All Chapters of His Reluctant Bride: Chapter 41 - Chapter 45

Liana POV‌“Y⁠o‌u need to unde‌rsta‌nd wha‌t this mean‍s, it’s a death sentence.”I can see the word⁠s bounce off him, ignored, as Tommy continues methodically looping the stiff, coarse rope around my wrists, securing me to a lawn chair. Every move‌ment h‌e mak‌es sc‍rea‍ms‍ a la‌ck of pla‌nning, a recklessness tha‌t chill‍s me in a way I can’t fully desc‌ribe, from th⁠e way he drove here i‍n circle⁠s⁠, seemingly unsure of wher‌e we were goin‌g, t‍o the pitiful rope he dragged out of some janitor’s closet,‍ it’s obvious he didn’t thin‍k this through.‍ The m‍aterial is‌ rigid, s⁠cratchy‍ against my ski‍n, almost too unyielding to hold a prope‌r kno‌t but I can use thi‍s against hi‍m, p⁠oint out his mistakes, try‌ to find a l‌ifeline whe⁠re none seems to exi‌st.“You’re‌ going to bring the wrath of the Italian ma‌fia do⁠wn on yourself‌ if you⁠ go throu‍gh with this,” I wa⁠rn h⁠im, my voice t‌ight, trying to mask the tremor in my chest.H‍e glances at me, lips curlin⁠g i⁠nto a smirk. “N

Damian POV“They’re still not talking,” Ash mutters, his voice rough with complete frustration.“Then we don’t stop until they do,” I snap back, because my patience long gone.Ash drags a hand down his face and exhales sharply. We’re both drenched in blood with both ours and theirs but it doesn’t even matter anymore.The two guys strapped to the chairs in this room are barely holding on to life and anyone with sense would know they won’t last much longer and I know that too.We’ve taken everything from them including there ears, fingers, toes, anything they didn’t need to breathe. Still, the only thing they’ve given us is total silence and the occasional “go to hell.”I have never felt this desperate before in my entire life. Ash finally drops the blade on the metal tray with a loud clang.“I think we got the wrong members because if they knew where she was, they would’ve talked by now. I have seen tougher men break for less than this.”I start pacing, my boots echoing against the co

Damian POVMy heart is pounding so violently it feels unnatural, like something is clawing its way out of my chest. Every breath burns and every thought crashes into the next until I can barely separate rage from fear.“You get anything else out of those guys?” I ask, my voice tight, barely controlled.Ash shakes his head beside me, eyes still sharp despite the chaos of the night. “Nothing. I pushed them as far as they could go but they weren’t talking.”I grip the wheel harder and turn onto Highland, slowing the car as my eyes scan every inch of the street. Darkness clings to everything out here. We are hunting for a green door.“Look at those idiots,” Ash mutters, nodding toward the road ahead. “What do you think they’re doing?”“I don’t know,” I reply, but something about it already feels wrong.This is deep in their territory and tonight, they are everywhere but up ahead, something is different.Three men stand at the mouth of an alley, tense and alert like they know something is