DERRICK POV *trigger warning: gore, torture, mental abuse* The room was thick with a smell of sweat and stale fear. Bart and Bret Hollowed sat slumped in their chairs, the shallow cuts on their chests bleeding slow and cruel. Fingers—well, what was left of them—were trembling. Yet their c***s were still intact, a silent threat hanging in the air: the real pain was still to come. Simon was the picture of calm, that cold, merciless calm that sent shivers down my spine. Watching him work was almost… intoxicating. Like a predator savoring every moment before the kill. His hands moved with surgical precision, carving away at their pride and flesh. The Hollowed twins no longer screamed — not really. Hours of torment had sucked the sound from them. Simon’s cruelty wasn’t just physical; he inv

