His fingers curl into fists on the desk, and when he speaks, his voice is completely measured.“I will claw him out of whatever hole he has buried himself in. Then, I will just…take my time. Break a finger or two first, maybe an arm, just to hear him beg for a while. I’ll leave him like that, limbs hanging on, pain increasing, infection setting in. Slowly chipping away pieces of him. He will suffer through it, none of it will be quick. After all that, I'm going to peel the flesh from his body, until it all finally gives out and whatever pathetic excuse for a soul he has, slithers off to the depths of the pit it was birthed from”The words hang in the air, the ground ripped out from under me. I swallow back the bile making its way up my throat.“Jesus, Thorne,” I whisper, “You’re serious.”His eyes don’t leave mine. “Serious doesn’t cover it, Maci. I’d burn the world to ash at your word and make him watch as the flames licked his skin before I ended him.”My pulse stutters at the posses
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