A Cold Grave: A DCI Danny Flint Book by Negus Trevor

Author:Negus, Trevor
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Inkubator Books
Published: 2021-06-13T00:00:00+00:00

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26 June 1986

South Lodge, Retford

Wade crept into the stone outbuilding that had become a makeshift dungeon for the two abducted male nurses.

His captives were asleep.

Both men were naked, starving hungry and dehydrated.

Since their abduction, Wade had only allowed them one drink of water. He didn’t plan on allowing them any more. He needed the men to be weak and passive.

Having silently entered the building, he allowed his eyes time to get accustomed to the gloomy half-light before looking closely at his prisoners.

Fred Barnes was lying propped against the stone wall. His arms were twisted at a grotesque angle, attached to the manacles. Wade wondered how he could sleep like that. The man was close to exhaustion, that much was obvious.

Wade smiled and turned to look down at Jack Williams. The younger, fitter man should have been faring better, but the savage beating he’d taken at the hands and feet of Wade had obviously taken its toll.

The areas around both sides of Williams’s head were caked in dried blood.

The open wounds caused when Wade had bitten off both his ears in a fit of rage were now crusty and pus-filled. Both of the jagged wounds were already badly infected. Both eyes were black and swollen. His mouth and lips were strangely distorted and pushed out of shape.

Looking closer, Wade realised that the younger man’s jaw was in fact broken and displaced.

The stench coming off the two men was horrendous. They both had dried faeces caked to their legs and backs. The smell of sweat and urine was strong.

He’d seen enough. It was time to wake them up.

Wade did this by aiming two brutal kicks into their ribcages; Barnes first, and then Williams.

Both men were instantly wide awake and shouted in pain.

Wade laughed and said, ‘Come on, gents, it’s the middle of the day. Why are you sleeping?’

Barnes just groaned, but Williams said defiantly, ‘Fuck off, Wade!’

His defiance was instantly rewarded with another heavy kick. This time the heavy boot landed in the small of his back. The force of the blow caused him to yelp in pain, and he began to dry retch.

There was no food left in his stomach to vomit.

In a menacing growl, Wade said, ‘I’ve been wondering what to do with you two. Well, you’ll both be pleased to know that I’ve finally come to a decision. I’m going to allow one of you bastards to survive. Sadly, this does mean that one of you will have to die.’

Both men sat in wretched silence as Wade spelled out their fate to them.

‘Gentlemen, this is what’s going to happen. At some point over the next couple of days, I’m going to unlock your manacles. Then I’ll leave the decision as to who survives and who dies completely down to you. It will be a straight fight. I’ll be observing through the small window above you. I’m intrigued to know which one of you needs to survive the most. I’ll leave you alone to think about it, and I’ll see you in a couple of days.

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