared through Catch.

“In the mafia world women and children are off limits.” Catch cut his eyes at Daryl.

“You strapped a vest lined with explosives on a teenage boy.” Catch slid the saw through the flesh above Reece’s elbow.

I winced. “That looks painful.”

Daryl’s mangled body thrashed in the chair as he watched his lover be tortured.

“We do this every day,” I stated.

“We torture our bosses’ enemies. Don’t worry, you and your boyfriend will be together in death. I widened my arms fortheatrics. “Your body parts will sink to the bottom of Lake Michigan together.”

The guys burst into laughter.

Reece’s arm hit the floor with a thud. “I’m not sure I’ll ever unsee that fucking vest on Kam’s body,” Catch admitted.

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