𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐒𝐈𝐍 | 18+

16: 𝐘𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐒𝐚𝐟𝐞

The Next Night

"Dimitri," I had called out into the spacious warehouse. His men were gathered in a circle around the scumbag who was about to die. The man I called out to — Dimitri — stepped out of the crowd. His authorizing aura strode with him as he walked over towards me confidently.

"Aye mate, look wha we've got ourselves." His Australian accent was unmistakable. The man opened his arms widely and gathered me into a tight brotherly hug, one I missed dearly.

"Hey D, How's it been?" I had asked returning the hug before pulling away.

"Eh, Quite borin to be frank," He shrugged but his face lit up and he turned around to the group of men behind him. "But we come to the states and you've given us some bloody fun." He smiled slapping me on the back before striding back towards the group of men.

I followed behind him as my eyes searched the crowd.

There were a lot of familiar faces that I recognized. Those faces I had met when I was in my teen years when I was trying to save Carlo when he went AWOL.

"Awlright mates. We've got ourselves a surprise. We've got one of my best mates here to take care of this scumbag." The crowd parted to reveal a bloody beaten Nix. His face was covered in bruises and his body was naked and beaten up, bruises covered every part of him. "You see, He raped my mate's gal. And one thing I loathe is a rapist."

The mob growled angrily.

"So Lorenzo is doing the honor of killing the bastard."

I knew what I was doing. I was conscious of the consequences. But I was going to do this because he deserved death and I knew that if I let officials handle it the legal way, Nix would be let free considering he's white and he has a rich family.

I took the gun from a nearby member of the gang — Scar — to be exact, he nodded respectively and stepped out of my way. My face was a stone-cold poker face as I stepped towards a whimpering Nix. He pulled at his restraints, his eyes glued to the gun in my hand. My knuckle ached at the painful grip but I paid it no mind.

"P-Please man. D-Don't do this."

I cocked the gun in fast movement and fired a shot to his kneecap. He howled in pain as blood spilled from the wound and his left leg went limp. "Don't beg me. Don't you dare think of even uttering the words sorry."

He groaned shaking his head and pulled harder at the ropes that bounded him to the pole behind him. "D-Don't do this. I-I swear to you, I-I'll leave her a-alone."

I scoffed, my finger becoming trigger happy. "Didn't Adaline beg? Didn't she ask you to stop when you violated her in the worst way? What made you pick on her, do her wrong? Hurt her, hm?"

He shook at my hardened tone, his voice came out in a whisper. "S-she's too k-kind and an easy p-pushover," He winced. "I-If you k-kill me, she'll never f-forgive you."

I laughed dryly as I cocked the gun again, my eyes glaring holes into Nix's bloody face. "I won't have to worry. Because she'll never find out."

I aimed the gun towards his right knee and pulled the trigger. He howled loudly and grasped above his legs groaning in pain.

"I want you to suffer like how she is. You've ruined her."

I shot at his right arm and then the left. Blood pooled at the ground around him, soaking his naked body as he whimpered and sobbed.

"Put him in a cell, let the bastard bleed to death."

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I got home around midnight, my feet dragged me towards my bedroom where I found Esme and Adaline cuddled together fast asleep. Adaline had been whimpering and wincing harshly while Esme stayed fast asleep with her head buried in Adaline's chest.