Page 75 of Deliver Us From Evil

Liam’s eyes watch my movements, wondering what fate is destined for him. “Really sorry, but you won’t be makin’ yer party,” I say coolly because the festivities are off. “You kidnapped the woman I loved. And you took my son. You killed his ma. I know what that’s like, thanks to yer dad. Yer rotten, all you Doyles are.

“So it’s time I ended yer bloodline, once and for all.”

Never breaking eye contact, I ram the tip of the paper weight into the side of Liam’s throat. It breaks the skin with ease. A muted cry wheezes out of his stapled lips, but we’re not done. Not yet.

Dragging the tip across his flesh, it rips away, hacking a jagged line across his throat. Blood squirts from the gash, covering my face and hands, but I continue sawing along his neck viciously. Liam is still alive, flailing weakly as he tries to break free, but these will be the last breaths he takes.

The gash is deep, but I make it deeper as I pry two fingers into the gaping incision and rummage through tendon and muscle. When I feel his tongue, I yank it out through the cut. His eyes bulge from his head, the realization of what I just did hitting him.

Smacking his cheek playfully, I grin. “Say hello to yer da for me.”

I watch as Liam’s rough breaths become shallower and shallower until eventually, they just stop. He’s dead…and I don’t feel a thing.

I drop the paperweight, and it bounces onto the carpet with a thud. Bach’s serenity contrasts the grotesque scene before us, but as I look at Alek, I realize he appreciates the brutality as much as me.

“What a masterpiece,” he says, sucking on his cigar calmly.

“Thank you. This is just a warm-up.” I wipe my hands on Liam’s shirt, leaving bloodied smears behind.

“I cannot wait for that. We must move quickly. So much has changed. Do you know who he was protecting?” Alek looks at a very dead and bloody Liam, his lips twitching. “Rather stupid move on his behalf revealing that piece of information.”

“Aye, yer right.” I begin to wonder…

“Ye don’t think it’s a trap? Him feeding us what we want to hear?”

“Would he sacrifice his life like that?”

I wouldn’t think so. But I don’t know for certain. “Someone is definitely helpin’ him out. I just don’t know who because honestly, it could be anyone.”

“This makes things very difficult for us. We need a new plan.”

Nodding, I take one last look at a very dead Liam as it sets a bar to what I intend to do to Sean. “Aye, but first, I need to find my father…and fucking kill him.”

Alek simply smokes his cigar, understanding my motives. “I’ll be at your disposal. Once you’re done, we will organize the next step.”

“Thank you. I’ll be in touch. But this may take a while.”

Alek smirks. “I didn’t suspect anything different.”

Spitting on Liam’s corpse, I leave the room, only half-sated. I want more.

Austin is waiting for me by the front door. I have no doubt Liam’s men have fled, their loyalty piss-poor.

“Do you need help?” Austin asks.

I shake my head. “No, this is somethin’ I need to do alone. I’ve dreamt of this day for ten years.”

“Sure, this is it.”

With vengeance fueling me, I march out the door, my bloody hands poised as I reach for my truck keys. Cami and Shay are safe as I know my men won’t let anything happen to them. They have an army ready to fight and lay down their lives for them.

That gives me comfort and allows me to focus on one thing only, and that’s killing Sean. I don’t know what I’m walking into, but I’m ready.

I jump into my truck and search the channels on the radio until Beethoven comes on. It was quite cathartic listening to Bach as I pulled Liam’s tongue through the gaping hole in his throat. Beethoven, however, sets an entirely different mood.

It’s time to fuck shit up.

I keep to the speed limits as I drive to Sean’s house. I don’t want to draw any attention to myself as I’m slathered in Liam’s blood. The closer I get, the more excited I become. The analogyI feel like a kid on Christmas morningcomes to mind, but I never got to experience those special milestones, thanks to my father killing my mother and robbing me of a normal life.

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