SINISTER

DANTE'S POV

As much as I want to torture the fool in front of me, I cannot. I glare at Adrian with the most menacing and evil expression I've ever put on and I'm holding myself back from doing to him all that I am thinking. Liam stands next to me, moving from side to side and trembling, but I get it. He's never ben in this kind of situation before but I don't have time to babysit him.

I don't have time to worry about his feelings so he's going to have to suck it up. He's going to have to stomach everything that might happen in this room.

"It's been almost 24 hours Dante." Liam states the obvious.

"I know." I say.

"We're wasting time." Liam says.

"You're actually are wasting your time with me. Kill me now and get it over with. You'll never find Adeline. By now, they know my house has been raided and I've been compromised so even if I wanted to tell you where Adeline is, I can't. They're probably taking her to an entirely different location that I know nothing about." Adrian speaks with a lot more confidence than I like given the situation he's in.

"We should call the police." Liam blurts out and I swear to God, if he says that one more time I'm going to lose my mind.

"Do you want Adeline to die, Liam?" I roll my eyes and turn to face him, furrowing my brows in irritation. I fold my arms tightly around my body to calm my nerves as I glare at him.

"What do you think these people are going to do to hurt us when they find out we got the police involved?" I question. "They're going to fucking kill her Liam."

"Don't say that." He shakes his head aggressively as he walks back and forth. "No, don't say that."

Adrian starts laughing and Liam and I snap our heads towards him in rage.

"I don't think people will miss her much apart from the two of you. I mean I'm sure you've already sent her parents the money you stole from me but really, we all know they don't care about Adeline. You two will forget about her soon enough." Adrian smirks and my fist connects with his face the next second and I don't stop. I punch him straight in the face repeatedly until blood starts splashing all over me.

It's like I'm in a trance and all I can think about is inflicting as much pain as I can on Adrian Wellington. I don't even care if I kill him with my bare hands here and now. I just want him gone and wiped off the face of the earth.

"Dante!" Liam's voice attacks my senses and I feel his hands on me as he struggles to pull me away from Adrian. "Snap out of it man!"

I breathe heavily, my chest heaving up and down as I try to calm myself. Adrian is passed out on the floor and I think I can see a few of his teeth on the floor from hi hard I was hitting him and I'm a hundred percent sure his face will be deformed after all what I'm going to do to him.

He said he has no way of knowing where they've kept Adeline. Well, I don't believe his bullshit for one second. He's just going to have to think of a way to contact those he sold Adeline to and get me some results. I am going to put him through the greatest hell he's ever experienced if he doesn't get me the information I need.

Right now, I have to tolerance for him and he better not make me lose my temper.

"We need him alive Dante." Liam says, his voice taking a dark edge. With every passing second, Liam's need to save his best friend becomes more and more difficult for him to bare and I can see the violence and rage grow in his eyes as more time passes by.

"I know. I know." I feel so frustrated. I can't believe I failed Adeline. I can't eat. I can't sleep. I can do nothing but constantly think about her. I blame myself and I hate myself for it. I feel so much guilt because I should have never let her get involved with Adrian. I underestimated him and I led Adeline straight to him.

I watched her enter the lion's den and I didn't do anything to stop it. I couldn't protect her. I thought I could but I failed and now she's gone and I have no idea what to do, but Adrian can help us. I can break him bad enough that he would want to help us. I can make him my puppet. I can make him my pet.

I'll do anything it takes as long as I have my Addie back, and I mean anything. I walk over to Adrian with redness in my eyes as I feel my skin heating up. I grab a bucket of water mixed with salt and splash it directly onto his wounded face. He jerks up with a painful muffle, rolling his body back and forth on the floor as the salt stings hi bruises. He thinks he's in pain. He hasn't seen pain.

Liam stares at it all in disgust, a surprised look on his face. His eyes widen in fear when I lock eyes with him. I must have a sinister look on my face but I don't care. I want what I want.

"You're going to help us." I say to Adrian once his movement on the floor become calm.

"I already told you that I cannot." He struggles to speak, coughing out blood as his voice breaks.

"And I think it's bullshit. You're an important and their top investor. They're not going to want to lose you so cut the shit. Tell me how I can get to Veronica." I demand.

"Veronica won't see me. At least not for now. Like I told you I've been compromised." He insists.

"Well, it won't hurt to give her a call and explain you're okay, will it?" Adrian immediately starts nodding when I stoop in front of him and give him a sinister look. At this point, I'm sure he has figured out that I'm not ready to kill him just yet. I want to torture him slowly until all that confidence he has in himself disappears completely.

I want to bring him so down to hell that when he needs someone to save him, I will be the only one available.

"You're going to call her, you're going to ask her if she successfully received Adeline and you're going to ask her when you to can meet. I know it might be impossible for me to track her number but you will get me a location whether you like it to not. Do you understand me Adrian?"

Silence. I frown. I punch him straight in the nose. "I said DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME ADRIAN!?"

"Dante…" Liam warns.

"What the fuck dude?? I understand, okay? Please. I understand." Adrian says crying like the little bitch he is. I look to Liam and we share a knowing look. We're going to have to break every single law possible to get her back and I am all in. I just hope Liam is too because if he can't take the sight of me beating Adrian up, then he won't be able to handle anything that comes after.