Syn

I leaned against the wall of the room and watched as Jalil, a doctor in Juva, waved his hands over Queen's body. A golden wave of light flew out of his fingers and if he was scanning her, which I was thankful for. There was no need to touch her and I didn't want anyone, doctor or not, with their hands on her body.

Queen looked nervous as he continued his assessment and whenever she caught my eye, she glared. "Isn't this illegal?" She asked the man. "Don't you need my permission to do this?"

"I'm off the clock," he said dryly and her smile dropped as she laid her head back down on the pillow.

After a few minutes, the doctor stopped and dropped his hands to his sides. "I'm done."

I tilted my head to the door and he exited to the living room. I looked back at Queen and smiled at her. "I'll be right back."

"Syn you can't do this! Those are my results!" She argued.

I walked out of the room and closed the door and proceeded to walk to where Jalil was sitting. "Well?" I asked.

"Well, I can only release my findings to her or a family member," he said.

"Well, I'm her husband," I said. "Does that work?"

"Have a seat Mr. SinClaire."

I gave him a weird look for him telling me to sit down in my own home but I did as he said and positioned myself to face him. "What did you find?"

"There is a lot of bruising along her torso and thigh area. There are no clear marks on her neck due to her makeup but there is trauma there."

"Okay," I nodded. This was mostly stuff I knew. I saw her naked and was aware of all the bruises. "Is that all?"

"I'm afraid not," he said. I tensed at his words and nodded for him to continue. "There is swelling and contusions in her vaginal area consistent with the signs of sexual assault. It was very recent, maybe a few hours ago."

I stopped breathing and the world around me seemed to stop. I knew she was hurt but I was hoping it wasn't...that. "You mean she was..."

"I'm sorry, Mr. SinClaire," he said as he stood up. "I suggest you give her time and if she needs a therapist..."

My mind cut off the rest of his words as I stared at the glass table in front of me. I couldn't focus on anything else but what he had told me. While I was over here weak and breaking down, she was being hurt.

I felt the doctor pat my shoulder and heard his retreating footsteps to the door. When he was gone, something in me snapped. With a growl, I slammed my fist against the table and it shattered into a million pieces as it fell to the floor.

I completely blanked out as everything within distance was destroyed by me. The vases slammed to the floor, the tv was dangling off the wall by one cord. I couldn't calm myself.

Although I was taking my anger out on everything around me, there was one person who'd be getting the brunt of it. The one person who had violated Queen, my wife, my...

Princess?

I shook my head in confusion and ran my hand down my face. I heard Dimitri call her that multiple times so I suppose it was a nickname. One that for some strange reason, made my fists ball whenever I heard him say it.

He was disgusting. The very thought of him almost drove me to insanity. Thoughts of how he was hurting Queen at the club were now much more clear as I put the events of her assault directly before it.

Queen insisted on being with him though. Even after what he did to her. Before I could kill him, I needed to know that reason. Thankfully, there are ways to hurt someone without killing them.

I'd make him suffer until I found out what Queen was hiding. I told her that I'd bring her and Dimitri down and for the most part, it was true. I was Hell's true ruler and she-...she needed to be my Queen. I'd destroy her and then put her back together somehow if I needed to.

I pulled out my phone and called Mario again. I'm sure he was tired of me but he was desperately needed. He picked up on the second ring and I spoke immediately. "Find out who's closest to Dimitri Russo. I want to know where he goes, who he speaks to, what he fucking eats for breakfast. Everything."

"Yes sir."

"You can get help from the team if you need it and money is not an issue," I said.

"Got it."

I paused my pacing and stood up straight. "If he has any family...send me their names and addresses."

"Yes, Mr. SinClaire." I hung up the phone and tossed it onto the couch. It didn't have to come to this if he could've kept his perverted hands to himself, but now it seemed like I had to take drastic measures.

He hurt my family...so I'd destroy his.

Queen

The sound of glass being smashed outside the bedroom door ceased and I began to relax. I was still worried about what the doctor would tell Syn though. I didn't want him to know anything and even if he did find out, I didn't know why he'd care. To him, we just met.

The door to the bedroom opened and Syn walked in. He still looked like his calm and unbothered self so I let my worries go away. He wouldn't be this collected if he knew what happened...right?

He leaned over the bed and quietly untied my wrists and I sat up and looked at him. "You can go home," he said.

His change in attitude was astounding and I was dumbfounded as I searched his face for any hint of deception. When I found none, I slumped my shoulders. Why am I so bummed? I wanted him to let me go, yet him just doing it made my heart ache.

"Did the doctor say anything?" I asked as I rubbed my wrists.

"No. You're perfectly fine," he said.

I was surprised that nothing was found but I nodded and stood up. He took a step back to give me space and I frowned at his behavior. His cool attitude was rolling off of him and I had no idea why.

You told him you love another man.

But why would that matter if he just met me? We spent practically one day together. He couldn't be that upset. "Okay, goodbye Syn."

He nodded and I weakly snapped my fingers back into my room. When I arrived, I saw Mia sitting on my bed with Bezy. She cried into her hands and Bezy sat next to her looking out of place and uncomfortable.

"What's going on?" I asked lowly.

"Is it true?" Mia asked.

"Is what true?"

"That Dimitri raped you," she cried.

I took a step towards her and closed my eyes momentarily. "Who told you that?"

"Bezy did," Mia said.

I looked at Bezy in disappointment and shook my head. Why did I think it was a good idea to vent to him as if he was some sort of therapist? He gave me a large grin and I sighed as I looked back at Mia.

Her eyes were red and puffy as if she had been crying for hours and I walked towards her. "When did you get home?"

"Well after you disappeared to the bathroom, I went to look for you but found it empty," she said.

"Empty?" I asked. "No one was in there?"

"No, I opened all the stalls too," she said.

My heart dropped as I realized that would mean that Dimitri was up. If he wasn't here planning to hurt me, I wondered where he could've been.

"When I didn't find you, I came here and saw Bezy and we talked, and...he told me everything."

I sat down next to Mia and she pulled me into a hug. "Are you okay?"

"No," I admitted.

She held onto me tightly and continued crying. I would've cried too if that's what I hadn't been doing all day. I had a feeling things were only going to get worse from here, so I'd save my tears for when those bad times happened.

"You didn't tell anyone, did you?" I asked.

Mia grimaced and hung her head to her hands. "I'm sorry."

"Mia..." I said slowly. "Who did you tell?"

"I told Cain," she spoke up.

"Where is Cain?" I said as I shot up from the bed.

"He left a while ago and I was supposed to buy him time," Mia said.

"Buy him time to do what?"

"Find Dimitri."

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Author's Note
Oop...

Chile...So Syn found out what happened to Queen and it looks like he's out for blood. Who knows if he'll beat Cain to it though..👀

Gotta love Bezy over here just snitching on Queen. I'm glad he told her though. Dimitri deserves everything coming towards his way...or does he?😯. Don't come for me in the comments lol read the next chapter.

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