Burn slow

Chapter 27| In his arms

POV Wednesday

I lost consciousness because of pain, that I had never experienced before. I came to my senses to lose them again thanks to another Tyler's torture. My muffled scream reminded him of his mother's so he was admirably excruciating, torturing me.

Tyler heard me scream but he couldn't manage make me be afraid of him what boiled his blood. I detested the abominable bastard with every inch of my hurt body and the sweet thought of my revenge kept my black heart beat. I didn't know if I could make it, but if I did stay alive till the morning, I would know that one day I would be destined to gut Tyler's body, as I had planned long time ago.
- Okay, Wednesday, you're here again, - Tyler was twisting scissors in his filthy fingers. - That means one more act of "love". Are you enjoying?
- Waiting when I push these scissors into your back passage, - I whispered with aspiration.
- I guess you are in a wrong position now to say that, - Tyler grinned slightly and approached me too closely. - But I can do the same to you! - Tyler smiled as it dawned on him. - Eureka!
- You cannot even make up the way to torture your victim, - I coughed and spit blood out of my mouth. - You are even more wimpy than I thought.
- Maybe we are just keeping the best ideas for dessert? - Tyler stroke my cheek with the blade of the scissors.
- "We ARE"? - I weakly smirked. - Do you think you are Elizabeth the 2nd? If yes, I have a bad news for you.

Tyler suddenly turned around with his eyes open widely. Fear crawled into Tyler's mind clinging with its claws. But once uttered cannot be recalled.
Then it dawned on me so I continued talking:
- Or you are working with someone else. Let me guess, she is blonde? - the image of the woman, who presented herself as Xavier's mother, popped up in front of my eyes.
- How did you... - Tyler turned to me again, frowning. He even put the scissors on the table.
- I haven't stayed still for all this time. Just like you, - I felt how close I crawled to the truth. - What is her motivation to kill me?
Tyler was silent for some time like he was fighting himself:
- Fuck it, you will die anyway, - Tyler turned out in a couple of centimetres near me in a nick of time. - But I wanna play a game. Answer for one question for one act of torture, - Tyler behaved like he said something incredibly smart.
- You will torture me anyway, - I rolled my eyes.
- Yeah, but don't you want to know the truth before you die?
Sounded seductive.
- Let's play then. What do we start with?
- Let's cut your fingernails, - Tyler roughly grabbed my hand and started cutting the nails making them so short that the blood started flowing out. I squeezed my hands to protect fingers but Tyler had already finished his execution and delightfully stared at me.

The pain crawled up my throat. It was sour and burning. I howled feeling my blood flow down.
- Answer my question now, - I needed some time before I could speak again. -  What is blondie's motivation to kill me? - I squeezed the words out of myself.
- Stacy... - I gulped and I barely refrained from loud exclamation. I was sure the main villain in this story was Tina. Then the picture of the same pen, with which Mr. Richardson had been murdered, in Stacy's hands appeared in my mind. That was a surprise that could explain a lot. But I didn't expose my surprise to Tyler, - Stacy ordered me to kill you just because Xavier loves you. And since I hate you, I was glad to follow the order.
- Follow the order? Do you play a perverted game where you are her submissive? - I made a face.
- I don't sleep with her, - Tyler growled. - After Thornhill died, I needed a new master.
- Stacy became your new master? - my eyes got widen. - And she ordered you to set Xavier's house on fire, willing to kill Xavier, didn't she? But why?
- You have asked me more than one question.
- You cut off my FIVE fingernails, - I fended off. - So don't show off and answer the question.
- I just helped Stacy to set the house on fire. It was two of us to act.
Tyler scratched my collarbone with an iron nail. I pursed my lips and closed my eyes, bearing the pain.
- But she is in the middle of nowhere in the jungles, - something didn't seem right for me, and despite anything, I continued my interrogation. - She couldn't just fly for an hour and then come back.
- She could, Stacy is an outcast and she can move in space. Vincent, however, is convinced she is a normie. - Tyler put a stun gun out of his pocket. - Look what I have.
- Where did you take this? - I nodded at the stun gun. - Stole in the kindergarten?
- It's much more powerful than usual ones. Wanna try? - Tyler mocked, coming closer.
- Of course I do, - my enthusiasm left Tyler bewildered. He cocked his eyebrows and used the stun gun on me. A pleasant strong wave rolled around my body making it shake. But I growled pretending I didn't enjoy the torture.
One more minute to take a breath.
- Why does Stacy want to kill Xavier? - I spoke hoarsely.
- Because Vincent mentions only Xavier in his will that means that Stacy won't get anything if suddenly, - Tyler showed quotation marks on the last word, - something happens to Vincent.
- You said you are not going to kill Xavier, - I had to clarify the most important part. - But you are a Hyde and you cannot disobey orders of your master.
Tyler lowered his eyes and got silent for a moment:
- I don't have a direct order to kill Xavier tonight. I have a task to kill only you, that should bring Xavier much pain.