65. Caleb

*This chapter will contain torture - the one we have been waiting for - but if anyone wants to skip that part I put * to where it starts and ends.*

**Caleb**

Holgan takes Sinn down from the wall, and I can hardly wait to be alone with him in a fucking cell and show him what pain really means. I have been waiting for this day since the moment I became a slave to the vampires. Will torturing a monster make me a monster as well? Probably, but Sinn deserves everything I will do to him and more.

Even as hurt as he is, Sinn tries to fight Holgan, but he is no match for my Gamma. Holgan punches Sinn hard, sending him flying through the air. Sinn collides with a wall before falling unconscious to the stone floor.

After almost turning feral on me, Red slowly returns to normal, and her skin begins to cool. She looks at Holgan. “The incredible Hulk!” she mutters under her breath. Holgan and Kevin take Sinn away, and she turns her attention to me. The others leave, giving Red and me space to talk. “What happened?” she asks, looking around. “The last thing I remember is the Demon King hurting you,” Red says while gently grabbing my right arm, her eyes searching for any trace of injuries. When she is satisfied I am well, she looks around while I fill my lungs with her scent, and I know the baby is alright. If something had happened to him while Red was in pain when I was forced to do shit, I would have never forgiven myself.

**‘Maybe we will have another daughter,’** suggests Raven.

I don’t care if the baby is a boy or a girl. My love will be the same. Only the Goddess knows how much I wanted to have a child with Red.

“When the Demon King hurt me, you killed half of the Vampire Court.” I don’t say anything about the slaves because I know what a gentle soul Red is; she would be devastated if she learns about what she did to them. “How are you feeling? Are you in more pain? Apart from the harm that bitch and her spawn from hell inflicted upon you, did the leeches do anything else to you?”

Her tone is melancholic as she speaks as low as she can, “Whatever happened, it’s not your fault! I hate what she did to you, and I will make her pay!”

I clench my jaw because I know it is my fault. If I had listened to Red back at the restaurant and left the moment she said, nothing like this would have happened. “Let’s return to our pack.” Once I am back home, I can drown my pain in some alcohol. Maybe this is the right time to open that whiskey bottle I have been saving for when Sinn and his bitch mom die. Sinn will die today, so I will drink half of the fucking bottle.

Raven snarls between gritted teeth. **‘I know you are hurting, but if you start drinking, you will end up making Red suffer!’**

I ignore him because I don’t want to have this conversation with him.

“What about the Demon King and that Leech Queen?” asks Red.

“They got away with the remaining half of the Vampire Court. But we will get them!” I vow. Now that I stopped being a Regent Alpha, my voice will be heard by the Elders.

Red looks at her wrists. “My blood is cursed. It brought back the Demon King.”

I put my hands around her sweet face. “Your blood only opens a portal between worlds. It was that bitch that brought him back! And we will send him back to his realm, and that bitch to kingdom come!”

Red nods, but she doesn’t seem convinced. She grabs my hands, and it takes all of my will not to flinch because I don’t want to keep touching her, not until I wash away all the filth from this hellish place.

We walk fast, following the scent the others left behind, and we make it to the dungeons just in time to see the others taking turns beating the shit out of Sinn. Tatiana is also down here—I can’t say I am surprised; the witch is like my shadow—and uses her magic to prevent Sinn from running away. The wounds I inflicted on him with my Ice are almost healed, but each time someone hits him, new ones appear. Elton looks into Sinn’s eyes before punching him hard. Omegas can be vicious when they want.

I don’t see Tristan or his knights, and I hope he has taken Emma far away from here.

Conon comes to me and sniffs the air; his eyes go wide. “Is—?”

“Not now!” I growl in annoyance. When we are in the pack and Reyes does a check-up on Red, we will let the others know about the baby.

Conon does something I’ve rarely seen him do; he puts on a serious face. “What do you want to do with the vampire?”

My first thought is to take him to the pack and keep him in one of the cells there and torture him daily for a long time, but I don’t want such trash close to Red and the others. I point to one of the doors. “Put him in there!” I snarl. Raven gets close to the surface, and my magic wants to break free and hurt Sinn in a thousand ways and more.

Holgan and Kevin take Sinn to the cell, and Tatiana looks at me. “Don’t let what happened poison your soul! You are better than them!”

I grit my teeth. “Did you know this would happen?”

Tatiana’s eyes are sad. “If I had known, I would have never let Sinn take Rain or you. I might see things about to happen, but they can change depending on what a person chooses to do. The Oracle is the one that has a gift for seeing the future.”

Tatiana might be many things, but she is not a liar. I look at Jordan. I might not like him, but I know he will keep my soulmate safe until I torture and kill Sinn. “Take Red out of here! Make sure she is safe until I finish what I have to do.”

Red wraps her arms around me. “I will never leave your side again!” She starts breathing hard, and I pull her away from the others. Her Theta Knights look at me as if they want to kill me for making Red panic. I put my palms on her shoulders and look into her eyes. Or at least I try because I know she has to focus very hard to see my eyes. “What I am about to do now or who I am about to become, Red, I don’t want you to see it. Wait for me with Jordan and the others. I will finish... when I finish.”

“You are going to kill him?” Red asks.

I don’t want to lie to her. “Yes. And to kill a monster, I have to become a monster.”

Red understands that I have to do this. “I will wait for you,” she says before going to where Elton and Kevin are.

“Be careful when you leave the Palace! The Demon King can return at any moment and fight us,” I say before I enter the cell Sinn is in.

Katherine follows me. Holgan and Kevin have Sinn tied to the wall. “What now?” Holgan asks.

“Make sure Red is safe until I finish with this piece of trash!” I say as a short ice lance appears in my right hand. Kevin’s eyebrows go up, but he says nothing.

“Take your time,” Holgan says. “We have the cars close to a mansion. A tunnel in a storeroom connects the Palace to the old house. We will wait for you there!”

“I will remain with Caleb,” Katherine says. “Sinn and I have some unfinished business,” she says while her brown eyes shine with happiness.

**‘Only Katherine can be happy while thinking about torturing someone,’** Raven huffs.

An evil grin appears on my face, and I am sure I look just like the Joker. *‘I am with her on this one.’*

* Holgan and Kevin leave, and I look at Sinn. “I told you not to touch my female!” I don’t want to tell him Red is my soulmate. Someone like Sinn does not deserve to pronounce the word soulmate. Or hear it. “You dragged her out of the van by her hair and made her fall on her knees! By the time I finish with you, you will beg for me to kill you!”

His red eyes, once full of arrogance, stared back at me with fear. “Fuck you!” he snarls.

I prepare my lance. “Oh, this time, I think it will be the other way around!” I say while I throw the weapon at him.

The short chains that have him pinned to the wall keep his legs spread. I know the chains and walls of this cell very well, for I have lived here for many years. I use the ice lance to fuck him. He starts screaming.

Katherine folds her arms and leans on a wall. “And I thought I was brutal.”

“He deserves this and a lot more!” I reply, not taking my eyes off Sinn. I want to see how his face contorts because of the pain. Two big hammers appear close to Sinn’s knees, and before I use them to smash his legs, I bare my canines. “What did you used to say? Let’s see how fast I can make you scream, was it?”

Sinn’s face turns pale, and blood runs down his thighs, but I am still not done with him.

“Leave his dick for me,” says Katherine while she readies her Katana. “I want to chop it off, grind it up, and have him eat it!”

While the hammers shatter Sinn’s feet and move up, I turn my head towards Katherine. “Why serve it to him in bite-sized pieces? Have him choke on it!”

“I like the way you think,” Katherine says.

The ice spear keeps ripping Sinn’s ass while the hammers are at his knees. “Kill me!” Sinn begs.

I laugh bitterly. “Funny you would say that. Remember how many times I begged you the same, only for you to torture me some more?”

**‘Let’s make an Anuak spear and have both of them fuck him!**’ Raven suggests, and I do just that.
I keep using the weapons on him, leaving his dick untouched until Sinn loses his voice. “Look at you,” I say when I am done with him. “You pissed yourself! What would mommy dearest say if she could see you like this?” He whimpers something, but I don’t understand him. “Katherine, he is all yours!”

Katherine huffs. “You didn’t leave me much! At least I can cut off his useless weenie!” she says before using her Katana on him. Since the Katana is made from ash wood, she not only chops him to pieces but kills him.

I look at what is left of my tormentor, and I don’t regret torturing him. The world is a safer place with Sinn gone. *

It is late afternoon when we leave the dungeons, and Katherine takes me to where they parked the cars. Red is in Conon’s car, but as soon as she sees me, she gets out and runs to me. I catch her and bury my nose in her hair. “I was about to come to look for you!” Red says. “When hours passed, and you and Katherine didn’t return, Conon and I started to worry.”

“I am here now,” I say, trying to calm her nerves. I pet her hair while I look at the other. Tristan is inside one of the cars, with Emma in his lap, his mouth close to her ear, saying something to her, and she nods from time to time. Zeke and Xenos are standing next to the car. Tatiana speaks with someone on the phone in Finish or one of those Nordic languages.

Holgan brings me some clothes, and I go to change inside the old mansion before I get in the car with Red, Conon, and Katherine.

Conon starts the car, and Red leans her head on my shoulder. I put my arm around her, and she closes her eyes, falling asleep in seconds. Once I am back in the pack, I will have time for self-pity. Right now, I have to take care of Red’s needs.

Conon and the others drive fast, and I close my eyes, wanting to sleep, but each time I close my eyes, I am back in that fucking Palace.

**Too bad Katherine or Conon didn’t think about bringing TNT with them,’** Raven says.

*‘That’s a great idea. We should do that while the Leech Bitch and the Demon King are inside. This way, we will kill two birds with one stone!’*

“How is she?” Katherine asks.

I look at Red’s face. Her face is pale, and her cheeks are stained with dry tears. “She will be alright,” I say, pulling her closer to me.

“And you?” Conon asks.

A fucking wreck.

**‘We should talk to our therapist,’** Raven suggests. **‘You need help to process everything.’**

I am tired of seeing a therapist that is not helping me.

“I will also be alright,” I reply.

Conon speeds home, and around 10 PM, we are back in the pack. Red is still asleep; I scoop her up and take her to the clinic. Tristan follows me with an equally sleeping Emma in his arms. Katherine called Reyes earlier and told him to wait for us at the clinic. When Reyes said some pack members wanted to wait for Red and me, she said they should fuck off and give us space.

“Bring them in here,” Reyes says, opening the door to a room with two beds. I put Red on one of them, and Tristan places Emma on the other. Reyes comes to see Red first. His brows furrow. “Luna Rain is pregnant? Did the—?”

I don’t need him to finish the question because I know what he wants to ask. “The baby is mine! No one touched her!” I nod towards Tristan. “You should see Emma first. She has been with the vampires for many years, and no doubt, she requires plenty of medical attention.”

Reyes goes to Emma’s bed and checks her pulse before looking at Tristan. “We need to wake her because I want to perform tests on her. Including a pelvic exam.”

Tristan bares his fangs. “No one touches her like that ever again!” He almost shouts the words, waking Emma and Red.

Emma sees Reyes and grabs Tristan’s hand. He sits on the bed, talking to her in a low voice, calming her.

“I can have the tests done when both of you are calmer,” Reyes suggests to Tristan. “Luna, can I examine you?”

A quick knock on the door stops Red from replying.

“What the hell are you doing in my pack?” Red snarls when one of the females from the restaurant from Sinaia enters the room.

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