Leo stood right in the center of the carnage completely calm striking his lighter to puff a cigarette and in the sudden glow of that small spark the wicked psychotic grin etched across his face became chillingly visible. In his right hand he loosely gripped a heavy iron pipe with fresh warm blood dripping continuously from its jagged edge and on that steel weapon he had proudly engraved a single name Ziya.

At his feet lay Lexi with her body turned into a broken mess and her bones completely shattered from the brutal beatings she had just endured. Barely an hour ago through merciless and unspeakable torture Leo had forced her to sign over her family's multi-billion-dollar business empire while in the very next room the cold lifeless corpses of her mother and father lay bathed in blood. Looking up through the tangled blood-soaked strands of hair that clung to her face Lexi stared straight into his eyes and a horrifying suffocating realization finally gripped her heart that the man she loved more than life itself the man she trusted blindly was a monster who had planned to cheat her from day one itself. He stood before her now as her absolute destroyer and by the time she realized the truth it was already way too late.

Leo blew a thick mocking cloud of cigarette smoke directly into her bleeding face and let out a loud repulsive laugh that echoed off the hollow walls.

"Did you really think I was in love with you Lexi? Hmm?"

Leo sneered with pure derision. He laughed with cold mockery and delivered a solid crushing kick straight into her shattered ribs.

With that violent impact Lexi felt a pain so intense that her vision instantly blurred threatening to pull her into darkness. But deep within her chest a fire far greater than that physical destruction began to ignite. The agonizing memory of his fake affection his soft words and his calculated sorrow transformed in a single heartbeat into pure unadulterated vengeance. Every single drop of her remaining blood boiled over screaming for retribution. Summoning the absolute last ounce of her strength she spat a mouthful of thick blood straight onto his expensive leather shoe. She lay there wiping the grime from her face with her hands utterly refusing to weep. She did not cry and she did not beg for mercy. Instead a terrifying chilling laugh tore from the depths of her throat and the arrogant smile instantly vanished from Leo's face.

"Why the hell are you lying there grinning girl? Are you planning to kill me in your head? For that you need to stay alive right you piece of shit!" Roaring in sudden fury he raised the heavy iron pipe high above his head.

Lexi didn't even flinch or care about the cold iron pipe coming straight toward her neck. Catching that iron weapon with her raw blood-soaked hands she dragged her shattered body upward against the force of his blow. Like a fierce queen rising from the depths of a painful hell she locked her blazing eyes onto his and let out a deafening roar that shook the entire building.

"You fatherless bastard!"

Her voice echoed through the vast godown sounding much louder than the thunderbolt that shook the storm outside.

"If you take even a single step forward toward me I will rip your fucking intestines out right in the middle of this empire your forefathers built You killed and destroyed my family and I will kill you inch by inch for it I will pluck your eyes out and throw them to rot on the streets I will rip open your flesh and chop your legs to pieces to feed the stray dogs you filthy scum"

Seeing the blinding murderous fury in her eyes and hearing the raw malice in her words a flicker of genuine panic shook Leo and for a split second his eyes trembled with fear. Shaking it off with rage he barked back.

"For that you need to be alive Not a single seed of your bloodline will I allow to survive in this family or anywhere else on this earth! Die you son of a bitch"

Without thinking twice he swung the iron pipe in his hand with all his might straight at her head. A solid sickening blow connected squarely against her skull and in a fraction of a second Lexi's world turned into absolute darkness as she went completely limp.

Lexi collapsed heavily onto the cold concrete floor and instantly Leo's men stepped out from the shadows surrounding her unconscious body all around.

Leo blew another stream of cigarette smoke into the damp air casually looking down at one of his henchmen.

"Is her entire family finished? Is there anyone left alive?"

"Everyone has died already Sir nobody is left"

the man replied swiftly bowing his head in deep respect.

The monstrous psychotic smile bloomed on Leo's lips once again.

"Hmm tell the cops that a gas cylinder exploded over here. And if they don't buy the story just buy those bastards off. Do you understand what I just said you filthy scum?"

"Yes Sir!"

they nodded their heads together in unison.

Leo slowly sat down on his haunches moving the blood-soaked strands of hair away from Lexi's face with his hand and then he whispered with pure mockery.

"Poor thing.....someone born just to die and rot like a dog."

The moment the words left his mouth the sleeping monster inside his psychotic mind woke up completely. Blinded by sudden senseless malice he stood up and repeatedly kicked her face as she lay unconscious splashing her fresh blood all over his heavy boots. But his cruelty did not end there. Grabbing her roughly by the hair he dragged her unconscious body down the countless steep concrete steps of the godown. Her broken body kept bumping against the stone bleeding continuously and leaving a horrific trail of blood behind them.

Reaching the bottom floor he turned back to his men with a cold glare.

"Do not follow behind me. Look into the rest of the clean up things I told you about. Her matter I will handle alone."

Dragging her across the muddy ground he gave a heavy brutal heave and threw her straight into the boot of his car like a piece of dead weight. His entire black coat was now heavily stained with her blood. Slamming the boot shut he climbed into the driver's seat started the engine and sped the vehicle fast into the dark night searching for a place where no eyes could see.

After driving fast through the storm and ensuring after a lot of observation that the vicinity was entirely clear of witnesses he stopped the car. Right there was a massive river roaring violently with a dangerously powerful current. Leo stepped down from the car popped the boot open and dragged her out onto the wet ground. The psychopath's plan was flawless—throw her shattered body into that violent thrashing water let the current sweep her away and destroy all evidence forever.

Precisely at that moment the sky thundered again with blinding light and the rain started pouring down with renewed fury. The water in that river was raging and thrashing violently against the banks. Without a single shred of mercy Leo lifted Lexi's broken body and hurled it into the rushing water. She sank instantly beneath that pitch-black freezing water.

Arrogant with the absolute success of his plan Leo wiped the blood off his coat turned back toward his vehicle and prepared to walk away.

But he had no idea that through the blinding sheets of rain a luxury car was sitting parked a short distance away in the pitch darkness with all its headlights and interior lights completely switched off. From inside the heavy shadows of that vehicle a pair of dark shadow-like eyes had watched and monitored every single horrific cruelty Leo had committed. That car remained right there dead silent in the storm waiting patiently until Leo finally drove his vehicle away into the night.

[To be continued...]