Illuminated By The Darkness

chapter 18

Eugene:

"Ju-just kill m-me already" He wheezed through his bloody mouth.

He was covered in blood. By the time I was done he had lost one of his eyes, both the earlobes, a hand, all ten of his toes and had long deep cuts throughout his body.

"Gladly. I was getting bored anyway" I said smiling.

I walked back to my table and felt something under my foot. It was that bastard's hand. The same hand he used to touch Tiara, against her will so I decided it no longer deserved to be attached to his body.

I looked around at the bloody, bloody mess I made. I know I said I would spare their lives. But that was the plan, to let them think they were free and then end them brutally. After I brought Tiara back I did not go to sleep. I had my men hunt down the three men who thought they could hurt Tiara. Well they had me coming their way. Two of them had already bled to death a few hours ago but I managed to keep the bastard who touched her alive.

"You won't be needing this anyway" I said and kicked the piece of limb away.

I kept my knife on the table and took my gun. I took my sweet time loading it. With every passing second he grew more anxious. I loved the fear on his face, it was exhilarating. Once I was done I aimed it at him. Actually I did not have to shoot him. If I left him for five more minutes he would die due to the loss of blood. I looked at my watch and it was already past ten and did not have five more minutes to spare.

"Any last words?" I asked and shot him between the eyes without waiting for his response.

There it was done.

Securing the gun at my waistband I stepped out of the basement.

"Clean the mess" I said to the guards standing outside the door.

I walked through the narrow hallway and into my office. I was tired but I couldn't rest. Tiara's words always came back to me. The pain, the sorrow, the loneliness in her voice and eyes makes me want to kill every last person who brought her distress.

'I gave up my fight and I submitted to the people who wronged us.' She has given up on life. And it hurt me in a way I was not aware of. Every time I think about her my chest constricts in pain.

What am I going to do with you Tiara?

There was a knock on the door and Arton came in.

"Alejandro called and said you were not reachable" he said.

"Did he say something?"

"Yes, he might have something on Hernandez. He is waiting for a confirmation from his sources and then we can make a move. He said he will get in touch with us in two hours."

We did not have a lead on him for quiet sometime now but today was progress.

"Alright, call in our men and brief them about it. We well go as soon as we get the confirmation"

"Okay"

"Anything else?"

"You might want to clean up"

I looked down at my suit and got his point. I was covered in dirt and blood.

.

I took a quick shower went downstairs and saw Alison clearing the table.

"Shall I set the table sir?" she asked

"No" I said and looked around for Tiara.

Where was she?