Chapter 50
DEMITRI
Ikicked the door in. The smoke bomb pours out of the open space. I see Nick standing there, Nyx’s throat wrapped with his fingers. My vision goes red, and every single demon simmers under my skin.
“Demitri!” Nyx is able to call out before her air is cut off completely.
This place smells. Nyx looks clean, but the scent that lingers tells a different story.
It’s musty, and the body odor and dirt linger everywhere.
Nyx has bags under her eyes, that indicate she hasn’t been sleeping well.
The bruises I can see just fuel the fire within me.
Most of them are a mottled yellow, but there are a few fresh ones.
As soon as my eyes find the still bleeding wound on her thigh, the demon in me takes over.
His fingers around her throat are leaching the color from the skin around them, and her face is red.
I know he’s cutting off her air supply, and I would love nothing more than to put a bullet in both their brains, but they need more.
I need more. More pain. More blood. More suffering.
For them, not me. I will work through every single demon that lingers in my subconscious on their flesh.
Every sleepless night I’ve had since she was taken from me will be paid for in full. I need to hear them scream, to beg for their lives, to cry. I’ve already made this asshole piss himself once. Why he thinks he could beat us is beyond me.
“Nick, let them go. Face me like a fucking man.I told you once that if you touched her again, you would be ended by my hands.” I call out into the smoke.
“Fuck off, Demitri. This bitch ruined my life. The only way to fix this is for her to come back with me.” He calls out.
“I can make this quick, Nick. Or would you rather I show you every ounce of pain I can?” I can see his body shaking like a damn leaf, but he still doesn’t release Nyx.
He pulls her body in front of himself. His head barely sticks out above her shoulder. Nyx has tears running down her cheeks, and all the jostling has a thick stream of her dark red blood running down her leg, making a small puddle on the floor.
“You won’t have her, Demitri.” He grips her even tighter, and I need to control my temper before I do something rash.
Out of the corner of my eye, I see Callum come up to the window at the front of the cabin. There was only one door to come in, that I kicked off the rickety hinges, so Cal had to use the window.
“You can have her back once I am done with her. You like sloppy seconds, don’t you?” An evil chuckle leaves his lips, and I am moments away from losing any ounce of control I have.
“I don’t share her with scumbags like you.
What happened to the family you had, Nick?
We looked for Julia and Avery. And they were nowhere to be found.
” Callum continues to creep in through the window.
His six foot eight body barely fits through the frame.
I have to keep talking to block out his struggle.
“I’m sure once we get back Hutch can find them, and we will save them from your touch. ”
“Good luck finding them. Their bodies have probably been eaten by the cougars around here by now.” Nyx starts to shake uncontrollably. She knows she is in the hands of a murderer. Fuck, hurry up, Cal.
“You killed your own flesh and blood, and you think I’m going to give up the one woman to save me from myself?” The shock is written on her face. I am pretty much confessing my love for her while she is being held hostage.
Fucking, finally, Callum has his 9mm in his hand, pointed at Nick, while he stalks toward him on silent feet.
“I wil-“
“Release Nyx and I won’t shower her in your brain matter?” Callum says as soon as the barrel of his gun is pressed to his skull.
As soon as he feels the metal against his head, he drops his grip on my Little Fox. She hits the floor with a hard thud and cries out. My heart is about to beat out of my chest. It takes me just a second to lunge for her. I wrap her up in my arms and lift her off the splinter riddled floor.
“Do you have him for now?” I ask Cal.
“Yup, take care of your girl. Then make sure to come get mine. I’ll babysit this asshole, I gotta grab Jack when you're done. He is tied to a tree.” He starts to tie Nick to a chair while I walk Nyx out of the shack.