THE TORMENTOR
The Tormentor - Episode 27&28
( Blêed•For•Me, Ixora )
Book 1 in the Mindf+ck Trilogy
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A hedonist doesn't only find pleasure in s+x or mundane things like breathing.
Watching your prey suffer and hearing her beg and beg and f+ckin beg is on a whole new level.
"Please...stay on the line, and talk to me"
The moment Ixora said those words, Warren could swear a twitch happened inside of his crotch.
He nearly c+m in his pants just by hearing her beg, but he brushed it off and focused on her.
He watched her through the screen as she sat on her window with her phone glued desperately to her ear, awaiting what he has to say.
His own phone is in his hand, and he's staring at the screen, her number is saved as "Dirty Little Lier"
"How do I cope? I haven't been able to think straight" she said, her voice barely audible.
"Simple, kill your cousin too" he replied, resting back on his chair.
"Stop being like this" she replied.
"Like what? A serpent who belongs in hell?" He asked rhetorically.
She shifted her posture on the window, and his eyes nearly closed as his lashes hugged, but he's still seeing her under the shadows.
"Embrace it" he said, and her head rested back on the window.
"Embrace it, and get your sleep back" he continued.
"But I'm not a murderer" she replied.
"I wasn't a murderer too, but I embraced the image and wore the armour you and Evelyn threw at me. That way, I got used to it, and before I knew it, it's me, it's who I am. I'm a bloody murderer, and I'm pleasured to admit it anywhere." He elaborated.
"I'm...a murderer" she muttered, her voice unsteady.
"You felt the thrill when you were pounding Anastasia's head, didn't you?" He whispered.
She took a while before replying...
"A little"
His eyes opened fully, and he sat upright, rubbing his jean pants between his legs.
"And you liked it" he said.
"I dunno" she replied.
"You belong in the darkness too, little lier. You belong in my world, you only need grippy hands to drag you" he said.
She went silent.
"I'll drag you till the end of the pit,, and by then, there'll be no going back" he said.
"What are you gonna do?" She asked.
"The church tomorrow, 8pm" he replied.
"Can it be now?" She asked.
"I'm not negotiating" he replied, and she she jumped down the window.
A large part of her singlet pulled down in the front, revealing a portion of her creamy br+Ã sts which she didn't bother to cover since she probably thinks no one is watching.
Warren's eyes hooded, and the twitch happened in his crotch, again.
"Then how am I gonna sleep tonight?" She asked.
"You'll get a visitor, soon" he replied, hanging up straight.
He threw the phone on the desk and stretched the back of his hand forward.
Falsus flew and perched on it, then Warren spoke to the dove in French.
"Au lieu du menteur, soyez gentil"
(Meaning: To the lier's place, be kind)
It flew out of the room at the order, eventually flying out of the house.
It's a bird he inherited from someone in prison, and just like it's name, everything about it is false.
It might be a dove, but it has lost all the characteristics of a dove, now left with nothing but wicked intents, just like Warren himself.
Warren's eyes shifted to the other side of the desk where the new meteorite bracelet is.
He had picked it up from the living room ground when he came back from the woods last night.
Obviously, this is what Ixora came to give him, but too bad he already got his own back.
The accessory shop already repaired it, and it's back on his wrist.
He opened a drawer in the desk and threw Ixora's own inside, then he stood to his feet.
He stepped out, making his way to the extra building where Mrs. Ortega is.
He opened the steel door of the capture room with a slam, and when the woman came to view, his face glinted with satisfaction.
The dried blood allover her neck, the blood blotches on her red dress, her hopeless eyes and her dried peely lips.
They all look so pleasing.
The screw driver is still inside her neck like Capri said, so Warren removed it, and the woman slumped as more blood pumped out of the neck.
Warren took an appetizing look at the bloodstained screwdriver before dropping it
"How are you able...to do it? You stabbed me with a screwdriver since yesterday and left it in my neck, but I...i didn't die" Mrs. Ortega groaned.
Warren backed the wall with a leg resting on the concrete.
"I'm a medical student, knowing all the life and death spots in the human body is a flex" he stated cruelly.
"Just kill me" She breathed, her body shaking with intense pains.
"You hold the key to your daughter's whereabouts, killing you would be a waste" he replied.
"Wh...what are you talking about?" She stuttered, but then he came close and unlocked the chains she's tied with.
The chain fell, and he pulled her up, dragging her out of the room.
He literally threw her out, and she fell in front of the door.
"The wound on your neck is already infected, get it treated in twenty minutes and you'd live, failure to do that, you'd...well?" he tilted his head.
Mrs. Ortega held her neck with an hand, tears pouring out of her eyes as she scrambled to her feet, rushing out of the house with gurgles.
When she went out of sight, Warren revealed her phone that's in his hand.
He got everything he needed already, he only has to wait for the chess pieces to move on the chessboard.
"You let her go?" Konstantin came in
"The hell have you been?" Warren replied with another question.
"Scaring a cat" Konstantin shrugged as they both began walking out.
"And...does the stupid cousin really think we're daft to not know who and who entered this compound?" Konstantin suddenly said.
"She needs to keep thinking that, till tomorrow" Warren replied.
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[Stonia's Mansion]
After the call with Warren, Ixora threw her phone under her pillow and managed to have a bath.
It didn't do much, but at least it helped her relax a bit.
By the time she came out of the bathroom, she blinked when she saw something sitting by her window.
With cautious steps, she walked there to view it well.
It's a dove, his dove.
She recognized it as the one that delivered the note for her that night.
Is this the visitor he talked about? What's it gonna do anyways?
She stuck out her pointer finger and stroked the beak of the bird.
It allowed her, and she smiled, then the bird flew on her palm, and she took it to bed.
She placed it down and quickly entered her closet to wear her PJs.
She came out two minutes later and lay down. The dove stood in front of her, watching her eyeball to eyeball.
"Why do you have exactly his dark eyes?" She muttered, stroking it's feathers.
The bird cooed, the sound very soothing, so she stroked it's feathers again, and the bird repeated the coo.
She kept doing it over and over, and the bird kept rewarding her with the soothing coos till she fell asleep.
Falsus flew away from the bed, and it was about to fly out the window when it saw the bowl of Splash's grain on a table.
The fish might be dead, but Ixora never poured out it's food.
Falsus went to the bowl and ate as much grains as it wanted before finally flying away.
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[Ford Salon]
Tina and Monty are both seated in the shop with Bethel and Mr. Ford, all waiting for Romeo to emerge.
After falling in the mud earlier, he had gone into his room to clean up, and he's still not back yet.
"What's taking him so long?" Tina stood impatiently.
"Why are you here? You even brought a friend?" Mr. Ford asked, and Tina faced the man.
"Last time you came, you couldn't stay for two minutes cos you considered this place dirty" he continued, and Tina smiled awkwardly, not knowing what to say.
"She's asthmatic, so staying somewhere dusty is dangerous" Monty replied from her seat, saving her from the question.
Mr. Ford looked at Monty who's seated with her headphones hung on her neck and her face buried in her phone.
"Last time I checked, Tina was healthy" Bethel chirped from the second chair.
"I became asthmatic in the beginning of this semester" Tina replied, flipping her hair before entering the inner apartment.
It wasn't hard to find Romeo's room, and she didn't knock before entering.
She met him naked, and his eyes widened as he quickly draped a towel on his waist.
"S+xy body you've got" she said, and he angrily grabbed her hand, pulling her out of the room with ruggedness.
"Respect privacy, I already told you several times I don't like being in the same space as you, in what other way do you want me to interprete it?" He glared, and she scoffed.
"You should be thankful I'm humble enough to come see you in a wretched house like this. You're not special, Romeo. You only have a handsome face and that's it!" She spat, walking out angrily.
Romeo didn't even look at her backside before going back into his room to dress up.
By the time he came out to the shop, Tina and Monty were already gone, and Mr. Ford is in the bathroom, so Bethel is the only one available.
"Where to?" Bethel stood.
"To Ixora's place, something is definitely wrong" he replied, rushing out.
Bethel rushed after him. "The inner part of your shirt is what you're wearing out! Romeo!"
But then, he's gone, so she sighed out by the door.
"How crazy is he about her?" She muttered.
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Getting to Stonia's Mansion, Romeo realized how stupid his decision was.
His phone already fell in the mud so there's no phone to call her, and he can't enter this gate without her, else Stonia might just fire him.
He stood in front of the gate, tipping on his toes as he tried to view Ixora's room.
Her room light is off, meaning she's already asleep, but is she ok?
Did Warren and his gang bother her again?
He became totally disoriented as he thought of every possibly.
And the worse part is that tomorrow is Sunday, so he won't be seeing her till Monday.
He dived his hand in his hair, and as the chill blew into his baggy shirt, he looked down to see he's wearing the inner part of it.
He hissed out as he began walking away from the house.
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[Next Day]
At exactly 8am, Ixora woke up, and the moment her lashes untangled, she sat up in bed, hoping to see the dove again, but it's already gone.
She quickly got down from the bed and rushed to the window.
It's really really gone.
She bit down on her lip before stepping away from the window, then she picked her phone from under the window and texted W.
Ixora: Thank you, slept for the first time in a week.
He didn't reply even when he viewed it, so she went to her chat with Rafael, and as usual, he already dropped a good morning message.
Dad: Morning, love of my life. Lovely Sunday ahead.
She replied his text with a large smile, and Stonia entered the room.
"Mum?" Ixora smiled.
"You look happy this morning, the secret?" Stonia beamed too, hugging her.
"No secret, just plain" Ixora chuckled, and Stonia broke the hug to kiss her hair.
"I'm having dinner with you tonight at 8, it's been a while since we spent time together" she said.
Ixora almost said yes, but then she remembered she's also meeting with Warren at 8.
"Mum can we bring it down to 6? 6 to 7:30" she said.
"What? You have a boyfriend you're going to visit?" Stonia winked.
"Mum! No boyfriend, but I'm meeting someone" Ixora replied.
"Aunt! I'd love to have dinner with you today at 6" Serena said, entering the room too.
"We'd have to cancel that, Serena. I have dinner with my daughter at 6 too" Stonia replied, and Serena almost chewed her tongue.
"Ok..." She said, leaving the room.
"I'll see you at dinner my love" Stonia spanked Ixora's arse.
"Mum!!" She whined, and the woman laughed as she exited the room.
Ixora took her phone, expecting a reply from the devil already, but he still hasn't replied.
She noticed the grain bowl on the aquarium table stands different from how it was last night, so she went there and checked to see the grains reduced.
The dove probably ate it, so she sent another text to Warren.
Ixora: By the way, your dove is a thief. I don't mind though.
He didn't reply to that too, so she bit her bottom lip again.
Nadine's video call brought her out of her misery, and she sat on the bed before picking.
Nadine's hair is scattered just like hers. Nadine's hair is always messy whenever she wakes up, majorly because it's long and fuller than hers.
"You went to buy rainbow popcorn last night, and you didn't come back" Ixora said.
"Cos I saw a devil! I saw Konstant it's like he's monitoring me everywhere! I ran and left my car at the store" Nadine explained, and Ixora laughed out loud.
Nadine blinked surprisingly.
"You laughed? For real? OMG my baby is back!" Nadine howled, and Ixora only laughed more.
She killed Anastasia? She's a murderer? To hell with all that, she's Ixora Rhodes, her mother's daughter.
"I'm back, sweetheart. And about Konstant, you don't have to be so scared of him, he's just messing with you" she said.
"Can we not talk about that daredevil? Tell me you don't have plans for the afternoon, let's go have fun before we'd resume the campus struggles tomorrow" Nadine said.
"I don't have plans till the evening" Ixora replied.
"Yes!!" Nadine jumped.
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[Ortega's Mansion]
Mrs. Ortega woke up to a different morning, and though the pains from her ringed neck is rippling, she still managed to get up.
She was lucky to get to the hospital before 20 minutes yesterday, and that's why she's still alive.
Warren took her phone from her, but he won't find a thing anyways.
She's smarter than that.
She got down from the bed and opened the curtains of her bedroom, staring out of the glass wall to the beautiful city.
Slowly, the look of pains on her face faded away, getting replaced by a look of victory.
She smiled so wide.
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[Creed's Family House]
Elder Creed got wheeled out on his wheelchair by Lydia whose hand is bandaged, and the old man cleared his throat when they got to the park.
He's actually supervising his biggest headquarters today, reason why they're setting out early.
"You still won't tell me what you saw in the woods? What were Warren and his gang doing?" He asked.
"I was hired to serve you, sire. But i also have the right to keep my own secrets so far it won't be of any harm to you" Lydia replied, and Elder Creed's lips lifted in a snort.
"Send a message to Warren, he's doing the mines supervision starting tomorrow. I dunno how he's gonna cut his classes schedule but he has to." He said.
"Yes sire" she replied, finally getting him into the car.
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[Cat's Eye Brotherhood]
It's 3pm when every member of the cult assembled in the sanctuary, except the leader.
It's an important meeting, so they're all wearing long black robes as they filed into the occultic room where a round table is.
Several black candles are lining the steps and the walls, and they're burning steadily.
There are twenty cult members, including Bronx who came back from Tennessee today.
They sat round the table, and on top of the table, there's a naked lady, waiting to be taken.
"During the attack at ILC stadium, why was Rafael Rhodes and his daughter targeted? I thought Bronx wanted to hurt only Ashton and his gang" the leader representative (LR) said.
"We targeted Rafael and his daughter cos I personally wanted to see how egocentric Stonia would cope without the two" a member said.
"And now leader is complaining, no outsider elimination will be accepted" the LR replied strictly.
"Then tell leader to come tell us to our faces and not give orders on phone like some spineless individual!" Another member spat, and the LR drew a sword from the table base, swinging it at the member.
It only took a second before his head left his neck to roll on the ground, and his blood splashed on the faces of the others who froze on their seats.
"You think leader is useless behind the scenes? He has been trying everything possible to make sure this hood and stays hidden to the outside world but y'all are going around trying to ruin that?" The LR seethed.
Bronx wiped the blood on his face when a finger, then he stayed calm like other members.
"The dove" the LR finally said when he calmed down, and a member brought a dove out of a small cage, handing it over.
The head of the dove was cut with the bloody sword, then the blood was drained on the body of the lady on the table before the members began taking turns to climb her.
Soon, her m0ans tore through the walls of the hall.
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[Satan's Heirs Hideaway, 5:30pm]
Ashton is back, so the enigmas are all complete as they walked out of the house, all dressed for tonight.
"Tell me you killed your father before coming back" Konstantin said.
He's holding a barbed wire which will surely be useful for the upcoming occurrence.
Ashton removed the pop between his lips, his eyes highly drowsy.
"Almost" he said.
"Boring, I dunno whose death I wanna witness the most between your dad and Elder Creed" Konstantin sneered.
"Add your damn mother to that list, she belongs in a cage" Warren replied glaringly.
Capri kept quiet throughout.
They all have family issues, but Capri's issue is sensitive, so he rarely talks about it.
Three of them got in one car, but Warren entered a different car as they drove out.
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[Miu Dinners]
Serena came out of her car at the dinner park, her steps so heavy as she made her way inside with her phone to her ear.
She's actually speaking with Kelsey.
"I asked her for dinner but she rejected cos she wanted to dine with Ixora instead, well guess what? I'm gonna barge into their dinner and show her the video, that'd even be more iconic" she said.
"Go girl" Kelsey hyped.
"You'll hear about it" Serena snickered and was about to hang up when she bumped into someone.
Her phone fell.
The bumper didn't even wait, he just walked off.
"C+nt!!" She shouted after him, picking her phone angrily.
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Meanwhile, on the third floor of the dinner, Stonia and Ixora are seated facing each other.
Whenever it's dinner time like this, Stonia dresses openly, revealing her cleavage and tummy like a teen. and it's just the same right now.
She gives zero f+cks.
She's wearing a armless leather top and a jean palazzo, so Ixora is matching with her.
Their table is filled with delicacies, and Ixora was moaning in relish as she ate each dish.
"I didn't know their fruits salad is good here" she said.
"We should come here often then" Stonia replied, and she nodded.
Stonia fed her a spoonful of chocolate omelette, and Ixora chewed with so much happiness.
Outings with her mum is rare since she's always busy, so she cherishes the time they share like this.
"I have something to tell you" Stonia suddenly said, and Ixora dropped her fork gently.
"What's it about?"
Stonia stretched her hand from the other end, holding Ixora's hand before becoming serious.
Ixora couldn't blink.
"Actually, when I was still young, I was scared of pregnan—"
That was all she could say before Serena barged into the room.
"Serena?" Both Ixora and Stonia frowned.
"I have full evidence here, Ixora killed a person, and she's now working with Warren and his gang" Serena said, raising her phone.
Ixora's eyes widened, and she stood with Stonia who's looking at Serena like a mad personnel.
"What are you even saying?" She said.
"She killed a lady, I saw it!" Serena ranted, wanting to unlock her phone to show the video, but then...
It's not her phone.
Instead of her iPhone, it's Samsung—brand new.
Her eyes widened when she remembered the guy she bumped into earlier.
"I swear I had the video! She killed!" She shouted.
Angrily, Stonia walked to her and threw her a hard slap.
Serena fell to her butt, and that cheek reddened instantly.
"The fact that you're my late brother's daughter doesn't mean you have the right to do what you like. I treat you with nothing but love, and you're trying to sabotage my daughter for me? How dare you!" Stonia yelled.
"I swear!!" Serena cried. "I swear I had the video, she—"
"One more word, I'll chase you out of the mansion!" Stonia slammed, and Serena went quiet.
"Let's go, Ixxie" Stonia took Ixora's hand and took their bags, leaving with her.
Ixora looked back at Serena.
When their eyes met, she smirked sassily, and Serena shivered.
They left the room, and Serena scrambled to her feet, trying to run out and see if she can still go after the guy she bumped into, but the door refused to open.
No matter how much she twisted and turned the knob, it won't.
"Why is it not opening!!!" She yelled, punching it.
"Maybe because my family owns almost all the building in this city?" A calm voice said behind, and she froze, turning back with slowness.
She saw Capri, standing in front of the attached washroom with a blank look.
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[Chapel Of Silence, 8pm]
The church lights are on, and the brightness is even, not like the pitch black from the other time.
Though, Warren hates it madly, but it's needed for tonight.
At the far end of the alter wall, there's a dartboard, and not far from the dartboard, there's a table.
On the table, there are various guns and arrows, medical and chemical substances.
Warren himself is standing in the middle of the pew, his phone in hand as he stared at the time.
It's currently 8:02.
She's two minutes late...hmm.
His phone buzzed with a new message from a contact saved as ‘ChicAgo’ and he checked with droopy eyes.
ChicAgo: How're ya doing, WaRRen?
His expression didn't change as he typed a reply.
Warren: Who let you access a phone in jail, bî+ch?
ChicAgo: I'm the queen here, ya know? Too bad you left earlier than me. It's boring here without you cutting open the stomachs of the motherf+ckers, but don't worry, I'll be released in few months so I can come turn ya life upside down.
Warren: looking forward to that.
ChicAgo: Ouuu.
Warren was about to type a reply to that when the long awaited toy finally arrived.
Ixora opened the church door and rushed in, talking two steps at a time.
"Sorry I'm late, something happened with Serena and it took my time" she said, quickening her steps.
He didn't move nor blink like the robot that he is, he just watched.
"Did you wait long?" She said when she was about to get to him, but then it happened.
She's not clumsy—she's far from clumsy, but this is just beyond her control, cos her heels entered one of the small potholes in the floor, and she stumbled.
She fell hard on her knees, right in front of him.
She'd have fallen from her knees to her face, but that can't happen, so she grabbed the only thing visible for guiding.
She grabbed his legs, panting as she remained on her knees, glad that at least, she didn't fall on her face.
She slowly looked up at him to see his eyes twitching in repeated pulses, and that's when she realized...
Only her right hand is holding his leg, the left one is actually holding his...
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TBC.
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