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Chapter One
Kai
HE PULLED up in front of Isaac’s mansion. He got out of his car, eyes scanning his surroundings as he headed for the massive front door. He spotted a red Lamborghini with tinted windows and the annoyance he’d felt since Isaac’s call turned into dread. He didn’t know whose car it was, but he figured that it wasn’t someone he would be happy to see.
Getting summoned by his boss wasn’t a good thing. At least not anymore. Isaac hadn’t exactly been happy with him the past few years. Having a strict code as a hitman for hire was somewhat unheard of.
It meant Isaac couldn’t just appoint him to any hit. He knew he was one of Isaac’s best. The man couldn’t afford to lose him which was lucky for him. Well, lucky was maybe not the right word. He wouldn’t have made demands that would’ve gotten him killed. He wasn’t that stupid.
He gave a nod to the guards he passed and didn’t bother knocking before pushing open the door. He stepped inside and said a quick hello to the butler who appeared from the sitting room. Unfortunately, everyone on Isaac’s staff knew him well.
Kai headed up the stairs and down the long hallway, staring at the expensive art adorning the walls. Isaac had made a fortune by employing killers.
He didn’t care too much for the other guys. Most of them didn’t like him either. No one ever liked the person getting special treatment, but he wasn’t there to make friends.
Some days he wasn’t sure why he was there at all, but then the fridge was empty, gas was running low, and his parents struggled to pay their mortgage. Though he supposed he couldn’t use the mortgage as an excuse anymore seeing as he’d just paid off the last of it. His parents didn’t know it was him, but they weren’t stupid. He just hoped it made up for all the years he hadn’t seen them or been there for them.
He blew out a breath as he reached Isaac’s office. He stepped through the door and instantly regretted it.
Abraham Briggs. Why his parents had given him a biblical name, he could only assume was a poor attempt to make them seem like god-fearing and good people. They were anything but good. Their whole family consisted of thieves and murderers. Not that the public would know. They were too good at hiding their true natures.
They’d been working with his boss, Isaac, for years now. Abraham had become Isaac’s partner at the Company. He wasn’t entirely sure what Isaac got out of that particular partnership, but he also knew better than to ask.
Briggs was standing next to Isaac, his head snapping up when he heard Kai enter the room, and a sneer spread on his face.
“Well, well. Look who finally decided to show up,” Briggs said, his voice grating on Kai’s nerves.
Kai ignored him in favor of catching Isaac’s gaze and saying, “Boss. You wanted to see me?”
“Yes. I have a job for you.”
Isaac picked up a manilla folder from his desk. Kai walked closer to take it. He gave Briggs a quick glare before turning his attention to the content of the folder. He looked at the photos and skimmed the info, his blood running cold when he reached a certain detail.
He slowly raised his gaze to look at Isaac. From the way the man was watching him, he had been expecting Kai to react badly. He wasn’t about to say anything in front of Fuck-Face, though.
“Is there a problem?” Briggs asked.
“No.” Kai was grinding his teeth to keep quiet, though he didn’t hold back on the glare he gave Isaac.
That asshole knew Kai couldn’t say no to a job from Briggs. Not if he wanted to live. If there was a job you didn’t want to do, Briggs didn’t think you compatible with the Company, and that meant you ended up in a shallow grave because they couldn’t use you, but they also couldn’t let you walk away with the info you’d undoubtedly gathered on the Company over the years.
Isaac only gave him the jobs he knew he wouldn’t turn down, so what the fuck was he doing?
Kai gave Isaac back the folder and turned to Briggs.
“Abraham,” he said, knowing full well the man hated when he called him that.
Kai turned and walked out of there as calmly as he could while feeling like he needed to hit something. Or someone.
If that asshole thought he was going to be involved in something that would cost several kids their lives, he was sorely mistaken.
Steel
He ran his gaze over the red brick buildings, his heart squeezing almost painfully in his chest as memories tried to assault him. Those memories had no place there anymore. All the bad things that had happened there would be forgotten. They’d be replaced by good things.
“I never thought we’d be making good memories here after Ronin,” Steel said.
Ares turned toward him with a wry smile on his lips.
