Page 65 of Savage Don

With a baby.

Fuck.

So much for playing it slow. After I get my hands on this new lead, I’m going to go home and fuck her. Then, I’m going to flush her birth control pills down the toilet.

From now on, her pussy will be the reward I give myself for getting shit done.

There’s a rat out there that threatens to chew out the very foundation of this empire I’ve helped build. The bastard needs to be uncovered, and Francesca needs to be impregnated. It’s all part of the same plan. I’ll do both the only way I know how.

Without mercy.

“Is that all?” I ask, dying to rip open the manila envelope and get my first new bit of information in far too long. Francesca can wait just a little bit longer. First, I need to get out of this stuffy office. I need to paint the streets red with blood.

“Have somewhere to be?” Leonid teases.

“I want to get back to work.”

“Very well,” Aiden nods. “Go, and do what you do best.” I’ve already turned towards the door when I feel a hand on my shoulder. When I look back, I see that it’s Aiden. “And to answer your earlier question, there’s only one reason why we’ve all decided to gather here today. To show our support. We’re behind you, Ray, all the way. But the clock is ticking. And you know what happens if time runs out…”

A heavy stone drops in my gut, cutting through the electric adrenaline rushing through my body. The notice is well served. But any sense of impending doom is quicky snuffed out. I’m too focused on what I have to do.

The dread can wait. It’s time to do my job.

“I know full well what will happen,” I respond.

I’ll be killed.

That’s just how shit goes.

Slipping the manilla envelope out from beneath my arm, I crumple it in my hand and give everyone in the room one last respectful nod, then I turn away and barge out through the office doors..

“How did it go in there?” Maksim calls out after me as I march towards the elevator.

“It was fine,” I respond, smashing the elevator button with my fist. “But I can’t stick around to chat, I’ve got work to do.”

“Does it involve killing?”

Ripping open the envelope, I finally see what I’ll be working on.

“Yes.”

“Am I invited?”

The elevator doors ding open and I step behind them. “Only if you don’t slow me down.”

“Text me the address, I’ll meet you there.”

That’s exactly what I do on my way downstairs. It would be foolish to deny Maksim’s help.

Still, the second the elevator doors open on the main floor, I shove my phone away and race outside.

I’ve got blood to spill, rats to gut, and an innocent little college student to corrupt.

Francesca will be my last stop of the night. If all goes well, I’ll be tasting her blood, too.

Virgin blood.

Fuck. I can’t fail. I need my reward.