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Chapter 53

Valeriana's pov

School was already over. It was currently Wednesday. I had already caught up on all my missing work. I wasn't behind on work anymore. My grades were back up. We were currently sitting around the table eating dinner. We had pizza. I helped Santino make it earlier. Valerico and Valentino helped us but were kicked out of the kitchen after the first five minutes for making a mess.

"Echo!" Devyn shouts. She walks into the room. Kian behind her. They stop next to me. Kian placed a box down next to me. I switch my pizza to the hand with the cast. As I open the box I take a bite of my pizza. I see five fingers in the box. Without thinking I grab one before holding it up. I examine it.

"Mothers?" I asked. Devy nods. I smirk while nodding. After dropping the finger in the box I hand it back to Kian. "Great, they can have a nice stew tonight," I state. Devyn chuckles while nodding.

"Alright, we'll get that made for them," Kian states.

"You're giving them a nice stew after everything they did?" Aurelio asked. Devyn, Kian and I laugh. Once we stopped I looked at Aurelio.

"Oh come on. I'm the worst torturer out there. They haven't had a proper meal since they've been in my possession. They will be so hungry they won't stop to think about what type of meat they are eating then the truth will be revealed when the whole bowl is finished. Is it really torture if you don't fuck with their mind for a split second?" I asked.

"What?" Trey asked.

"I'm feeding them the meat from their fingers. They will find it tasty then rethink everything when they figure it out," I state with a smirk. My brothers all look disgusted.

"How do you know they will find it tasty?" Valerico asked.

"They always do," Kian chuckled.

"Did you think they will be the first to eat their own flesh and meat?" Devyn asked. She had a crazy look in her eyes.

"Not only do we inflict so much pain, we know how to fuck with the mind. They find it good then once they know what they ate it changes. They feel disgusted but at the same time they still find it good. You can see it on their faces as they look conflicted. Though that could be the starvation. Everything tastes better when you haven't eaten in a week," I state.

"You call yourselves Halo but it should've been sadistic," Valentino mutters.

"Why name us what we are?" Kian asked with a raised eyebrow.

"You hear the word Halo and you think of a saint, angels, someone nice maybe," Devyn says.

"Then you get a shock when you realize we are none of those. The total opposite. The devil's torturers are what we are. We don't play fair. We get messy, painful, deadly. Nobody has ever survived or has gotten away from us. We are worse than you think. You think you've seen me at my worst but trust me. I get worse than that," I say before standing. "I'm joining you both tonight," I say.

"Are you sure you're up for it?" Devyn asked.

"You guys had your fun. I want in. The pain is worse when we work together. Exactly how I want it," I state. I toss the remaining pizza I had in the trash before washing my hands.

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The faces on Chris and Mother's faces were ones of horror. Devyn, Kian and I laugh hysterically. They had just gotten done eating their stew. Mother looked like she was going to throw up. I could see the wheels spinning in her head. She liked it but it was wrong to be a cannibal but she enjoyed the taste of her own meat.

"Enjoyed it did you?" I asked. Mother glared at me. I smile at her wickedly. "I'm just getting started," I laugh. My eyes go to the others in the cages. Damien, Kolton, Eliza had scared looks on their faces. Monroe just stared at me blankly. They have yet to go through any form of torture. Having Damien and Kolton here threw me off. It really sunk in that I had to torture them. They betrayed me yet I still had a small sliver that cared for them. They were still there for me even if it was to keep an eye on me for mother. Physically they didn't hurt me, only emotionally. That shouldn't fucking change anything but it has. I need to work up to torturing them. Maybe I turn them over to my brothers and let them deal with them.

"You really made a mistake coming back for more, Selene," I say. Mother glared at me harder. I laugh again. "Would you look at that? No consequences for calling you something other than Mother," I state.

"If your brother hears you speak like that to me you'll cause him to panic. Be scared for you. That boy gave me almost the same amount of satisfaction tormenting him as you did. He hides it well doesn't he?" Selene smirks. I smile at her.

"Not as well as you think. I had my suspicions. You aren't winning here. You can try your mind games all you like but at the end of the day I have you. There is nowhere for your bitch ass to run. I do have one question though. Why me? Why Trey?" I asked. Selene smirked.

"You took your father and brother's attention off me. You greedy little bitch. Same with Janessa. Chris couldn't give two shits about that brat but Trey. He adores her. Why do you think I sent her away. Though I hurt him even before she showed up. Chris loves that bastard I was once again competing for attention," Selene sneered. I roll my eyes. She's just a fucking jealous bitch. I went through years of torture because she couldn't stand not having the guys' attention!

"You are fucking pathetic. I'm tired of hearing you speak at the moment," I say before looking at the two other assassins Devyn, Kian and I were trained together with. Grace had strawberry blonde hair. Her eyes were a light brown. Her assassin name is Lynx. Then there is Archie. He has dark brown hair with natural highlights. His eyes were a light green. His assassin name is Hornet. He best known torture method is a bee attack. Let the bees sting his target until he feels it's enough.

"Strap her down," Devyn says. Archie and Grace step forward with smirks.

"You're in for it. I hope you don't like running your mouth often," Grace says. Archie and Grace get her situated on the table. Once she was strapped down including her head so she wouldn't pull away from me. I walk over. Kian hands me the needle and thread. I hum a tune as I sew the woman's mouth shut. Devyn and Kian were torturing Chris. His screams filled the room as I worked. I made sure there was enough room to fit a straw for liquid food. This bitch will not die on me even if she can't eat. She can drink her nutrition when I feel she needs it. When I was done I smiled at her.

"Who knew all you needed was some thread to make you look good. Usually I like to hear the screams of my victims, but I've heard your annoying ass voice to last a lifetime. All I need to see are your tears," I give her a wink. Selene closed her eyes tightly causing me to laugh. "We are going to get along so well."