NIKOLAI
Another scream tore from his throat, raw and primal, filling the room with the sound of his agony. It wasn't enough. It would never be enough.
My fingers wrapped around his balls, tightening until his voice cracked, his body writhing helplessly beneath me.
"Is this what you wanted, Sergei?" I leaned closer, my voice low, dangerous. "To break him? To make him feel powerless?"
I shoved the hammer deeper, his scream reverberating through the room.
His screams grated against my ears, raw, the sound of a man stripped of his defenses and his dignity. His throat tore under the strain, but even his cries couldn't drown out the pounding of blood in my veins.
I twisted my grip, the hammer lodged deep, his convulsing body slick with sweat and fear. The sour stench of it fi
