Page 66 of Filthiest Of Them All

“As you have mine, Mr. Vatel.”

Alexander

“I’m going to fucking rip you apart!” I roar as I grip the bars of my cell and try to shake the steel to get free. Feeling helpless is something I haven’t felt since the night my sister died. I swore I would never feel that way again but I was wrong, so fucking wrong!

Nexus turns and faces me with a wide grin on his face. “Can’t take the heat can ya, Butcher?” he taunts as he slowly drags the blade down Omen’s chest, causing my brother to scream out in pain and thrash against the chains that bind his hands above his head. Carnage is strung up beside him, looking just as defeated as Omen, and it makes me sick knowing Desire has allowed this to happen to her own flesh and blood. I tear my gaze from the little cunt and face Wrath and Rage who sit in the corner with blank looks on their faces.

“They’re your brothers!” I yell. They both turn to me in sync but the looks on their faces are unreadable. “If you don’t help them, I’ll kill both of you with my bare fucking hands!” I promise. Wrath turns to Rage and nudges him with his shoulder. My anger is the only thing keeping me standing right now. Nexus tried his best to break me with stab wounds and cuts but the little cocky fucker has no idea that pain means nothing to me, it is but a fleeting moment and all you need to do is ride out the wave until it subsides. When Omen releases another scream, I turn back to face him and grit my teeth at the sight of the blade sticking out of his side.

“Oops,” Nexus sarcastically says as he moves away from Omen, who is nothing but dead weight in his chains. Neither of them will sell me out and their loyalty is something that can never be bought and something I can never repay. When they told me why they were here, I nearly lost my fucking mind. Unlike them, I knew what was coming when Desire forced me on that plane. These idiots thought their sister was the one in charge, they had no idea she had handed over control to Nexus who has no familial connection to them, which means he won’t go easy. If anything, he’s gone harder just to fuck with me. Carnage hasn’t uttered a word either since Desire announced that he had a hand in my sister’s death. I know she’s lying, she has to be.

“You want to play, then come play with me, you little cunt,” I taunt. Nexus clicks his tongue and shakes his head as he crosses the room and runs his fingertips over the tops of the weapons lined on a table. He selects a whip with arrow heads attached to the ends. I inhale sharply as he stalks toward Carnage, who hangs limply in his chains. I close my eyes for a second and push the resentment I’m feeling toward him down. As I open my eyes, I see Nexus shift so he’s standing behind Carnage and facing me.

“See, I knew you wouldn’t break through torture and I was wondering how the fuck I would get you to break.” Nexus swings the whip and Carnage lurches forward in his chains, screaming out in pain. His eyes are filled with torment as he looks at me. “The second these fucking idiots showed up, I knew just how to break you.” He whips Carnage two more times, smiling at the cries of pain he releases.

When Nexus’s gaze meets mine, I shutdown all emotions inside me and latch onto the need for revenge. It's the only way I will make it out of this and hopefully save my brothers.

“Did your daddy teach you how to be a good bitch or was that your mommy?” I ask as I move to the back of my cell and rest back against the bars, then cross my arms over my chest, forcing myself not to flinch in pain from the wound under my armpit.

Nexus’s eyes blaze as he rears his arm back and whips Carnage again, but this time I don’t react to his screams of pain, I just keep my gaze focused on Nexus. “You won’t get to me, Butcher,” he grits out.

I shrug. “Maybe, but I sure as fuck got to your sister, didn’t I?” I taunt. His eyes blaze with unfiltered hatred. “Hmmm, seems you do care for her after all, huh?” I press. Nexus marches across the room and slams to a stop in front of my cell. I may have been blindfolded on the way here but I’m not stupid, I know where we’re being held—beneath the courthouse in the city.

“I’ll kill her before I ever let her near you again.” Liquid heat licks at my skin at the mention of him touching my girl. I keep my composure and purse my lips tauntingly.

“You could try, but my brothers will put you down before you could get within five feet of her.”

“Your men are now under the rule of the De Santis family, you have no one. Those three fuckwits won’t be able to save you, but don’t worry, Tate will be here to watch you die.”

“Just make sure your sister tells me she loves me again before you kill me, kay? I would hate for her to miss the chance to tell me how much she loves me and loves coming on my cock.”

Nexus’s eyes burn with outrage as he glares at me. “Get the branding iron and brand those cunts,” he snaps at the twins. When neither of them move, I raise my brows and bite back a smile.

“I don’t think they take orders from you,” I tease.

Nexus growls, then turns to the twins. I use that moment of distraction and rush forward, reach through the bars and wrap my arms around him. He tries to fight, but even in the weakened state I’m in, I can still overpower this pathetic excuse for a human. When the side of his head is crushed against the bars and his ear peaks through the gap, I bite it. He roars in pain and fights harder to get free and even calls for the twins to help, but they don’t move. I taste his blood coating my mouth and relish in the metallic taste of him. I start to feel his skin giving way and moan at the feeling. The sounds coming from him are fucking euphoric and feed the beast inside me. He rears to life inside me and I allow him to take full control.

I yank backward and release the little cunt who drops to the floor, then scurries backward on his hands. The sight of his tears staining his cheeks and the blood from his ear cascading down the side of his face has a growl vibrating in my chest. I grip the bars and love the sight of fear I see in his eyes. I spit the torn piece of his ear at him and smile. He drops his gaze to the cartilage, then reaches up and winces when he feels the spot where his ear should be.

“You keep walking around here and acting like you’re in control, when you and I both know the only reason you feel that way is because I’m in a cage. You better hope she kills me because if she doesn’t, I’ll come for you. When you close your fucking eyes, I’ll be the star of your nightmares. I’ll be in the shadows watching you, taunting you and when you think I’ll finally strike, I won’t, because I’m going to take my time with you. I’m going to cherish every fucking second of destroying the piece of shit you are, not only for my sister but for my girl as well.” His eyes widen at the mention of Tate. “Yeah, you heard that right. She’s mine and if you touch a single fucking hair on her head, it won’t just be The Butcher coming for you, it will be the entirety of the Denver Kings, you cunt.”

“Guards!” Nexus calls out as he pushes to his feet, cupping his ear and staggering across the room where the door is opened for him. The little bitch limps out of here like a pussy. When the door closes behind him, I turn to Omen and Carnage to find them both looking at me and grinning.

“There he is,” Omen grinds out.

“Welcome back, Butcher. I thought your girl stole your balls.” I look at Carnage. When he sees the question in my eyes, he hangs his head and exhales. “I had nothing to do with Ellie dying, but I was there that night.” Tension flows through me. I inhale and exhale on instinct but my lungs feel like they can’t get enough oxygen. “I had no idea she was there, Alex. Desire sent me there to do a drop.”

“You were at the same party my sister died at with your drugs in her system,” I grit out.

“He’s telling the truth,” Rage says. I slowly turn to face the twins and shoot each of them a look of warning to shut their fucking mouths.

Wrath pushes off the wall and stalks into the middle of the room. Both Omen and Carnage glare at their brother but say nothing. “Desire met Nexus through Roberto. The little cock tease had taken over his father’s business and Desire needed him on her side.”

“Why?” I push.

Rage moves and joins his twin in the center. “Because she made a deal with the Volkov Bratva to obtain real estate for them to expand their operations in the US if they supplied her with drugs and cut off all other families they were supplying.”

My brows raise. “They’re working together.”

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