Chapter 13 Mason had never heard Aria speak in such a furious and suppressed voice . He was stunned , frozen for several seconds before finally replying over the phone : " Sweetheart ... don't be like this . I'll send Kevin to take you to Phantom . " He finally gave in . Aria exhaled a long breath . Her tense body finally loosened slightly . " Good . Have Kevin pick me up at the entrance of Gracefield Medical Center in ten minutes . " She hung up right after speaking and tried to get up . Shards of glass still littered the floor . Hannah stood dumbfounded , staring at Aria who was burning with fury . In her memory , Aria had never lost her temper like this - not once , not even as a child . " Aria , don't move . I'll go find Phantom . Your body hasn't recovered yet . You can't ... " Hannah instinctively tried to stop her . But Aria frowned , a heavy sense of dread brewing in her heart . " Hannah , I have to go . I have a really bad feeling . I need to see Phantom with my own eyes . " Kevin , Mason's assistant , arrived swiftly and drove them to an abandoned warehouse near the sea . As soon as Aria got out of the car , a foul , nauseating stench hit her . It wafted from deep within the warehouse . She turned her head sharply toward Kevin , disbelief in her voice : " Phantom ... is here ? " Kevin nodded , avoiding her eyes . " Yes , inside . " Aria's pupils contracted sharply . The next second , she took off running without a second thought . The stench inside the warehouse was unbearable , causing Hannah to clamp her hand over her mouth and nose . The place was a mess - filthy beyond reason . With her OCD tendencies , she couldn't even bring herself to take a step . But Aria , she charged in as if she didn't see any of it . Mud and filth clung to the soles of her shoes , but she paid them no mind . She dashed through the trash - strewn space , heart pounding . Finally , deep inside the warehouse , she saw a horse lying motionless on the ground . She blinked rapidly , trying to hold herself together . But even so , her long lashes were quickly soaked . " Phantom ... " she called out softly , hesitantly . The horse didn't move . But the swarm of flies blanketing its body suddenly buzzed up into the air . She instinctively covered her mouth , holding her breath to keep from sobbing aloud . Step by step , she approached . And what she saw was a horse whose body was already decomposing , stinking beyond description . It lay there , utterly still . Covered in wounds - cuts , burns , and hardened wax residue . " Those goddamn bastards ! They tortured Phantom to death ?! Unbelievable ! I swear I'll kill every last one of them ! " 15:25 5 Years of Your Bullshit ? My New Man's Got a Rule : Exes Stay Buried 6.0 % Chapter 13 Hannah had caught up by now . Her eyes were wide with fury , her voice trembling with rage . Aria's body swayed . In that instant , she felt something inside her snap - the string she'd been straining to hold taut these past weeks finally snapped with a resounding crack . Back in the car , Aria pulled up the video of Phantom being abused . Hannah immediately called her second brother , Eliot Gale , known in both the legal and underworld circles and had him arrange people to " take care of it . " One by one , the five boys in the video were tracked down . Aria paid out of her own pocket to have them all thrown into sacks and beaten until they could barely function - only then were they let go . Then , she spent even more money to purchase a burial plot for Phantom . Once everything was arranged and Phantom had been laid to rest , it was already near dusk . Only then did Aria drag her exhausted body back home . As soon as she opened the door , a chilling draft swept through the entryway , colder than even the wind in the cemetery , cutting straight to the bone . She changed her shoes and stood in the foyer , just starting to remove her hat , when suddenly aq solid wall of flesh pressed up behind her . And with it came a familiar scent of ocean breeze cologne , seeping right into her nose in an instant . ( 13 ) ( 0 )