Chapter 58

Take off your shirt,” I command. “Use it to apply pressure.”

He stares at me, uncomprehending.

I cock my head to the side. “Do you want to die?” I ask calmly. He hurriedly shakes his head before doing as I asked. I smile. “Well done. Your arms next.”

“It hurts, doesn’t it?” I ask, staring at him. “You should have thought things through before going after my girl.”

“No!” Tori yells, distracting me. I look up at my girl, feeling something clench in my chest. Fuck. I can’t believe I almost lost her. “That’s enough.”

“No, it’s really not,” I say, shaking my head.

“Please, don’t kill him,” she says, her eyes welling up with tears.

I clench my jaw. “Of course I’m going to kill him. He just hasn’t suffered enough, and I’d hate for him to bleed out too early.”

“Carlo, you have. You’ve tortured him enough. Look at him.”

I grit my teeth. This wasn’t what I had in mind for Marino. But I can hear the hysteria in her voice, the way it quivers. She’s been through enough. And it’s Tori. There’s not