Ruler of Your Ruh [a mafia romance ]

Chapter 20: "Not Again"

Everything about this makes me want to vomit, and bile rises in my throat. I take a deep breath in, 'I don't have time for this.' I force myself to focus on the current situation.

The ugly bearded man's smile widens, and the metal rods continue to clank against the metal bars as he closes in. My heart rate quickens and I stiffen my spine. "So you've decided your fate," he says with his rotten smile.

"So have you," is all I say when he finally swings. I grunt and wrap my hand around the other rod in his hand, and yank it out of his grasp. I take advantage of the distraction and kick the back of his knees. He yells in frustration when I take the rod and hit him in the back of the head. "What's wrong? Did you really believe that I was going to succumb to your torture and tell you where he was?"

"You bi-" without letting him finish that thought I hit him once more on the head with the rod, and it makes a horrible clank against his skull. He falls to the ground, and I scowl at his limp form.

I take the other rod and begin walking down the hall, anger burning in my chest. The lights begin to dim the further I walk, and I hear footsteps rushing my way. Oh god Not again. Two men slip in from the shadows and hit me in the head. I scream in pain as my vision blurs, and I fall to my knees...