Madness: Part 2 – Chapter 79
Madness: A Dark Revenge Romance
Iâve never been surrounded by so many Lords at once in such a tight space. I mean, the jet is huge, but the last time I was with this many was during my initiation at the cathedral.
Not to bring any attention to myself, I sit quietly next to Adam, listening to them go over their options. Tysonâs men brought plans to a place they keep referencing as Dollhouse. Iâve never heard of it other than that one time Haidyn asked me about it.
They think my mom runs it, and I want to argue, but the fact that Bill has remained quiet has me keeping my mouth shut. Itâs obvious he knows more than me. Iâll just add it to the list of things my mother has been lying to me about.
âWhat if heâs not there?â Sin asks. âIf we need to, we can split up and hit another place at the same time,â he offers.
âHeâs there,â Bill assures him. âShe wanted him. This is the only place sheâd be able to keep him without my knowledge.â
Saint snorts. âThen how are you so sure?â
âI have someone on the inside. I couldnât prove it or risk going to you all until I got the confirmation this morning. They informed me sheâs keeping him in the dungeon. Total isolation and drugged.â
A dungeon? My mother has one of those? Fuck, even Carnage just calls it their basement. And drugs? What kind of drugs could my mother have access to? A sickening feeling makes my stomach roil.
âSame thing she did to him during our âtraining.â Fuck, I hate that goddamn bitch.â Saint hisses.
Training? What are they talking about training? Since when do Lords go through that? The video comes to mind that Iâve been sent where heâs strung up, bleeding and being tortured. The one where they waterboarded himâ¦was my mom the she they were referring to?
âI hate to be a Negative Nancy hereâ¦â one of Tysonâs men speaks. I remember him introducing himself to Bill as Colton before we boarded the plane. When Bill asked him if they were able to get access to the plans of the address, he had given them. âBut what if heâs dead?â
I slap my hand over my mouth to keep in a sob at that thought, and Adam grabs my other one, giving it a firm squeeze.
Kashton bends over, dropping his head between his legs as his hands come up and interlock at the back of his neck.
âDoesnât matterâ¦â Saint says, shaking his head.
âColt isnât wrongâ¦â Another by the name of Alex starts. âWhat if you guys are willingly walking into a fucking trap. Youââhe points at Adamââhave been MIA for four years. Benny didnât get to execute whatever fucked-up plan he had for you guys, but this is the perfect opportunity to get you all four in one spot andâ¦â
âIt doesnât fucking matter,â Kashton yells, jumping to his feet. âLike Saint said, it doesnât matter if Haidyn is dead or alive.â He lowers his voice. âWe know the odds. And either way, we bring our brother homeâ¦where he belongs.â With that, the plane falls silent. Kashton walks over to a minibar, opens a tiny bottle of vodka, and downs it.
Bring our brother homeâ¦the thought of burying him has the bile rising once again, and I jump to my feet.
âCharlotte?â Adam calls out to me.
I ignore him and run to the back of the plane, shoving what Iâm hoping is the bathroom door open just in time to throw up into a toilet. I canât stop. Tears run down my cheeks as I hover over, trying to hold my hair back until someone else grabs it for me. When Iâm done, they flush it and help me back out of the tight space.
I fall into a seat at the back of the plane and bury my face into my hands, unable to stop crying. Heâs been there for eight days now. Thereâs no telling what heâs been through in that amount of time. How many times have they killed him and brought him back like they did when waterboarding him? And how much can his body take until it gives up?
âHere you go,â Kashton says.
I look up through tear-filled eyes to see him holding out a glass of water to me, but when I go to reach for it, Adam takes it from Kashton and turns, tossing it into the bathroom sink.
âI didnât poison it,â Kashton growls at Adam as he comes back to stand next to me.
âAre you pregnant?â
Everyone looks toward the front of the plane when Devin asks. He turns to look at his twin brother who sits next to him. âDid you run a test because I didnât think of it.â
Gavin shakes his head. âThere was no need. I administered the shot per Haidynâs request. Sheâs not due for another one yet.â
Devin nods in understanding, and everyone goes back to their previous conversations, and I catch sight of Bill. His eyes drop to my stomach as if he thinks otherwise, and I jump up, pushing Adam out of my way, and return to the bathroom.
âIâll grab her another water,â Kashton offers over my dry heaving.
Bill was right; it was a quick flight. It seemed by the time we were up in the air, we were already descending. Adam takes my hand and leads me to the front of the plane. Weâre the last to get off. We walk down the stairs, and the warm night air hits my face.
Several blacked-out vehicles are parked on the tarmac, and all the Lords stand around going over last-minute plans.
Iâm not sure what they will do, but I keep telling myself that if anyone can save my husband, itâs these men. They didnât get to where they are because theyâre weak or afraid.
Theyâre all ruthless and the best at what they do. And nothing will stop them. Iâd put all my trust into one LordâI like Haidynâs odds with eight of them, plus Tysonâs four men. These twelve men are going to rescue my husband. All I can do is hope that heâs still alive.
âLoad up,â Adam barks, making me jump.
He takes my hand again and pulls me to a black Cadillac SUV when my other hand is grabbed. âShe needs to ride with me,â Bill says, pulling me away from Adam.
âI donât fucking think so.â
Bill stops, and we both turn around. I expected it to be Adam who protested, but to my surprise, itâs Kashton who spoke. He steps forward, grabbing my upper arm and pulls me into him. Theyâre ripping my fucking arm off.
Bill walks toward us, but he stops when Saint and Adam surround Kashton and me. Even Sin, Tyson, and Ryat step closer to us.
âWe donât have time for this,â Bill growls. âMy wife doesnât expect Charlotte to walk right in on her own because Charlotte doesnât even know this place exists. She needs to come in with me through the main entrance while you guys go in the back.â
âYou said youâre not supposed to know where it is,â Saint argues.
Bill sighs. âShe contacted me today, and she knows that Iâm bringing her.â
âIâm not letting her go with you.â Kashton shakes his head and then drops his gaze to me. âI donât fucking like you, but my brother married you.â He looks away, and his jaw clenches before they return to mine. âHe chose me to be your guardian, and because of that, I will protect you.â
Bill is right. If my mother knows itâs an ambush, who knows what sheâll do to Haidyn after what Iâve seen him go through in the videos the Lords sent me. I look up at Kashton. âItâll be okay,â I say, nodding. I promised Bill that I could do whatever it takes, and I meant that. âWeâre all here for the same reason,â I remind him.
I take a step back from Kashton to test the waters. Thankfully, he doesnât follow me. He fists both of his hands, and his jaw sharpens as he looks over at Saint. Adam runs a hand down his face, and the others just stare, as if theyâre waiting for the sign to attack Bill and drag me back to them.
Bill opens the passenger side door to a sedan.
âCharlotte?â Kashton calls out, and I stay where Iâm at as he walks toward me. He reaches into his leather jacket and removes a gun from his shoulder holster. Pulling back the slide, he cocks itâchambering a bullet and holds it out to me. âDo you know how to use a gun?â
âYeah.â
âDonât ask questions. Just point and shoot. Donât stop until you run out,â he orders me, then his eyes slide over my head to glare at Bill before returning to mine.
I smile, remembering the second time I pulled a gun out on Haidyn in his living room, and he said practically the same thing. âGot it.â I take the gun from him.
âItâs loaded and has a factory safety deleteâmeaning there is no safety. So be careful. Donât shoot yourself.â
I nod. âThank you.â
Then I turn and slide into the passenger seat. Turning, I see them all watching as Bill closes my door and gets in, starts up the car, and drives away. I rest my head against the headrest and close my eyes, sighing.
â11 Minutesâ by YUNGBLUD and Halsey softly fills the speakers, and my eyes start to sting.
âHow long have you known about Dollhouse?â I ask, needing conversation. Iâm tired of living in my head.
âSince before your father passed. Your mother has been running it for years. After she passed her assignment her senior year at Barrington.â
âSaint told meâ¦â I bow my head and stare at the gun in my lap. âThat Haidyn killed my father.â
Bill nods. âHe did.â Then he quickly looks over at me. âBut your father knew he was coming. Trent fucked up and knew the Lords would send someone after him. He was Haidynâs initiation. I was on the deck with your father when Haidyn walked out onto it. Your father suspected it was him because we wereâ¦acquaintances with the Spade brothers and knew that their sons were in the middle of initiations. Plus, Haidyn wasnât on the attendee list for the party.â
âWhat did he do?â I ask, running my sweaty hands on my jeans, wanting to know. My mother never wanted to talk about my fatherâs death. She said it was too painful.
âHaidyn took a second. He pausedâ¦â His eyes slide to mine quickly. âIt was you.â
âMe?â I frown.
He laughs softly. âHaidyn saw you with your friends. You were laughing and drinking champagne. You caught his attention, and he watched you long enough that he forgot why he was there.â
Haidyn had seen me that night? Why hasnât he told me that? I never knew he was there. Or that he had seen me before our first meeting at Carnage. Not until he left me the videoâ¦back in my life.
âYour father didnât want there to be a scene.â He goes on. âBecause although he knew Haidyn was there for him, he didnât know how he would do it. Usually, the order is to make it messy. And he didnât want you to see it happen. So he walked over to you, hugged your friend, kissed your cheekâ¦he put himself in Haidynâs line of sight to get his attention back on him. It worked, and Haidyn followed him to his office.â
âWhere he shot him,â I whisper, lowering my eyes to my lap again, and I stare at the gun that Kashton gave me. I wonder how many people heâs used it on. How many lives itâs taken. Were they all Lords? Did they all deserve it?
âYou canât blame Haidyn for doing what he was brought up to do, Charlotte. Otherwise, youâd have to take a look in the mirror.â
I run a hand through my hair and stare out the window at the passing trees and sink into the warm seat, knowing heâs right. âWeâre all evil,â I mumble. âI killed someone and never considered who they left behind.â
He chuckles. âWe live in a world thatâs kill or be killed. You just have to be the first one to pull the trigger.â
HAIDYN
Iâm standing on my wraparound porch outside my bedroom, looking over the woods. Itâs the middle of the night, and I have a cigarette in my right hand. My cell in my left. I have the sliding glass doors open to my room behind me. Itâs a beautiful night. Itâs been raining for hours, and it doesnât look like itâs going to let up anytime soon.
The moans and whimpers get my attention, and I turn around to see Charlotte in the bedroom.
I put out the cigarette on the railing and enter the room. Sheâs gasping while she wiggles in the ropes that bind her in the ball-like position while she hangs from the ceiling. I told her that day at Carnage I was going to string her up and have a cigarette while cum leaked from all her used-up holes. Like the worthless whore she was meant to be. Tonight was the night.
I wouldnât say sheâs worthless, though. She serves a purpose. One that gets me off. Fuck, I canât get enough. The moment Iâm done, I can go again. And again. Sheâs been living with me at my house for three days now, and I donât plan on letting her leave anytime soon.
I walk over to her pussy and ass. Sheâs got a vibrator in both. I turn them up on my phone loving the way her hoarse voice carries throughout the room. Her knees are bent to her chest, making sure theyâre both easily accessible. Her arms are around her legs, secured at the back of her bent knees.
Then I move to where her head hangs and run my fingers over her parted lips. âYou look more beautiful than I imagined,â I say softly, and her heavy eyes open. Her pretty face is covered in her drool, tears, and my cum.
I fucked her cunt firstâshe came twice.
Then her mouthâthat way, she could taste herself on me. I wanted to remind her how much she enjoyed it.
Saved her ass for last.
âHai-dyn?â She gasps, her small body trembling in the ropes.
âYeah, doll face?â I ask, my hand moving to rest at the back of her head, and I lift it a little so her watery eyes can meet mine while I look down at her. âTell me what you want, Charlotte.â
She licks her lips like an obedient toy needing to be played with. âPlease?â she begs.
âYou just love being used, donât you?â I laugh softly, and she squeezes her eyes shut tightly.
I slap the side of her face. âEyes open, doll face.â
Her eyes pop open, and she sticks her tongue out, staring heavily at my jeans. My cock is right at eye level with her. I unzip my jeans and pull out my hard dick with a smile.
Sheâs been hanging here for quite some time now. After I was done with her ass, I took a shower and had a cigarette. So Iâll give her what sheâs so sweetly begging for, then Iâll untie her, give her a bath, and put her in bed for the night. Then Iâll start my day tomorrow using her again.
I open my heavy eyes and look around. All I see is darkness. So I close them again. Wanting to get back to when I was with Charlotte. When she was mine and I was hers. And we had more time. I kept thinking that the hourglass was going to run out, and it has. All I can do is hope that my brothers are keeping her safe, even if that means locking her up in the basement.
Her mother canât get to her. Not now. Not ever. What Isabella and that piece of shit boy toy of hers will do to my wife is far worse than anything they can put me through.
My shoulders scream and my back aches as I hang from the ceiling with my arms above my head by the chains. Itâs their go-to position. It keeps you the most vulnerable. They can get to your front and your back at any time.
Iâve lost count of how long Iâve been in this position, but once again, my hands have gone numb. They came in, dragged me out of bed, and strung me up, then left me in the dark.
The door squeaks open, and I flinch at the harsh light that fills the room, rapidly closing and opening my eyes. So much for getting back to dreaming about my wife. A cart is pushed into the room, and on it sits a syringe that is already filled.
Isabella enters and picks it up. âTilt his head back,â she orders.
My hair is grabbed and yanked back forcing me to look up at the ceiling. Then I feel a prick in my neck.
Next, my arms are free, and I drop to the concrete floor like a dead weight. I groan, rolling onto my side and the lingering pain. Fuck!
âGet him dressed. Meet me outside,â she orders as if I canât do it myself.
âCome on, Spade.â
Iâm lifted to my feet, and two men hold me up under my arms while another helps get my jeans on. Then they dress me in a T-shirt and shoes. I donât know why Iâm all of a sudden getting to wear clothes, but Iâm not going to argue. Iâm tired of being so damn cold. The stuff that they pump into me through my IV always has me freezing.
Thankfully, Iâm able to walk on my own, which is surprising, considering I have no clue how long Iâve been caged in that concrete room with very little food and water.
âWhat did she give me?â I ask, rubbing my neck where she stuck me with the needle.
Of course no one answers.
I donât feel sluggish or tired. I know it wasnât adrenaline, but itâs got my blood pumping. I feel jittery, and my heart races. I take a quick look around when we step outside, and nothing looks familiar. But it also doesnât look different either. Weâre in the middle of the woods and the sun is starting to set. I can tell weâre still in Pennsylvania. The flight wasnât that long.
Looking ahead, I see several people standing over by a chain-link fence. My breath catches when I see thereâs a woman tied to it with barbed wire. Iâm having déjà vuâsheâs got a hood over her head, but Iâd know that body from anywhere.
âWhat the fuckâ¦Charlotte?â I run to her, but a man steps in front of me and points a gun at my face, forcing me to stop. âWhat the fuck are you doing?â I shout at her mother. How did she get here? This has to be a trick. No. I donât believe thatâs my wife.
Isabella doesnât answer. Instead, she walks over to her daughter and rips off the hood. My stomach drops when I see the bruises on her beautiful face. Sheâs got duct tape over her mouth, and she screams into it when she sees me, pulling on her limbs. She twists and turns, and just like before, blood runs down her body from the barbed wire digging into her skin.
âWhat the fuck do you want?â I shout.
This is what she did to me and Kashton with our chosens. Same scenario just a different woman. This isnât someone the Lords are forcing me to fuck. This is my wife. Her daughter. What could she possibly want? Iâve already given myself over to her in order to save Charlotte.
âIâm testing you, Haidyn. Letâs see if you pass.â She crosses her arms over her chest. âYou can either kill her or watch my men have her.â
Charlotteâs wide eyes go to me.
I step toward her, not knowing what to do but knowing I have to do something. Iâm not going to kill her, and Iâm sure as fuck not going to let them rape her. But the man with the gun in front of me, hits me with it in the face, knocking me down.
âCut her loose,â Isabella orders.
They cut her ankles first, then her neck, and last, her wrists. She falls to the muddy ground and rips the tape off her mouth. âYou sick fuck,â she screams at her mother.
Isabella just smiles down at her. âYou knew what kind of world you wanted to be a part of. The world that you killed someone to prove yourself worthy.â Then she looks at me. âWhatâs it going to be, Haidyn?â She glances at her Rolex watch. âYouâve got one minute.â
My eyes go to my wife, and sheâs already staring up at me as I get to my feet, trying to hear her over the blood rushing in my ears. âPlease, Haidyn.â Sheâs gasping to catch her breath. Her dark hair sticking to her bloody and tear-streaked face. âDonât let them do this.â
Iâve never felt more helpless in my entire life. I might as well be tied to that fence like she was. My heart is heavy, and I feel sick to my stomach. I could never hurt her, let alone kill her. And her mother knows that. I gave myself for her. âWe had a deal,â I growl looking at Isabella.
âThings can always change, Haidyn. You know that,â she says.
âTake me.â I place my arms out wide. âPunish me.â I donât care what they do to me as long as it saves her.
Isabella gives me a big smile. âI am, darling.â
âHaidyn?â Charlotte yells my name to get my attention. âPlease, Haidyn.â Her gaze drops to the gun that the man still holds aimed at my head. âDo itâ¦pleaseâ¦â
Sheâs insane. What have they given her to make her beg for death? What have they already done to her that I donât know about?
Her bloodshot blue eyes scan the men surrounding us before they meet mine again. âPlease, Haidyn. You said you love me.â
My chest tightens to the point I canât breathe at her words. I do. More than life itself. But I canât take hers. I turn back to her mother. âWhat do you fucking want from me?â I scream, stepping into her, and one of her men shoves me back. âHuh? Let her fucking go! Iâm right here.â Iâm shouting, my body vibrating with desperation.
My hand is grabbed, and I go to yank it away, but something heavy is placed in it. Looking down, I see itâs the gun that the Lord in the mask was pointing at my face.
âYouâre running out of time, Haidyn,â Isabella reminds me.
I donât even think. I turn, lift the gun, and aim it at her head, pulling the trigger just as Iâm hit from the side and knocked to the ground.
BANG!
The gunshot ricochets through the trees, making birds fly off in the distance, missing the bitch.
Isabella still stands right where she was giving me a cruel smile. All the men laugh, and my stomach sinks when her eyes drop to her watch, and she speaks. âTimeâs up.â
I look up at my wife from where I lay and see sheâs up on her feet ready to run and one of the guys tackles her to the muddy ground.
Weâre outnumbered.
âDonât fucking touch her!â I scream, trying to knock off the man who has a knee in the back of my neck, pinning the side of my face down into the ground. When he removes it for just a second, I think this is my chance, but then I feel a sting in my neck, and Iâm paralyzed. Unable to move.
Charlotte is dragged back by her ankles as she fights them, kicking her legs and swinging her arms. She screams, and the man whoâs got ahold of her barks, âHelp me out.â
I lie helpless on the ground, forced to watch when a man kneels beside her, holding a gun to her head and speaking to me. âYou made your decision.â
Hudson walks over to herâheâs the only one not in a cloak and Lords maskâand she kicks and screams as he drops to his knees and grabs her legs. He pushes them to her bare and bloody chest and takes her arms, pulling them underneath her bent legs. He ties off her wrists, locking her legs in place. He stands and the guy who tackled her stands as well. They both stare down at her, admiring my very naked and helpless wife.
âPl-ease.â She sobs, rolling onto her side and pulling on the rope. âHAIDYN!â she screams my name.
Iâmâ¦sorry. Not only am I paralyzed, but I also canât speak. Iâm fucking useless. One more person in my life who Iâve failed.
The man still kneels beside her with the gun pointed at her head as if I could do anything to them to save her. I canât let him take her from me. Not like this. Not here in this hell. I can help her through it.
Hudson drops to his knees and unzips his jeans. He pulls out a pocketknife and flips it open. He grips her ass cheek in his hand and cuts off my name I branded onto her. I gave her that with plans to send her back to her mother. A show of ownership that I had over her. A way to rub it in Isabellaâs face that she fucked with us, and I fucked her daughter. Now itâs a way to cause her pain.
Charlotte lets out a blood-curdling scream, and he tosses it to the side as blood flows from the chunk now missing.
âGo ahead and take that gun she gave you and shoot yourself afterward,â he tells me. âBecause it wonât matter that youâre too much of a coward to kill her. Sheâll never be the same after Iâm done.â Then he begins to rape my wife.
Sheâs screaming and sobbing. So loud, that I hear her even over the ringing in my ears. I look down at the gun they gave me that was knocked out of my hands. Itâs close enough to reach if I could move. I could have killed Hudson instead of Isabella. But I guarantee thereâs only one bullet in that gun. The one they wanted me to use on Charlotte, and I wasted it on her bitch of a mom. If I killed him, they would have killed me. And I canât die. Sheâs going to need me after this. Now more than ever.
âHai-dyn.â She sobs, and a lump forms in my throat while he pins the side of her face down into the mud.
Iâm sorry, doll face.
Hudson grunts, pushing deep inside her, and comes. He gets to his feet and laughs down at her as she holds her eyes tightly shut, gasping for breath.
âNext,â her mother calls out, and another man falls to his knees. She fights the rope thatâs got her tied in place. âItâs just sex, dear,â her mother tells her. âWeâve all been through this. It will make you stronger.â
âPle-ease,â she begs, and it kills me. âHaidyn, stop themâ¦help me!â
Iâm sorry.
She closes her bloodshot eyes, unable to look at me. Theyâre doing this to her because of me. Itâs about torturing me. My wife is innocent and was never given all the facts about the life she thought she wanted.
Iâve betrayed her. Iâve failed at the one thing I told her Iâd doâprotect her. Instead, Iâm allowing men to line up and rape her like an offering to the Lords while I lay on the ground unable to move and forced to watch it happen. To remind me that I have no say in what happens to her. She belongs to them now, and theyâre going to do whatever they want.
When the last guy is done, Hudson throws the knife down, and it lands blade down in the mud next to her head. Everyone leaves us alone out by the fence, and Iâm finally able to move again.
I crawl to her, grabbing the knife and cut the rope that binds her wrists behind her bent knees. Then I pick her up and take her straight inside to a bathroom, where I lay her in the tub. I start the water and set the drain.
Sheâs covered in dirt and blood. Sheâs bleeding in multiple placesâwrists, ankles, and her neck where she fought the barbed wire. Her ass where Hudson removed her brand. I turn to the cabinets and yank them up, slamming them shut. I find three washcloths and duct tape. I wrap one around each of her wrists as tightly as I can and then place the tape around each one, making sure the washcloths stay in place to help stop the bleeding and not to get wet while sheâs in the tub. Then I fold the last one and place it around her bleeding neck, holding it tightly to her throat.
My eyes go to hers and see theyâre dead, lifeless. Thereâs nothing there. Those dark blue-sapphire eyes that I fell in love with no longer exist. She stopped crying during the third guy and shut down. Went numb.
âYouâre okay, doll face,â I tell her, knowing itâs a goddamn lie. This is what they wanted. Her broken and compliant. The water fills the tub as the dirt and blood swirl around her. âIâm sorry, Charlotte. I couldnât kill you. I love you.â I couldnât do it. I know itâs the most cowardly thing Iâve ever done. But I just canât let her go. It doesnât matter what sheâs been through; Iâll love her the same way and take care of her. Sheâs my wife. I took vows.
A single tear falls from the corner of her eye before she speaks. âI hate you.â
I blink, and sheâs gone. Iâm no longer in the bathroom. Sheâs no longer in the tub. âCharlotte?â I bark, starting to panic when I see nothing but darkness. âCHARLOTTE!â
âHow was it?â A womanâs familiar voice fills my ears as a light turns on, blinding me.
âWhat the fuck did you do to her, you fucking bitch? Where did you take her?â Iâm gasping for air, trying to get up, but I canât move. I blink rapidly needing my eyes to adjust to the harsh light.
âHaidyn, youâre hallucinating,â Isabella speaks.
âNoââ
âYeah, thatâs what the drugs do to you. Nothing is more terrifying than a mind. It knows your worst fears. You canât escape it. And I was in yours for six months. I know how it works.â
âHistory has a way of repeating itself, Haidyn. Remember that.â She had said to me when I found her in my house while Charlotte was in my bed. She wanted me to remember what she made me do to Sierra and put Charlotte in the same position.
âFor the next several days, youâll have hallucinations. Itâs poetic, really. Youâre going to drive yourself mad, putting the woman you love through so much pain and suffering because we both know your biggest fear is living without her.â She snorts. âAnd although I tell you itâs not real, itâll feel real. Every single time.â
I blink, trying to get my breathing under control. My jaw is sore from being clenched so tight.
She walks over to the bed, and I wonder if any of it was real? Was I ever hanging from the ceiling in this concrete box? If so, when did she cut me down and secure me back in the hospital bed?
Her hands touch my chest, and I stiffen as she runs her pointy nails over my Lords and 666 brands. âSheâll be here soonâ¦â
âNo.â I donât believe anything she says. How do I know that wasnât real and this is the hallucination? One of my fears is her being locked in this place.
Isabella gives a rough laugh. âOh, sheâs on her way. Did you really think hiding her out at Carnage would stop me from getting my hands on my daughter?â She makes a tsking sound. âIâve let you keep these.â She pinches my Lords brand. âBecause that will be her first task. Youâre going to get to see just how much she loves you, Haidyn. If she chooses to hurt you or take a punishment for herself.â With that, she walks out, bathing me in darkness again.
I arch my neck and let out a scream of frustration as I yank on the restraints that keep me tied to this bed. Breathing heavily, I sink into it, knowing Iâm not getting out. I knew when I left her tied to her bed, that this is where Iâll be until I die. Charlotte will choose the right thing. And if she doesnât, Iâll cut them off myself to keep her from being punished because of me.
In a world where itâs either you or meâ¦Iâll always choose me. I hope my wife still feels that way.