03

Prologue

(DISCLAIMER: THE MAN IS NOT THE MAIN LEAD)
In a shadowy, dimly lit basement, In the center of the room stood a man whose finely made suit stood out against the solemn surroundings. There was an unsettling silence in the air, and the only sound coming from a rusty pipe in the corner was the steady trickle of water. A spy, his hands chained and head slumped forward, was bound to a metal chair and sat there in terror, his nose and mouth corner bleeding. Though he was well aware of the reason for being here, nothing could have prepared him for the rage that simmered beneath the man's composed demeanor..

The sound of his steps echoed across the room as he moved slowly. His eyes, being always serene and calculating, burned with a vicious intensity. He paused and watched the spy with a calm rage.

 "You touched her," he said quietly, his voice uncannily calm in spite of the poison in every word. 

“You put your filthy hands on what is mine."

The spy, barely conscious, attempted to murmur an apology, but it was drowned out by the man's stinging, echoing slap to his face. The blow's impact caused his head to snap onto its left side, splattering blood all over the floor.  The man didn’t raise his voice—he never had to. A quiet wrath that was more terrifying than any scream was his control.

The man went on, now reaching over to take a tiny, shiny knife off the table next to him. Feeling the cold metal, he ran its edge across his palm. 

"You imagined that you could touch her and betray me without getting caught? You thought I wouldn't find out ?" He spoke in a low, measured tone that was seething with implied danger.

The spy now shuddered in terror as the man moved behind him. Slid the blade across the spy's back slowly and deliberately, just deep enough to draw blood but not far enough to inflict significant harm ---yet. The man moved in close, his lips near the spy's ear, and the spy let out a painful cry.  "This is nothing compared to what comes next. You will beg me for mercy, but I won’t give you any. Not after what you’ve done."

The man plunged the knife deep into the spy's leg without warning. causing an horrific crunch sound to fill the room. The man watched his victim writhe in pain ,but he did not react to the deafening scream that followed ,seemingly bored . The spy's leg was soaked in a puddle of blood that stained the floor, but the man did not stop.

"Did you think, for a second, that your touch was welcome?" With terrible force, he pulled the knife out and grabbed the man's hair, making him turn to face him.

 "Keep watching me," the man growled.

 "I want to see the regret in your eyes before you die."

The spy was panting heavily and trembling from the misery . The man's icy and piercing gaze never wavered. He cocked his head a little, examining the spy as though he were just a bug beneath his boot.

However, the man wasn't done yet. After releasing the spy's hair, he returned to the table and grabbed a long, thin metal rod. He slowly heated the tip over a small flickering flame next to him, observing it until it blazed red-hot. The spy whimpered, pleading quietly with a shake of his head, but the man didn't care.

The man grumbled, "You should have thought twice before laying a hand on her," in a menacing voice.

 He abruptly slammed it into the spy's chest, hissing as the flesh was scorched. The spy's body shattered in the chair as he screamed even louder, but the man held the rod there for what seemed like an eternity, relishing each moment of the pain.

The strong odor of burnt flesh filled the room when he slowly drew it away. The spy, who was now barely conscious and had broken and bled throughout his body, begged for air. The man, although showed no interest in ending things quickly. He desired this spy's suffering.

With a tone that was tinted with malicious satisfaction, the man stated calmly, 

"You will die knowing that you are nothing." 

All that is left is a worthless pawn.

 "You will never touch her again because she belongs to me"

The man strolled around his victim, his icy gaze settling on the crumbled man. "I could put an end to this right now," he considered as he ran his hands through the blood.

 "But where’s the fun in that? You will bleed, you will scream, and you will regret every moment you disrespected me. And when you die… you will die knowing your life was meaningless."

The final thing that the man declared to the spy, leaning in close, was, "Remember, no one crosses me and lives"

The man then buried the blade into the spy's abdomen then slowly twisted it until the room echoed with the spy's final, pained cry. The man sat completely motionless, enjoying the terror, the regret, and the suffering in the spy's eyes as he took his last breath.


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