Torture chamber

Reed walked inside the torture chamber which is dimly lit. In the center of the room, a man is tied to a chair. He is bleeding as if he has been beaten badly. His head is lolled to the side and his eyes are closed.

Reed removed his jacket and folded his shirt sleeves over his forearm. He walked to the side where an aluminum table is placed on top of which are different types of torture weapons. He picked up a small knife from the table.

"Wake him up" he instructed Matteo, who hastily picked up a bucket filled with ice-cold water and dumped the content on the head of the man in the center.

That man gasped and coughed when the water is poured suddenly. He looked at Matteo, whom he already recognizes, and then his gaze landed on Reed, whose face is hidden by the shadows.

"Oh, now you brought another man to torture me? I already told you that i don't know anything. Let me go" he snapped angrily.

Matteo looked at Reed with fear.

"I tried to make him spill the answers, but he refused to reveal anything" he confessed.

Reed calmly analyzes their captive, who is one of the bikers involved in Mia's kidnapping. Reed watched the security footage of when these men kidnapped Mia. He made it a point to kill every single man who is involved. Reed was not there when it happened. He was delayed due to some work. By the time he reached the church where the wedding was supposed to take place, chaos filled everywhere. He retrieved the security footage and watched what happened. Someone intentionally targeted Mia and he wanted to know why.

Reed walked out of the shadows and walked closer to his captive.

When the Biker saw who the other man is, he recognized Reed instantly.

"Hey, i know you. You are that rich businessman who constructs houses for rich people right? Did you come here to threaten me? You rich people cannot stand the sight of blood for even a second, how will you make me answer?" he laughed thinking Reed is a weak man.

Matteo snorted sarcastically.

'Weak Bussiness man? If you know who he is, then you would have pissed your pants with fear ' he thought all the while pitying the biker.

Without responding to the Biker's comment, Reed slashed his stomach, making the biker cry out with pain. Blood is oozing from his stomach and even his intestines are seen coming out.

"You maniac" the biker cried out with pain.

Reed let the bloody knife slip from his fingers.

"Who? Why?" he questioned sharply. His voice is calm and composed as if he just didn't slice a man's intestines out of his stomach.

The Biker is now crying like a woman. Stomach injury hurts the most and it will kill a person slowly and painfully.

"Enough, stop crying like your whore. Who told you to kidnap Miss Vitiello? Why did he want to kidnap her?" he demanded.

Now the biker is thoroughly scared.

"Please, let me go. Please" he begged.

Matteo knows that Reed will only let his victim see his face if he doesn't want to keep him alive. So he knows they are going to dispose of this biker's body in an hour's time.

"Answer my question first" Reed snapped.

The biker is in too much pain and he is shivering.

"Alexi's son, he is Alexi's son. He is saying that he is the real boss of the Russian mafia, not Alessandro whose father killed his father. He is angry that Luca Vitiello who helped his uncle Ivan to kill his father Alexi is marrying his daughter off to Alessandro to strengthen their bond. He wanted to kill Mia Vitiello and Alessandro to punish them for his father's death" the biker answered.

'You could have avoided all of this if you told the truth when i asked you' Matteo thought to himself.

Reed knows the history between Alexi and Luca Vitiello. He also knows that it's Luca who made Ivan kill his elder brother. 

"So Alexi has a son. What is his name? Where is he now?" he asked the dying Biker.

That biker is still crying.

"Please let me go" he begged again.

Reed sighed.

"Name," he asked sharply.

The biker realized who the man standing in front of him is.

"You.. you are the king. The king of darkness. So what they say about you is true" he said out loud. Everyone heard about the king of the darkness. He is a legend. His name is taken with fear and respect in the mafia world. Everyone knows that Nero retired, but no one knows who replaced him except everyone calls him the King of darkness. He is ruthless and is like a phantom who stays in the shadows. Every person who has ever seen him is dead. So the Biker understood that he will die tonight. So he began to bargain.

"His name is Victor. I don't know where he is. I told you everything i know. Please let me go, please" he begged again.

Reed turned away from the begging man. He walked to the corner where there is a washbasin beside the table. He washed his hands neatly as if a man is not dying right behind him and he is not begging pathetically for his life.

"Clean this up after he is dead," Reed told his underboss and left the torture chamber. Matteo wouldn't make the mistake of asking his boss if he should kill the man right away and relieve him of his suffering. He already asked that question once, which made Reed punish Matteo by making him stand on Ice for four hours.

'They asked to see me, so they should regret it. When you are useless to get answers from them, you shouldn't give suggestions either ' Reed snapped and punished Matteo for asking useless questions.

Matteo looked at their captive who is in a bad shape. It might take him half an hour to die.

"You should have thought about this when you decided to kidnap Miss Mia. You made the biggest blunder of touching a woman with whom my boss has this crazy obsession. He doesn't like her, but at the same time, he doesn't tolerate anyone hurting her. He is a crazy man who is making me crazy " he muttered while coming out of the torture chamber. He stopped dead in his tracks when he saw Reed standing outside with a cigar hanging between his lips.

"I have a crazy obsession with Mia? I am crazy? Well, looks like you have a lot of complaints against me and you are observing more than you should. If you have so much free time to involve in my personal life, then i am not giving you enough work. I will rectify it right away" he said thoughtfully.

Matteo's eyes became wide with fear and shock.

"Boss, please forgive me. I swear i will not speak like this ever again. Please don't increase my work. I already have to work 16hours per day and i cannot do more" he begged Reed.

Reed took a deep whiff of his cigar before blowing the smoke away.

"But i have to punish you, Matteo. You know how much i hate if anyone speaks about Mia right? Then why did you take her name unnecessarily?" Reed drawled lazily.

Matteo is cursing his big mouth now.

"Boss, i swear i will never speak about Miss Vitiello again. Please spare me this time" he begged.

Reed shook his head with a heavy sigh.

"Forgiveness is something i didn't learn to do Matteo. So i have to punish you. After he dies, you have to carry his body and dispose of it in our warehouse alone. And then you have to come back here and clean the chamber. I don't want to see anything left behind. Finish everything by morning and come back to the office early" he said casually and left.

Matteo has a sour expression on his face.

"Finish this by my morning? It's already one AM. It would take me almost five hours to do everything alone. And on top of that, i have to come early? Then when should i sleep? Why did i open my big mouth and speak about Miss Vitiello? Why? Did i not see how Boss killed a doctor for touching miss Vitiello inappropriately? I am having a death wish. That's the only reason i speak nonsense when i am stressed" he cursed himself.