Page 180 of Depths of Destruction
Andre strokes my cheek. "I don't think—"
"Tell me," I demand.
Andre hesitates, then sighs. "Whatever he did to you, he got tenfold. I tied him to a tree. But I didn't just use a taser. I rotated the shock with whippings. He got daylight, nighttime, and morning, just like you did."
My mouth goes dry. I barely get out, "Tell me the rest."
"Baby, you don't need to hear any more."
"Yes. I do."
Andre swallows hard.
"Please. Tell me." I don't know why I need to know more details, but I do. I want to know everything about Andre ending Santiago's life for the hell he put me through. "Andre. I need to hear what you did."
He slowly nods. "Okay. He cried like a baby and barely made it into the morning light. When the vultures started pecking at his flesh, I didn't shoo them away. I smeared the carcass of the jaguar we ate for our dinner all over his body, which only encouraged them further."
Silence ensues as I process what he's told me. I should be repulsed by what he did, but I'm not.
"So, he's really dead?"
"Yes."
A sense of satisfaction courses through me. I put my hand on his cheek. "Thank you."
He tucks my hair behind my ear. "There's something else I have to tell you."
"What's that?"
"It's about Emilia."
My pulse beats in my neck. "Andre, please don't tell me she's dead."
"No. She's not. But she and Malin..."
My gut drops. "What is it?"
"They broke into the news station you worked at and tore apart Ezra's office."
"What? No. Emilia wouldn't do that. She would never—"
"She did. They have it on video surveillance."
My heart beats faster. "That doesn't make sense."
"They took several folders."
"Maybe it's the information I gave Ezra."
His face hardens. "Ezra was there."
A chill runs through my bones. "What? How?"
"It happened before our abduction."
"He knew they were taking it?" I say in disbelief.
"Ezra walked in on them. Malin had his gun and Emilia tied Ezra to his chair."
