THE TORMENTOR
The Tormentor – Episode 49&50
( Blêed•For•Me, Ixora )
Book 1 in the Mindf+ck Trilogy
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Ashton and Capri’s eyes met, exchanging looks that says they now understand the density of this situation.
Even Konstantin’s eyes couldn’t stop widening, and though Warren’s chokehold on his neck is deadly, he didn’t tear his eyes away from him.
“You lost it, totally” he muttered in realization.
“Evelyn framed me? She testified? I went to jail? I do not f+ckin care. When that old Warren comes back, he’d continue the chase you guys so badly want, but me? I want nothing but her, even if it means stealing her away from her parents and taking her to as far as Dubai” Warren replied, letting go of Konstantin.
Konstantin let out a choked exhale and as Warren left them, rushing down the park.
“I can’t stand this side of him, I can never!!!” He yelled impatiently.
“I’m gonna kill her if it’s the only way to get him back to his darn senses”
“That’s not an option” Ashton replied.
“Of course it is! We all know how he was about her three years ago before things happened” Konstantin faced them, his jaws gripping.
—3Yrs Ago(After Confession)—
“Evie!!” Nadine and Ixora rushed after Evelyn, but just when they were about to exit, Ixora looked back.
Her bright eyes met with Warren’s, and he smiled at her.
She quickly faced front, rushing out of the hospital.
The smile on Warren’s face was still intact when he turned around to leave, but then he met his friends standing there, all with knowing smirks on their faces.
“What are y’all motherf+ckers doing here?” He said as he walked to them.
“You rejected the Evelyn girl too bluntly, I’m guessing she won’t sleep for days” Capri muttered.
“That’s a given, but what was the stare between you and the blonde one? What’s her name again?” Ashton said with a lip bite.
“Ixora” Capri said.
“Isn’t it obvious? She’s Kelsey’s replacement, but he’s probably waiting for her to clock 18 before he’d make any move on her. He can’t possibly start shoving the monster between his legs into her yet, she’d break” Konstantin bluntly said.
“Says someone who f+çked a seventeen years old girl last night” Warren smirked.
“She was fleshier and older than her age, but this Ixora? She’s skinny. You’re already a chronic drug addict, fuckin her at her young age means welcome to the morgue for her” Konstantin replied.
“I’m not after her to ‘just’ f+ck her, so get your delusions into the gutter where you belong” Warren rolled eyes, and Konstantin leaned closer.
“I know you have fantasies about her, you love blood play a lot and you’re probably planning to try it out on her. You have ‘s+x in an abandoned church kink’, and I’m sure you’re running mad with wild imaginations” he whispered.
“Go burn in abyss” Warren whispered back, and Konstantin grinned.
“Resident Warren, emergency at ward 9!” A doctor called, and Warren rushed out of the hall.
The three guys stood in alignment, watching him leave.
“He’s obsessed with her, it’s obvious in his eyes” Konstantin muttered.
“You can always read him like a book, I’m jealous” Ashton muttered.
“It’s because we’re almost the same, he and i” Konstantin shrugged.
“If she’ll make him breakup with Kelsey, then I’m signing” Capri said.
“He’s still holding on to Kelsey only because the moment he leaves her, he’d go after Ixora, and that can’t happen yet. Two years from now, she’d be in college, and by then, he’d be free to have her” Ashton said.
“Talking about college, ILC exam date us out, it’s in three days” Capri said, and they all checked their phones.
—Present Time—
“Three days after that day, we took admission exams and passed, but that same girl he was obsessed with colluded with her friend to frame him and testify. He was f+ckin arrested and was tried in court!! He didn’t cry, but the moment she came in to testify, he f+ckin cried! She didn’t even look at him! She testified regardless, he was sent to jail where Hawke nearly killed him!” Konstantin shouted.
Capri’s jaws tightened.
“Now his memories of jail disappeared and he’s back to obsessing over her again? I say if killing her is gonna make him hate me for life, then I don’t mind, but him and her? What a joke” Konstantin smirked, leaving the park.
Ashton followed, and Capri gritted his jaws again before following him.
—
Running away from your problems would only intensify them and add depth to their existence.
Ixora learnt that over and over again, many damn times, and that’s why she stopped running.
Whoever the men in black are, they’re here for a purpose, and till the purpose is fulfilled, they’re not gonna get off her tail.
She’s not conversant with this place cos right now she’s in a green forest which she has no idea how she arrived in.
All she knows is that she ran away from the park, crossed the road and ran a bit more before getting to this green forest.
She was inhaling and exhaling hard as she faced her chasers, and the men stopped too, surrounding her
There are six of them.
Sweat cascaded down her temples, to her cheeks, and she rolled her palms into fists, setting them in place.
Two of them came for her, and she instinctively moved from her spot, going heads on for them too.
Thankfully, she’s wearing sweatpants and hoodie, so it was easy to lift her legs from the ground and attempt kicking one of them in the face.
But she moved wrong, cos her ankle was grabbed, so she threw her punch, but the punch was grabbed too, and she was thrown off.
She landed on the ground with a loud grunt as she rolled on her back, but the moment she realized they’re coming again, she stood to her feet, scooping sand from the ground and pouring on their faces.
That gave her a upper hand as she was able to do a handstand, landing uppercuts on their chins with her sneakers.
The two of them staggered, and she proceeded to hooking them in the side of their bellies.
The two fell to the ground with loud groans, but another two came for her immediately.
She lunged forward, holding a large stone from the ground this time.
One of the two punched her in the face, and she fell down the shrub, rolling in the grass with a whimper.
But she made sure she held the stone very tight as he came for her again, ready to bat her throat.
Ixora pulled the stunt under his feet, and he slipped, falling in front of her.
She sat on him and brought the stone down to his head, crashing it down on it mercilessly.
Her eyes are already murderous, as she brought the stone down to his head for the second time, over and over.
High screams pilfered out of his lungs, rising up the forest and resonating between the rising trees.
The other five men stood behind her, watching the horror show as she continued smashing the head of that particular one with the stone till his facial flesh mashed, his blood filling her hands and face.
She didn’t stop.
They were about to go for her from behind when someone else appeared, stopping that.
“Warren?” One of them said in recognition, thanks to the moon in the sky.
“I don’t appreciate when cankerworms come in contact with what I’m obsessed with” Warren replied, taking the bald head of one of them.
He dragged it to a tree and barged it inside, soundly.
The man stood motionless for a second before falling down flat, to his death.
The remaining four were foolish enough to come for him, but he was too prepared.
He retaliated their punches with heavier punches, and by the time he rounded them three punches each, they were already staggering with blood drooling from their mouths.
No one knew when he pulled out the scalpel, running past the four of them and giving them stabs.
One on the side of the neck, one in the gut, one in the chest.
The three fell, their bodies landing on each other, one after the other.
Warren caught the fourth one who’s already swaying weakly, and he pulled him to his knees, making him face the sky
“Who sent you?” He demanded, his bloody scalpel still intact in his hand.
“If you’re waiting for me to talk, then you’ll be waiting for long, cos my life has been payed for, and I’ll never say the name of my master” he said with bloodied teeth.
“Is that real? Then go join your peers” Warren sneered, cutting his neck with the scalpel and dropping his bleeding lifeless body on top of the dead ones on the ground.
In the other side, Ixora stood from the one she’s pounding with stone, and by now, his flesh is already mixed with the sand.
Her bloody hands are shaking as she faced Warren, the moon turned brighter as the dark clouds sojourned away from it’s surface.
She began walking slowly to him, the plants dying under her sneakers as she marched them till she got to him and pointed her hands forward.
“I…I killed again” she muttered.
“You did before?” He replied with rumpled brows, and she nodded.
“It was a lady called Anastasia, and i disposed her body in a green river in Cali with the help of you and the guys” she explained.
“You told me I had a dark side to me, that I crave for blood just like you… it’s true, cos I enjoyed killing this one too, just like I enjoyed killing Anastasia” she explained.
“I think I’m running mad, Warren.” She shook her head, and he shifted her hair away from her neck.
Ixora bent aside a bit, tilting it and exposing the fresh spot to him.
Warren leaned down and kissed the porcelain skin.
Then…he attached his teeth and bit so hard, causing her to grip his arms with her bloody hands.
“Ah!” She shut her eyes.
The hickey deepened till it turned dark brown, and that was when he detached his teeth from her skin, satisfied with the result.
He licked the mark with his tongue to soothe it.
“No, don’t” she quickly said.
“You want the pain?” His eyes darkened like she’s the most ungodly thing he has ever seen.
And she indeed is. Dirty, filthy, sinful, but this only need, his only want.
“Your pain, so far it comes from you” she replied in all depravity, and he painstakingly raised his hand to her neck, pressing his thumb on the dark brown hickey.
Ixora winced, biting her lip.
“Let’s run mad together, then” he muttered, and she nodded, then she hugged him.
She has no idea how long or how short this side of him is gonna be, but she should at least do things she wouldn’t do with him in his right senses.
Things like hugging him tight like this.
Warren brought his hands to her head, pressing it to her chest and allowing her to bask in his scent while he inhaled hers from her hair.
Ixora nearly began crying, but she fought it.
It’s greedy to want to do things with the same guy she ruined his life and sent to jail, but she has always been this bî+ch, hasn’t she?
Her mother’s daughter, the shameless greedy Ixora who doesn’t want his memories to ever come back.
She hugged him tighter, shutting her eyes and shoving her face into his manly chest.
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[Hotel Suite]
“Why the hell are they not back yet? Did I make a mistake by trusting that bastard with her?” Stonia muttered, pacing the suite with her phone to her ear.
She has been dialling Ixora, but she hasn’t been picking for like two minutes now.
She dropped the call when she didn’t pick again, and she was about to dial the cops when the doorbell sounded.
“Finally” she breathed out, rushing there to open up.
Immediately she did, three guys stepped in, and her countenance changed as her survival instinct kicked in.
They’re Warren’s fellow madmen.
She turned around, raising her leg flexibly and slamming it on Ashton’s face.
Ashton stood still like he wasn’t the one who just got his, then Stonia made a move to climb his body and strangle him, but Ashton shook her off, knocking her to the ground by hitting her back on the wall.
She fell, and her body swept the tiled ground as she rolled down the room.
“You’re a black belt holder of taekwondo, but mind where you try to use your skills, I could have killed you” Ashton smirked.
She stood to her feet with a bleeding mouth corner which she wiped with her palm.
“Is this a ploy? Your leader took my daughter, and now the three of you are here to kill me? How were y’all even able to enter?” She said.
“There’s no door in every existing continent that’s impossible to open for us” Capri replied firmly.
Konstantin went close, and Stonia stepped back, but he kept going.
“I’ll kill your daughter and make you eat her flesh if she doesn’t stay away from War. Their cursed relationship ends here in Capetown. By the time they get back to Cali, any further body gumming means your daughter is tired of living, and I’ll kill her” he threatened.
“Now that your so-called friend is behaving slightly like a normal human, you’re unhappy about it?” Stonia said.
Konstantin scoffed, pushing away the vase on the table with his leg.
The vase crash made Stonia freeze.
“Normal human? With, or without his memory, he has no humanity, the only missing thing is his blazing hate for your stupid daughter which we’re trying to get back. The moment that hate comes back with his jail memory and the rest, your daughter will finally cry the blood he promised her. You better be prepared, that name antichrist isn’t for label, we really are beyond what you think” he said, his demeanor ruthless.
Stonia still wasn’t moving when Konstantin led the way out of the room and the other two followed.
She held her slamming chest, going down against the walls.
“Oh gawd!”
—
[California, Drive-in cinema]
Nadine didn’t expect Anfisa to be the cool type, but she’s enjoying her company.
They’re together in her sports car, and their rainbow popcorn is between them which they’re munching as they saw the playing movie (Sidelined: The QB and I)
“Your rainbow popcorn recommendation is indeed better than the plain” Anfisa talked, and she faced her.
“It has been my favorite pastime snack since young” she smiled.
“What other favorites do you have?” Anfisa asked.
“Xoxo, she’s my main favorite person” she replied.
“That girl…I badly wanna like her, but anyone the boys hate, I automatically hate too” Anfisa said, and Nadine dropped her popcorn.
“Xoxo is not a bad person, I swear. I was on vacation when the whole stuff happened three years ago, and I only arrived on the say of the court trial when she was testifying. If I was here before the court, I’d have stopped her” she said.
Anfisa sighed.
“Xoxo fears court the most since her mother got stepped down from the vice-presidential office, so I dunno how she agreed to enter court and testify, it’s odd” Nadine said.
“And do you happen to like Konstant?” Anfisa asked.
“No! He just likes taunting me and making me say swear words, nothing more. Why would I like someone that…dark” Nadine muttered, and Anfisa smiled, stroking her hair.
“Good, cos my brother isn’t someone you can like. He has a gorgeous face, but his heart is black, and also…our family isn’t a family to get involved with. The Barinovs in Russia? People run away from us” she said.
“Why?” Nadine asked interestedly.
Anfisa didn’t answer, she resumed eating her popcorn and focused back on the movie.
Nadine did the same.
—
[Underground Clubhouse]
“So… Romeo went missing when he was young, he hates Warren the most in this world, he loves porridge made by your mum, he has fear of heights” Clover said.
Bethel nodded, drinking from her lemonade cup, then she snapped her fingers.
“And also, he’s straight! He’s not gay! He’s obsessed with Ixora, so if you’re this interested in him cos you’re gay, then trash it, he’d never look at you” She added.
Clover smiled, standing up as he’s already getting called to come play.
“I know, enjoy yourself” he winked, wearing a hat and jacket before climbing up the stage.
He began controlling the disc jockey, sliding arrays of pop songs into the speakers.
More and more naked ladies poured into the clubhouse, filling the dancefloor.
None of them wore any piece of clothe at all, so different puxxies and @rses are in display.
Soon, they began getting f+çked by men on stage too, and the m0ans filtering out of them mixed with the pouring music.
Bethel sat, turning her back on the stage.
“Why did I even come here” she muttered, calling Uber to take her home.
Meanwhile, on the stage, one of the bouncers climbed up and whispered something in Clover’s ear.
“One of the kids attempted to run away”
“What!” His eyes widened.
“But he was caught, and boss is visiting soon to check him out. Her visit is in two days” the bouncer said.
Clover lost his appetite immediately.
—
[Ford Salon]
Romeo had his bath after he did the last barbing for the night, and he decided to stroll.
He checked the time as he stepped out. 9:00
It’s been 45 minutes since Bethel left the house, so he’s expecting her back in fifteen minutes.
He was chewing gum while scrolling through his phone as he stepped into the alley street.
It’s been awhile since it rained, so the dry ground worked to his advantage.
Ixora is still his home and lock screen wallpaper, and as he zoomed on the pictures in his gallery, he’s smiling.
He brought her face to his lips and kissed her through the screen, but then… Chicago’s message popped up.
Chicago: One and a half month left before I’d be able to see you again, Rom-Rom.
Romeo replied this time.
Romeo: By the time you come out of jail, if you come close to me or my family, I’ll send you back!
Chicago: (laughing emojis)
He switched off the phone and continued his stroll peacefully, gently chewing the gum in his mouth.
From one of the alley dark corners, Tina stood, yearningly watching him like a sick lover girl.
She smiled before she knew it…
“Has it gotten to this level? Ew!” Monty’s voice said behind her, and she gasped, turning around to see her standing there with crossed arms.
Monty backed the wall, a leg raised up to rest on the concrete and her short hair dyed green.
“You followed me?” Tina went closer.
“My best friend is becoming a fool for a guy who’d never see her, of course I’d follow in case you land in a ditch” Monty sassily replied.
“Don’t judge me! You still haven’t told me what’s going on between you and Bronx and why I found you naked in front of the gate that night, so ew to you too!” Tina glared, walking past her, down the alley.
Monty brushed her hair back, rushing after her.
“Tina!!”
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[Two Days Later, Nadine’s Place]
The loud honk of a noir Cadillac made Nadine stand up from her breakfast table where she’s eating omelette.
She rushed to the door, flinging it open and meeting the person she expected to meet.
Ixora!
“Baby!!” Ixora widened her arms.
“You’re back!!!” She screamed out, flying to her arms and jumping on her like a kid before pouring kisses on her face.
Ixora laughed as each kiss plastered, and Nadine kept the kisses coming till almost forever.
“I missed you madly, so much!” She gushed.
“I miss you too!!” Ixora gushed back, and now it’s her turn to decorate Nadine’s face with the wet kisses.
“You have to gist me in school ok? And tell me you bought souvenir for me!” Nadine pouted.
“I did” Ixora giggled.
“Our first class is by ten, we should hurry” Nadine said, and Ixora dropped her.
“Anything that happens in school, don’t be too surprised, just know that I’d explain later” she pointedly said.
“I’m not gonna get an heart attack, am I?” Nadine asked curiously.
“No” Ixora smiled, going in with her.
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[ILC, 9:30]
It’s another ice hockey meet tonight as it’s another month end, so the posters are already around the school, and the unending gists about is already ongoing in groups.
Among the cars that drove into the school park that morning, there’s a Audi, and inside the it, Lydia sat.
She’s here to keep an eye on Warren, following Elder Creed’s orders.
She went to Capetown too, though she stayed hidden, but she caught the gist of his memory loss, which is why she’s keeping an eye on him for now.
Rafael’s car too is just driving into the park, and he’s holding flowers to welcome Ixora with since he can’t go to Stonia’s Mansion to meet her.
Stonia herself is here too, scared by Konstantin’s threats.
She has warned Ixora before they left Capetown, but she has a feeling she wouldn’t listen, reason why she’s here to secretly watch her.
A limousine drove in, and the guys came out of it—just three of them.
Girls began gushing over them like their usuals, and students had to stop since the air looks tenser than tense.
Warren drove into the campus in a different car, and at the same time, Ixora and Nadine drove in too.
They came out at once, and the tension in the school got raised to power millions immediately.
“Wait…your neck” Nadine noticed the dark brown mark on Ixora’s neck, but before she could point it out, Ixora already walked away from her.
She made her way to a certain lane, and Warren entered that same lane in the park.
They began walking towards each other, their steps slow.
The other three guys stopped, and their jaws went tight.
Romeo who’s just entering the campus with Bethel had to stop.
Monty and Tina too, even Bronx.
Serena and Kelsey are at the back of the crowd.
The only unseen person is Clover.
The two finally arrived at each other’s paths, and Ixora looked up, her eyes meeting with his eery ones.
She tilted her head to the side, revealing the mark, again.
With an intense force, Warren shoved her to his body, and she closed her eyes as he placed his lips on the spot, kissing it deep.
She wrapped her arms around him, and the mouths of every watching students dropped open.
Romeo’s messenger bag fell from him, and Warren switched from kissing the mark to sucking it wildly, in public.
“To the Ice Hockey Meet tonight, no bra, no underwear. If you wear any, I’ll tear it off and shove it down your throat. Come naked underneath” he whispered, his breaths fanning her ear, and she opened her eyes, but the moment he began sucking the mark again, she closed them back.
Rafael’s flowers fell from him, and Stonia staggered on her heels.
Lydia dialled Elder Creed on video call, showing him everything.
Nadine’s eyes are the widest.
Konstantin drew out his handgun, aiming straight for Ixora.
He pulled the trigger.
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[Underground Clubhouse]
Clover is present with some of the bouncers, and a large number of the black market members who’re females—the strippers.
They’re waiting for the boss since the visit is surprisingly scheduled for this morning.
“Why the hell is boss not here yet? I’m a student! I have classes!” Clover complained.
“You’re the closest to her, just call her” one of the strippers replied with a scowl.
“I’m closer to her doesn’t mean i get to call her anytime. She makes the calls timetable and I can’t till she tells me to ” Clover glared.
“Is anyone not gonna talk about Anastasia who has been missing for a month?” Another stripper said.
“Another one of our ladies was burnt with a cabin two months ago too, but boss actually doesn’t care about our lives, she only wants her works done, and that’s why I always say…take care of yourselves. If you die, you die for nothing” another lady said.
“Is it true that boss is involved in Warren’s jail case?” Another lady asked, and Clover scoffed.
“Involved? She’s more than involved”
The sound of heels infiltrated the place, and they all went silent as Clover stood with all the bouncers.
They faced the door, and the heels sounds kept coming, indicating the descension of stairs.
The smell of tobacco penetrated as the boss stepped in, wearing a two-piece black suite and a black hat with a tobacco pipe on her lips.
The ladies stood too, and she removed the tobacco pipe, blowing out smokes which clouded her face for a while before dissipating.
She slightly shifted her hat,, revealing her face.
It’s the one and only MATRON.
“The kid?” She dryly said, and Clover opened a gate on the adjacent side of the wall, revealing a room containing several helpless, street kids.
He picked out one of them—the one who tried to run away.
He threw him down in front of Matron.
She squatted in front of him, lifting his chin with a finger.
The boy shivered in obvious fear, and she grinned.
“I’ve been in this child tràfficking business for years, and no child has ever tried to run away from my cage. You broke that record, and you deserve a reward” she said.
The boy trembled harder like a winter leaf, and she smiled wider, facing Clover.
“Take him to the bathroom, bath him with diluted açîd and make him feel every second of the sequential pain till he melts completely like plastic” she ordered.
“Yes boss” Clover replied, taking the crying boy away.
Matron faced the rest of the members, her smile still fresh.
“Shall we start the meeting?”
TBC
