I Deleted You Traitor Even My Blade Forgot Your Name novel Chapter 4

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Chapter 4

Chapter 4

Came to with my head splitting open.

trapped to a metal chair. Heavy duty restraints. Took a second to place it–one of the family’s black rooms. The kind they save for rats and traitors.

Joor opened. Dante walked in.

lis face dead cold. All enforcer, no feeling.

ly voice came out hoarse. “The hell is this? Cut me loose!”

e didn’t move. “Sienna’s got severe PTSD now. Doctors say it’s chronic. Memory’s shot to hell. And her hand? Tendons are wrecked Permanently she’ll be

icky if she can hold a coffee cup.”

stared him down. “So what’s that got to do with me?”

e stepped up close. Blocked out the light. “You put hands on family. That breaks the rules. I’m Underboss. Can’t let it slide

hen he nodded at the door. Two guys came in wearing masks. Enforcers. The kind that don’t ask questions.

Do it.” Dante scrawled his name on the execution order. Didn’t even pause.

ly voice shook. “Dante. You son of a bitch-”

e turned his back. Walked out. Door slammed like a coffin lid.

ne of the masked guys got in my face. Started placing thin metal needles against my neck. My temples. Knew exactly where to put them.

eaned in real close. Could hear the smile in his voice. “Got special instructions for you, Vesper. Don’t worry–won’t leave a scratch. Promise

Lipped the switch.

ain ripped through me like lightning.

an’t even put it into words.

elt like someone drove a thousand burning nails straight into my brain. Twisting them. Grinding them deeper.

very muscle in my body seized up. Started shaking violently. Eyes felt like they’d explode.

it clean through my bottom lip, Blood filled my mouth. Didn’t scream. Wouldn’t give them that

ost track of time after that.

Then they finally unstrapped me, I collapsed. Hit the concrete hard

Ision swimming Fars ringing like church bells Whole world felt miles away.

hey dragged me down the corridor Threw me into a cell like I was yesterday’s garbage.

spent the night on that cold floor Body wrecked Mind barely hanging on

lext morning, the door opened Dante stood there blocking the light

braced myself against the wall and pushed past him.

My body screamed with every step.

The whole crew was watching last night. I had to show them what happens when you break the rules.

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He tracked my movements. Something in his expression shifted.

Look, I get it. You’re pissed. But the code is the code. Nobody touches family. Not even you.

Take a few days off. 111 handle your jobs.”

He kept following me down the hall. Kept running his mouth. Every word dug deeper into the wound.

hen Sienna’s scream cut through the corridor. Raw. Terrified.

DANTE! WHERE ARE YOU?! PLEASE!”

ante froze mid–step. He glanced at me, jaw working like he wanted to say something.

inally He just said:

Go back to your room. Don’t make this worse.”

hen he spun around and ran toward her voice without looking back.

ly phone lit up in my pocket. Bank notification. The last transfer had cleared. Every cent was accounted for.

clenched my teeth and forced my legs to move. I got outside and waved down a cab.

tebirth Project lab. Step on it.”

was back in that chair. Same cold metal. Same clinical smell.

le doctor attached the sensors to my temples. “Once we activate the sequence, you’ll go under. When you wake up, everything that’s hurting you right now

ill be gone.”

et my eyes fall shut. I felt myself slipping away.

nages flooded in. Sharp at first. His face. Her smile. Blood on concrete.

en they started burning–like someone torching old photographs. The edges blackened. The colors bled out.

verything faded to gray.

en white.

en nothing at all.

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