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“YOU ORDERED OUR FUCKING BODYGUARD TO PROTECT ANOTHER WOMAN?!” He screams so fucking loud, I’ll probably pop an eardrum.
“Jesus, Ares. I got a text! It’s obvious to make sure she was watched so shit wouldn’t start a mafia war between empires!”
“You’re so fucking stupid.”
I’m surprised by the low voice that comes from my left, forcing me to look and confirm it’s Zander with an emotionless stare that makes a cold shiver run down my spine.
Ares, who’s gripping my collar with everything he has, is staring at our comrade, but one long look and he’s frowning in concern.
“Zander?” There’s no response, contributing to forming a lump in my throat.
Shit. We can’t deal with this now.
“Zayn?” Ares quietly whispers.
“You fell for another trap like a foolish bastard,” Zayn coldly declares. “I knew joining forces with you was such a foolish idea, but now I’m beginning to realize everyone else was fucking right.”
Everyone? Who the fuck is everyone?
“You better pray Dolcezza is alive when we find her, or you’ll enjoy the true wrath of a Ruthless King who will ignite every asset of carnage in my domain. Until you’re below the worthless level of uselessness you’ve been labeled as.”
“Why is everyone fucking?—”
“Look to your right, Domino,” Zayn encourages.
“Why the fuck would I look at the dead…” I trail off as I execute the action, my eyes widening while my head is forced to dip back so I can see the hanging sign that’s contributing to the pool of red below. “End.”
“Fuck,” Ares whispers and lets go of me before he curses in German. “Aries… we have a body.”
“V?” I can hear the very air leave this man’s lungs saying that single letter.
“No…” Ares whispers. “Jeremy. From training today. He’s dead.”
“By?”
“Hanging?” Ares does sound sure. “He’s just… dangling there. Blood dripping on the ground. Loads of it.” He struggles to get the words out. “Aries… you don’t think he tried to hurt V?”
“It’s a warning,” Warren mutters. “There needs to be a clue. They always leave a clue.”
“What possible clue would they leave with a hanging body?” I whisper, though the raging brew of anger in my voice is long gone. It’s instead replaced with uncertainty.
And fear.
Truthfully, I’m worried for multiple reasons, not at the idea of this being pinned on us but at what the future holds.
The future revolving around our Iva… who’s still missing.
“A bunny.”
I blink a few times, peeling my gaze away from the murder scene to see Zander holding a sticky note covered in bloody splotches. The sight makes my stomach churn, remembering the same sticky note that hung in my locker with that warning message.
There’s a handwritten sentence on this sticky note of neon pink, leaving us in suspense as I wait for it to be read.
“You’ve made my precious angry, Leighton. I dislike it when my Queen sheds tears. It’s about time you realize what I can do. Shall I tease you with dismay?”
Ares is the one to read out the written words, leaving us in eerie silence.
“Aries.” Zayn’s emotionless voice forces us out of our spiraling thoughts. “Where would he take her? Where’s our Ruthless Queen?”
