THE DARE | BWWM 18+ (editing)

xxxiii - beg me to stop

TW: MENTIONS OF RAPE, SEXUAL
ASSAULT, MURDER, GRAPHIC
TOPICS. PLEASE BE AWARE!!!

I R I S

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Did I mention that I hate surprises?

"Babe you're scaring me. You have something to tell me but you're not sure if I'm gonna like it?" That's so damn cryptic.

"Yes, bambina."

"Well, what is it?" He opens his mouth to say something but closes it immediately.

Seriously?

"Spit it out, Leo." See. Now, I'm getting annoyed.

"How do I tell you this? Uh- Princess?"

"Oh my God. WHAT?" I snap.

"I think it's better if I just show you instead." Great. More suspense.

"Show me? Show me what?"

"You'll see."

He heads for the stairs and I follow him. I've been told to not go downstairs, so whatever he's about to show me isn't good.

I can hear my own heartbeat increasing with every step I take. We stop at a door and he punches in a passcode. What in the fuck is going here?

As soon as he opens the door, I cough at the rancid smell. I mean seriously, it smells like rotting flesh in here.

"What the fuck are we doing here?" I barely whisper.

He doesn't answer but walks a little further into another room. When I step with him inside the room, the light is faint. I see a man tied to a chair, with blood all over his clothes. His head is down and he's bobbing it all over the place.

A brighter light flickers on and the mystery man looks up and I wince at how horrible he looks. His eyes are red and swollen, his lip is busted and he has cuts all over his cheek.

I look at him again and I notice that there are knife wounds and stitches all over his body. I can see his rib cage and his bones. He looks disfigured.

Did Leo do this?

"Why are you showing me this?" I whimper in what I think is fear.

"Good to see you again Iris," the man in the chair lets out in a raspy and tired voice.

My fear slowly turns to curiosity.

I know that voice.

Zane?

L E O N A R D O

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"Zane?"

"In the flesh," Zane replies.

Iris bats her eyes in disbelief or confusion and turns to look at me. "Has he been here this whole time?"

"Yes. Ever since that day at your house," I confess.

"What?" she asks shocked. "It's been months Leo." She looks at Zane and scrunches her eyebrows. "What have you been doing to him?"

"Operation. Torture. Organ Removal Surgery. Avenging you."

"Avenging me? You did this because of me?" she asks with sadness in her eyes.

Wait. Did I go too far?

"No my love. I did this for you." I step closer to her and hold her face. "He tried to hurt you, Iris. It's only fair that I hurt him back. Ten times worse."