Chapter six

Christian

I watched Ana carefully as she dressed in black leggings shoes and a black top. She looked like she was attending a funeral which considering what we were about to do we pretty much were. I also took note of the fact that she looked nervous.

I knew that this was new to her and while I wanted to insist that she stay away from what we were about to do because I didn't want to taint her more with my lifestyle than she already was but I knew that she would fight me because she needed and had the right to watch them die painfully.

I changed into black jeans and a black and a black T-shirt and black boots because while I usually liked to see the blood from my enemies to cover my clothes so that I and they could see the blood loss they had endured, (Morbid and sick I know, but I never said that I was sane,) I liked the fact that Ana and I looked like we matched it made me feel like we were a united unbreakable bond, and I knew that it would likely look like that to Isabelle and Gino would think the same.

Especially, since they had seen me at my work and knew my thirst for blood and violence.

Once Ana and I were dressed I approached her and wrapped my arms around the waist and she finished tying her hair. I smiled at her through the mirror and looking at us like this reminded me just how perfectly she fit in my arms. She had the most delicious curves.

I also loved how much of a height difference we had. She was so small that when I stood to my full height her head only reached the middle of my chest and it gave me the overwhelming need to keep my arms wrapped around her and never let her go.

My eyes moved slowly up Ana's body taking in every dip and curve until I reached her face to see her smiling with her brows raised. "What? You're mine. I get to look at you whenever and as much as I want. Now, are you ready to kick ass, sexy?"

Ana turned in my arms, reached up to pull me down for a quick kiss, and smiled lovingly. "Let's not keep our special guests waiting any longer." I pulled Ana toward the door taking us both down the stairs.

"Trust me they won't be waiting. I can guarantee Mia and if I know anything about Jessica in the short time since we met, she is likely down there already and I know my brothers will be."

What I had just said was confirmed when we entered the room to the sound of screaming coming from a male voice and a female voice and I couldn't hide my smile or excitement to see what was happening.

"Ah, finally. You guys are here and aw, you match. You guys are so cute. You know it's true love when a couple wears matching outfits to torture and kill." I smiled at Mia, who paused midway to sticking what looked like a toothpick under Isabelle's nail to join the three she had already done.

"Do you have a thing about going for the nails Mia? Isn't this what you did to Jay?" I smiled when I heard the confidence and a little amusement in Ana's voice and my smile grew wider when I saw the hate in Gino and Isabelle's eyes mixed with pain and fear.

"No, silly. I used pliers on him, I did consider that but I like to mix it up a little. It keeps things exciting and it's so satisfying. Want to have a go, sis?"

"No, thanks, honey but I want to watch for a little bit and have a think about what I want to do. I might take a look at what toys you have, Christian do you want to help your soon-to-be wife find something to play with?"

I felt pride swell in my chest and lust that made me instantly hard when I heard the seduction in Ana's voice. "Anything for you, princess. You know that." I pulled Ana closer and kissed her with so much passion that if it hadn't been for the fact that my family were in the room, I would have fucked Ana where we stood and I would have taken great pleasure in showing Gino and Isabelle just how fucking incredible Ana was.

The kiss was broken by coughing coming from multiple people. "Err, do you want us to leave you two to it?" I turned to smile at Arturo who had Jessica currently sandwiched between him and Cillian.

"Don't tempt me, brother. Come on, princess, let's find you some fun toys to play with."

"Ohh, yes I want something fun to play with as well." Jessica was smiling excitedly and fighting to get away from Cillian and Arturo. "Get off me. For fuck's sake, I'm literally going about two feet away from you."

"Then we are coming with you."

"You're aware you can't be with me 24/7. Jesus, have these two always been like this?" I laughed at Jessica who was still swatting their arms away as they tried to grab at her.

"Nope. Only with you. So, good luck with that, and as for them not being with you 24/7 I'm afraid that's a fight you may well lose. For the most part, anyway." I laughed again when I watched Jessica break free and run and hide behind Ana.

"Christian, I know you don't like men no matter who they are touching Ana so keep those fuckers back I need to come up for air." The whole room other than our two captives and Arturo and Cillian who looked like sulking teens burst into fits of laughter.

"Fine, but as soon as you have found what you are looking for we are coming over there, and Ana we love you dearly but I will move you myself to get to our girl."

"The fuck you will. I will move Ana myself when Jessica is ready to come back over there."

"Erm, hello. I'm pretty sure I can move myself, and I will when my friend is ready for me until then back off." Jessica and Ana both shook their heads and turned to face the wall of torture devices Mia had carefully selected leaving Arturo, Cillian and I feeling like we had all just been scolded."

"Christian, I need you, baby. I need you to show me what these things are." I gave my brother and Cillian a smug smile as I reached out for her outstretched hand my smile widening when they both flipped me off and folded their arms in a sulk.

The silence was broken by Isabelle's screams as Mia shook her head and continued on with her torture followed by Alesso entering the room. "Sounds like the fun has started without me." Alesso frowned when he looked at Jessica standing with Ana talking about what they were looking at. "How the fuck did Jessica manage to get away from these two? I swear the way they are with her I'm surprised they haven't handcuffed her to them."

I watched as Arturo's and Cillian's eyes lit up as though they thought the idea was the best one, they had ever heard and Jessica spun around. "Do not fucking think about it. If you even try that. Fuck Alesso, don't give them any ideas. I swear if you two try that I will never have sex with either of you ever again."

They both laughed as if her threat was a joke until they saw the resolve on Jessica's face and both said a collective "fine!" before resuming their sulking. I couldn't help but smile once again when I looked around the room and saw the shock and confusion on Gino's face as he watched our interaction and I couldn't blame him.

After all, this must look crazy considering we are in a room with him and his daughter tied up and his daughter currently being tortured. "You know, Arturo, Cillian, if you want to get out any frustration you can always take it out on Gino. He seems to be currently unoccupied and shockingly not so bothered by his daughter's screams. Maybe, he will be more affected by his own screams. It will kill time while we choose some fun things for the ladies to play with."

Gino's face paled as Arturo and Cillian made their way toward him grabbing a wrapped leather case that I knew held an array of tools. As soon as they look a seat in front of him and I heard the first screams I smiled then turned back to Jessica and Ana as Alesso joined us.

"How's Alice doing?" Ana had stopped looking through things to ask her question quietly.

"She is fine. She actually told me to make sure whatever we do we have to make it painful. I just think this kind of thing isn't for her so she is upstairs prepping breakfast with Grace. She thinks that we will all be hungry when we have finished. Oh, and Carla told me to tell you to save something for her she will be down soon she is dealing with something and it looked pretty serious there was a lot of shouting."

"Does she need us to do anything?" It was never a good sign if Carla was shouting, she was more of a stern voice kind of person and it usually worked every time. She usually saved the shouting for just before the shit was about to hit the fan.

"She will ask us if she needs help, you know that, brother." I nodded but noticed the frown and worry on Ana's face.

"Don't worry, princess, Carla can handle it. Why don't we get on with this?" The nerves on Ana's face from earlier returned briefly but she hid it just as fast with a smile.

"Okay, but you're going to have to tell me what these things are."

"Which one has taken your fancy, princess?" Before she could answer my question Mia jumped up and ran over to us and it was then that I noticed Luca standing in the corner.

"Mia, do not run." Mia rolled her eyes at her husband's words and stopped in front of us grabbing Ana and Jessica's hand and dragging them to the other side of the huge room and pulling a black sheet of a huge device that I noticed was Mia's favorite new toy making me wince.

"Look at this one it's called a Juice cradle. Isn't it a beauty? It's antique and if you look closely, you can actually see blood from previous victims. It's magnificent. Do you want to use this? It can be used for either of them."

"Oh, I have seen these don't you sit the person on the pointed part and weigh them down so it slowly goes further inside them, or something?" Ana seemed a little horrified by the excitement in her friend's voice, especially when she saw that same excitement on her face as she took in the monstrosity in front of her.

"Yep, pretty much. It cost the price of a mansion but was worth every penny. I think this should be for Gino after what he did to Ana or tried to do." Growls sounded out around the room as tempers flared at the mention of what happened only broken by the panic as Gino struggled in his restraints as he took the device in and the fear in his eyes chased away my anger.

Mia laughed when she looked at Gino and his obvious fear. "He was unconscious when it was delivered, and it's been covered up until now. You excited Gino?" I had to admit I almost felt sorry for Gino…almost.

"Thanks, Mia, but I will let you have fun with this one. You should be the first one to use it." Mia took this as Ana doing something nice but I knew Ana well enough to know that she would never be able to use something like this and I didn't blame her.

"Thank you, thank you, thank you. It's going to be so much fun. We will leave this for when you have got in a few hits. I promise."

"Thanks, Mia." Ana hugged her and then dragged Jessica away from the device that Jessica was still admiring. Jessica was fitting into this family like a dream. I am pretty sure she could rival Mia in who is the most psychotic and crazy and I fucking loved it because it meant one more person wouldn't hesitate to kill to protect the people I love.

I listened as Jessica talked excitedly with Mia while Ana continued looking for something to use, and my beliefs about Jessica were confirmed and I didn't miss the wince and pride on Cillian and Arturo's faces as they listened as well.

"I'm surprised you didn't get a Spanish donkey. They are so much worse. You know they have been known to completely slice through their victims. Slowly." I had to admit I was a little horrified about the suggestion and shocked that Mia hadn't already bought one but that shock disappeared with Mia's next words.

"Don't worry I have ordered one. It sucks I couldn't get it in time but those things are so hard to find. It will be here for the next ass hole that fucks with us though." Jessica practically clapped and jumped for joy with excitement further shocking Ana.

"How did I not know this side of you?"

"Well, Ana, my sweet I didn't know this side of me existed until recently so you wouldn't have known." We were about to get back to the job at hand when Carla burst through the door and she looked pissed.

"Well, it would seem these fuckers have caused us more problems than we thought."

"What do you mean?" I was dreading what I was about to hear and I had a horrible feeling this would be putting an end to any fun we were about to have.

"It would seem the explosion did more than provide a distraction so that the girls could be taken. It killed the only daughter of one of my most important allies. Although, after what happened I'm sure that I can no longer count them as such."

"So, what have they said?" I could feel the dread settling in.

"They want them." Carla nodded toward Gino and Isabelle.

"Fuck, no. After what they did to my fam…"

"While I understand that you are upset, and rightly so, Christian this isn't just about your family. This is much bigger now. If we don't give them what they want they will come for me, then you, and while we can fight them and may win it will start a war with their allies. Not giving them what they want could end in years of war and a lot of death, maybe, ours. You are expecting a child. Mia is expecting a child. This man's only child was killed. What would you do if it was your daughter?"

"Who is it?"

"It was Siobhan Byrne that was killed." My heart dropped when I heard the name because I knew that this situation was fucked.

"So, now you see why the new threat we are facing needs to be taken seriously. They are giving us 24 hours to make a choice. Christian, I know you deserved this vengeance I really do. You all deserved it but do you really want to start this war? Is vengeance worth that much?" I hated the sadness in Carla's eyes.

"How do we know that if we hand Gino and Isabelle to them that that will be the end of it?"

"We don't know that for sure, Christian, but we do know for sure that if we don't this will be just the beginning."

"I want to talk with Byrne's." I needed to see if we could get something in writing before we handed these fuckers over. I know in Cian Byrne's situation if my daughter had been murdered, I would burn down the world to get to the person that did it and anyone who got in my way would be eviscerated.

"I will make the arrangements. Step up your security, Christian, when I say that he is angry I mean he is unstable. We have to cover every angle for this meeting."

"I agree, I'm curious about one thing, Carla. Why are we only hearing about this now?"

"He has been searching for Isabelle for himself. He knew you had Gino and he knew you would keep him alive until you found Isabelle and if he found her first then he was going to come to you then, but he found out you had her and as soon as he did he contacted me before you would have the chance to kill them."

"Fine. Arrange the meeting. I am only handing these fuckers over if I know for sure that we will all be safe after. I want the women somewhere safe and no arguments." I spoke up when I saw both Mia and Ana open their mouths to protest but I wasn't going to budge on this.

"Do not fight me on this. Mia, Ana it's no longer about just keeping you both safe you have the children in your stomachs to take care of. We will be fine. I don't think that Cian Byrne has had the chance to prepare for a big fight so fast we, however, are always prepared, which you know Mia. so, we will be fine but if we do have to fight, we can't do that safely when we are worrying about you. So, you will be sent somewhere safe and we will bring you back when they have left. Luca, get security beefed up. Carla, I need you to do the same."

"Consider it done." Carla left the room pulling out her phone followed by Luca who was doing the same all while pulling Mia behind him. I grabbed Ana's hand as the rest of us left in silence leaving the room in darkness and locked up tight.

This was not how I saw tonight going.