Maximus POV I throw a bucket of ice water on the worthless mutt. Wake up sleeping filthy. He sits up with the fear I love to see in his eyes. He doesn't even beg for mercy anymore because he knows I have none. He took my father's mate and for that I will torture him everyday. My father had to take a chosen mate and the only good that came from her was my brother and me. She didn't even survive our birth. Get up after I'm done with you today we will be taking a little trip. I see a flash of hope. You can't escape so don't even try. I grab the whip with the silver laced through it and whip across his legs. He falls to the ground and I whip across his back. He's learned to stay quiet because his screams just spur me on. Once I've let off the steam I so desperately needed I call fo