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Shay slowly shook his head as if to say, do not engage.

The three of them walked down the hall.

Bane stopped at one of the doors. He removed a key from his pocket. Then he tapped numbers into the wall pad and used the key to open the door.

The three men went in.

Spencer was chained to the wall and started yelling the moment Bane walked into the room. “What did you do?” he snarled. “I heard explosions. Where are my men?”

Bane shut the door behind him. He leaned against it and crossed his arms over his chest to stare at Spencer. “Your men did try. I will give them that, but they got sloppy and didn’t listen to words of warning. So they went boom.”

Spencer froze then began ranting, “You butcher, you God damn assassin. You killed good men!”

Bane snorted. “There’s a difference between good and very bad. They were stone cold killers.”

“You should know, you’re one too.” Spencer growled as he struggled to get free.

“I am but I switched sides. I used to get paid by people like you...” He raised his chain up at him. “Now I kill people like you and the kicker is... I don’t get paid for it. I do this shit for free, man. I feel that it is my sacred duty. Ya know? But there’s nothing sacred about you and those Blood Wolves is there? And apparently, they don’t know that you can’t pay them anymore.” Bane shrugged. “So they came here to die. I did try to warn them but they didn’t listen, so don’t whine at me like a sissy boy.”

Spencer just glared at him then he spat on the floor almost at Bane’s feet.

Drew took a deep breath as he and his twin Shay waited for the backlash from Bane.

Chapter Eight

Bane didn’t even twitch, nor did he step back from the spit-spot on the floor. Instead, he asked, “So Spencer, how many men are on your payroll?”

Spencer growled his answer, “Enough to take you down, that’s for sure.”

“I might have believed you at one point, but I have to say your Black Wolves are not really any kind of threat. They must have paid top dollar to puff themselves up to the underground cause they did not make the cut when they came after us. They might fool everyone else but they don’t scare me. That first explosion killed twenty-two of them that stepped on a land mine. I even informed them it was there and told them not to move, but did they listen? Hell no, one of them moved and the rest went up in smoke. Then when Shay was blown out of the sky, his brother came to find him and they stupidly took him hostage thinking he was Shay. It was almost too easy to get him free. And just guess what happened to the hotel they were in?” He did not wait for an answer as he added with a fake laugh, “It went up in smoke too! Then that explosion a few minutes ago? The Wolves followed a tracker and got into my sweet cabin. They all just stormed into it. They didn’t even knock. They just stormed inside.” Bane shook his head again and said, “I’m gonna miss that cabin.”

Spencer stood there stunned. “You killed them? All of them?”

Bane cocked his head at him. “They broke into a place I sometimes call home. They never should have been here in the first God damn place. I mean talk about rude? Well now, they won’t ever do that again as I taught them a permanent lesson in manners. So yeah, I killed them.” Then he shrugged. “But they died because they were working for you. So needless to say, you my boy, are running out of men to come to your rescue. Then Mommy Miranda is somewhere in the wind. You know she set all three of you up, right? She groomed you from birth to follow in her quest for money and power. But when the three of you let her down, she’s getting her money and pulling her skirt up to run away.”

“I thought about what you said earlier. Her getting this Lisbon woman to kill me. That has to be a fucking lie.” Spencer accused him. “She’ll come for me.”

Shay shook his head. “Hey, she’s in the wind, nimrod. She won’t be able to leave the country by boat, train or plane. In fact, she might be worse than her kids. She trained all three of you very well and while we’ve already frozen her bank account, we also know she has an obscene amount of cash, but we’re looking for her and soon she’ll be right beside you all in a cell. And she’ll be the first one to denounce all three of you. She’ll cry loud and long that you are not her children.”

“And she’ll cry real pretty in court while she looks into the eyes of the judge and lies under oath,” Bane assured him. “She hung her own flesh and blood out to dry, while trying to get her own freedom.”

“Or she might come here to get me free,” Spencer snapped.

“And why do I doubt that very much?” Bane asked. “She wouldn’t dare get herself caught.” He moved closer and looked Spencer right in the eye. “I know women like your mother. They are cold hearted. Females who just don’t give a shit about anyone but themselves. Mommy won’t dare come here. She doesn’t have the guts to face me and you know it, prissy boy.” Bane snapped his hand out and grabbed Spencer by the throat. It happened so fast that everyone in the room barely registered it. His fingers tightened on his neck.

Spencer fought him but he couldn’t do much. His face turned red and his lips were going blue. His eyes were bugging out as he struggled to breathe.

Suddenly, Bane loosened his grasp and dropped him.

Spencer sagged to the floor as he gasped and coughed attempting to draw air into his lungs.

“That’s for the disrespect. You almost ruined my favorite boots.” Bane stepped back and mocked him, “Mommy cares about Mommy and you know it. I mean you are just like her, right?”

“You’re wrong, asshole,” Spencer called out hoarsely.

“We’ll see motherfucker, we’ll see.” Bane turned and walked to the exit. He waited for Shay and Drew then he closed the door.

The room went silent as the lock engaged. Spencer sagged against the wall and fell to his knees.