Blood of Revenge

Chapter 30

Sitting on the rigid bed, I ate the food I was given slowly. My mind was stuck on Blayze, wondering if he was going through the same thing as me. The pain in my lower abdomen want as bad as the pain in my chest.

The blonde guy—Aaron, checked me once more before leaving the room with firm instructions that the meal should be finished by the time he returned.

I didn't feel like eating though, but I still kept pushing myself. From the corner of my eye, I saw rex staring at me. His chocolate brown, wavy hair hung down till his eyebrows, a like scar on his left cheek, some splotches of bruises here and there that I wondered what his life here was like.

As if reading my mind, he answered, "He never really cares about us until we start benefitting him. Every mistake has a punishment, each different and more horrific than the other, until we're so scared of these punishments that we don't make any mistakes. This is my room and you won't find any other room indifferent from this one."

"Didn't you ever try and escape?" I asked momentarily.

"I did, but do you think its even possible. I don't know how you've seen Walker handle his men but Tim doesn't care about how skillful or useful we are. He wouldn't mind shoving a gun in our mouth and pulling the trigger if we disobeyed. I tried after two weeks but was brought back easily. He gave me two options: either I leave and he'd hunt you down, or I stay and he'd keep a distance from you. I'd since him kill Aaron's parents in front of all of us that I didn't want to cross that line again."

I thought for a moment, trying to adjust to the new information I was given.

Then, with a voice barely audible, I asked, "How'd you survive? I saw you die in front of me. I didn't—it was—how?"

"Do you remember what happened that day?" he questioned to which I nodded. "I was scared that he was in front of me and knew that I couldn't escape even if I ran. When he kicked me, I fell back and couldn't move since he hit me right on one of my wounds. When he raised his gun at me, I thought it was the end of me but when he shot... he shot someone behind me—his rival. Then, he just... took me away."

It made a little more sense now. When I had seen Rex being kicked, I couldn't see him after that but I could see Tim Parker since he was standing right in front of the door. I fainted the second I heard the gun shot and when I woke up, I was in a hospital surrounded by police officers who were asking questions I didn't have the answers to.

"Do you know who kidnapped us back then?"

He nodded. "Tim rivals were the ones who had us. It took me three years to get that information out of Tim. Those people didn't have anything against us. They just had the business of selling organs. They tore open people to get those organs and sell it abroad. But they were against Tim and as an opposition, you always fight, kill or get killed. They lost."

I was somewhat relieved but it didn't make me feel any better about Tim Parker.

Noticing me gruesome expression, he asked, "How are you holding up? I know you're a strong girl—surviving some many years on your own—but everyone has a limit."

"It's just not easy for me right now. I lost my child, my husband, my family. I had been so happy after so long and then... then everything became like it was a year before, and far worse."

Something I said made Rex scoff, making me give him a quizzical look.

"How could you be that happy with a killer, Astrid. I've faced that man four times in these past years and saw nothing but a dead heart in him. I never saw him think twice before he killed someone."

I looked down at my fidgeting hands. "Because I love him. And he loves me too...... well, he loved me but I guess, not anymore."

Rex looked like he was taken aback by what I said, and I couldn't blame him. The side Blayze started showing me was a side he never showed anyone else. Rex had spent his whole life hating Blayze and vice versa.

"How could—how could love a guy like... like him?!"

I shrugged. "I don't think it matters now. Does it? I mean, he thinks you're dead and what do you think would be going on in his mind when he sees his wife in the arms of another."

I bit my lower lip, trying to hold back the faltering grasp on my sobs. I knew it mattered—for me, at least. Blayze gave me shelter, a home, a family, happiness, love, the feeling of wholeness, everything that I would need to redeem myself.

I wanted him back so bad. I wanted to see him smile and make the inevitable swarm of butterflies in my stomach tickle the walls. But what about him?

Rex grabbed my hand, placing a kiss on my knuckle. "it does matter. For you. I know that I really don't like that guy but, now, he's my. . .. brother-in-law, your husband. I can't see you this way, Astrid. Not when I just got you back."

Hope flickered in some deep corner within me, like a candle flame still ignited in a harsh rain.

"Then help me. Help me prove my innocence. Help me get back to Blayze, please."

Rex took my words in slowly. "Okay...... and how do you plan on doing that?"

"First, we get you out of here. And for that... we kill Tim Parker."

My brother jolted back a little. But I still pushed. "Please, Rex. Help me in this. If I'm able to kill him, maybe I'll be able to prove to Blayze that I did it for him—that I killed someone for him."

Rex nodded reluctantly, raw fear covering his face. "how do we do this. He was already told that you are here and he wants to meet you."

"Well then, after the meeting. We come up with a plan. A brilliant plan. To ruin him inside out."

Sorry, this chapter's comparatively small but........ i do triple updates better than others. (You know i'm talking about you, yes you.)

by the way, sad news, you won't be seeing Blayze till a couple of chapters.