Chapter 454 WE INNER
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No one has told her what crime she committed to be suffering this much.
She peeked around the empty cell. The iron rod built around it was so strong that it gave no room for escape even if she wanted to.
Plus, what's the use of trying to escape when she couldn't even reach the door or any wall except the one she leaned her back on?
Bell stared at the small window on the wall. It was smaller than a human size, there's no way she could fit it that. She knows she had to leave this place through one way or another. These people didn't seem like they would release her anytime soon.
As Bella sat on the wet floor quietly trying to gather her strength, she heard quiet footsteps approach her and she quickly raised her head to see who it was. The gigantic men that had carried her last night came into view, this time, they were carrying someone else on their shoulders.
They're kidnappers and have kidnapped someone else too.
They opened the next cell and dropped the unconscious man on the floor before locking it. The man looked badly beaten to an unrecognizable state.
Bella almost puked at the sight of him. She wondered who it was they had captured this time. What did these people really want from them?
"Please let me out, this is a mistake I'm not the one you're looking for." She said quietly and both men turned to look at her. One of them came to stand before her cell.
He stared at the other and they both burst into laughter.
"Aww, so cute." One of them exclaimed and laughed harder.
"She said she's not the one we're looking for." His laughter was replaced by a vicious look. He looked like if given the chance he would kill her without thinking twice.
"Then tell us darling, who are we looking for?" The other one that locked the next cell earlier asked this time and Bella pursed her lips.
"Name any amount, my father, he'll give you anything. He has more than enough money, just let me go please." She pleaded.
"What a bold bitch." He muttered disdainfully.
"You should be praying to be accepted in heaven tonight. At least boss has given you a few hours for that." He said.
"Get the whip, Aaron, we need to remind her where she is." He said to the latter and he left the room.
"P... Please don't harm me, I... I've done nothing wrong." Bella could feel her heart racing with fear. She saw him bring out multiple keys and place one on the door before twisting it open.
"For someone who has done so much evil, you look so scared. Rather than trying to negotiate with me, you should be crying and begging for your life." His huge form stepped into the cell room and Bella crawled backwards.
Right now, she regretted speaking to them, maybe if she had kept quiet, she wouldn't be in this situation.
The man kept walking till he was standing right in front of her. He squats to her level and grabs her chin harshly. Bella struggled to get his hands off her as she gritted her teeth to stop him from pulling her jaw.
His grip was painful, she'd never felt anything this painful before. She has done nothing to deserve all of this pain and torture. She couldn't speak or move his hands from her face, he was digging his sharp nails into her flesh.
Every rip on her skin made her tear, yet she made no sound. She wouldn't give them the satisfaction they needed.
"Cone, they said boss will be here in two hours." Aaron returned.
"That's enough time to prepare her for her death. Did you bring the whip?" Aaron walked up to them.
"Do you think he'll make it easy? From what I've heard, boss wants a slow agonizing death for her." Aaron said like it was nothing. They were discussing her death right in front of her.
"Well, we'll help him with the first step." Cone finally let her chin go. The marks of his fingers were visible on her skin. Blood rolled down from her chin to her neck. The part of her face he had dug his fingers into bled.
Cone stared at his fingers, a vicious smile displaying on his lips. He stared at Bella who glared at him and he licked his bloody fingers.
"How tasty." He hummed.
Bella watched both men straighten their whips, she shivered, fear clouding her heart and mind and no matter how much she tried to encourage herself she just got more scared. These men were more than willing to kill her.
The moment they raised their hands to whip her she closed her eyes so tight and felt the whip land on her skin.
Nothing prepared for the pain and sting that came after the whip touched her skin. Bella gritted her teeth to stop herself from screaming.
"A fierce little one. Let's see how long you hold." Cone said feeling challenged. This time he whipped her with more force to the point the whip dug into her skin, drawing blood but the girl dug her fingers into the ground without making a sound.
A single tear fell from her eyes.
"Is that a tear I see?" He mocked. "You'll pay for the tears you made my boss shed." His cold voice rang and he whipped her over again and again and again without stopping.
Cone didn't give her a space to breathe. He just kept flogging and flogging. As so
No matter how much she tried to get used to the pain, it felt like it doubled with each stroke that landed on her body.
Bella screamed and cried, she could no longer hold back anymore. No pain could prepare for the pain she felt right now. She rolled on the floor for as long as the chains let her and then rolled back to her position. But that didn't stop Aaron and Cane from flogging her mercilessly.
They showed her no mercy and designed her body with the whip. A few part of the dress she had worn was now thorn making the whip touch her bare skin. The floor and her dress were stained with blood but both men didn't stop.
After flogging her, a bucket of hot water was thrown at her and Bella could see her skin cook. She cried to the point where she couldn't anymore. She was weak, her skin had turned numb from the pain.
Bella could see her life flash right before her eyes, yet, death was far from her.
She still didn't know who she killed to suffer like this. Logan had told her people were searching for her but he never said it was this serious.
"That's enough I said keep her alive not kill her." A familiar deep voice rang in her ears, but she couldn't point out where she had heard that voice from.
She tried to beg for help but couldn't move or speak.
"Boss." Cane left her side and ran to the man in front of the cell.
"You arrived earlier than usual." He said to the man.
"What is that?" Antonio pointed at the other person bleeding in the next cage still unconscious from the beating they gave him.
"He's the one that had hidden her all this while." Antonio's eyes left Logan to stare at the girl in the cell. She had her back faced to him.
Antonio still couldn't understand why Vivian freely gave him her daughter. Everything that woman did was suspicious.
"Don't touch her for the next three days, I need her in a state where I can speak to her." Cone and Aaron nodded.
They stared at each other wondering what had gotten into their boss. Just days ago he wanted her dead on sight, and right now, they weren't allowed to touch her?
No, there's no way I want to be married to this man. I shook my head.
"You're not my husband, I don't want to be married to you." I tried getting out of his grip but he held me still.
"Shut up darling you're mine now. Continue." He said to the priest.
The huge men went among the crowd to put everyone back in other.
I turned to look at mother who stared at me pitifully before looking down. No one dared look at him or try to stop him. Not even father who claims to be the king of the city.
There's no way they will let this man marry me. I can't run away from a monster to be married to a devil. I had celebrated when Max was badly beaten but who knew this would be my fate right now?
