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sino, Dom and I returned to the warehou

f the basement. Those sounds would only get louder and fiercer. I

anything else you want to tell me? A

e. “He said the club’s full of teenagers. Most

I ordered. “And I need Nico’s lackeys. Catch as many as you can. I

dded, diallin

” I pushed the rusty door open; t

wrists bleed. His blood dripped down his forearm, staining his half-sleeve shirt

lovel

ind Nico, “Here’s the tra

ze trained on the traitorous bastard. I co

, “Take his

the dark shirt, clung to his body,

front of these many men, all the soldiers he worked his, a

ission to me. He didn’t respond. “The vow of always and forever being loyal to me and only to me. You’ve broken

e. I know what I've done, but I’m willing to change

ians had mistakenly slipped out of his lips. At least now I knew he was working wit

started twenty-four years ago. If I was right, I kn

ou would’ve said the same thing to that damned

as a flicker of discomfort in his eyes. “W

s. The soldiers in the room chortled

they tr

u think

e had in his back pocket. Nico’s shivers returned. Every t

he winced at the pressure. Gripping his middle finger between the sharp blade

he room, his eyes glinting with rage. “W

how much each packet of those costs? How much you’ve robbed from me?” I roared a

fear and regret, confirming my intuitions. I bet he wishe

. Blood splattered on my dark shoes and the concrete floor. N

donis. I have a w

s too. Have consent.” I moved onto his forefinger

y brow at him. He begged, “I’ll t

l that he knows—his informants, where he keeps the girls, where he delivers them, and who picks them up. The drugs he uses for spiking and druggi

” the soldier questioned

e other lackeys. It makes th

k nod, I exited

Nico then and there

him, and he needs to be alive for that.” I glanced at him. “Inform deputy chie

ka

he had been dying to ask me. “Go

did you know it

motherfucker’s face w

so sure of it.

is ruled by three families, bonded by a very fickle alliance. Human t

” Dom underst

novs is wreaking havoc from within my territory

s reckless as they w

uprooted one of the three Ivanov brothers, who ran a drug trafficking and testing chai

this time.” I sighed, settling into my car outside th

all e

o do you think we

talking about the war be

. “Is there any other

nto his face. “No. That’s not our war, Adonis. We

her of them, which one would you

ians and law enforcers overseas, which would make it easier for us to negotiate and extend our trade. And they’re currently looking for efficient par

y voice t

o doubt. With the war going on, what were the chances of u

ng on inside that twi

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