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It takes the pompous fuck a second to deliberate before he answers. “No. No one in the city will stop you, my guards stay with me.” Dumb fuck, he just told us in no certain words that he has no control over the city, the only men he has are with him at all times.
Perfect.
Chance doesn’t rise as Chaos leaves the room, how this fucker got the drop on my father I’ll never know but after spending this small amount of time with him, it’s become clear that he isn’t the mastermind behind this plan.
* * *
The ride back to the mansion is tense and filled with silence, Chance demands that Dalton, Jovi, Bodhi and I all ride in the back of the limo with Erika. Clearly the fact he thinks Chaos—Royal, got a calling card as well has freaked him the fuck out. This is the part I love, the paranoia, the fear, the constant double checking and the way their eyes accuse everyone without words always fills me with a sick sense of satisfaction. I love watching my prey go mad. Chance won’t die anytime soon, it would be too easy and I still need to get the location of my father and uncles from him.
Luka told me Uncle Vin had a tracker on his ring but these fucks have somehow blocked it. I plan to tear him down from the inside, everything he thinks he owns and has built will come crashing down around him, he is going to learn that once you are marked, you’re marked until your final breath.
“I want eyes on Royal twenty-four hours a day, I want updates on him every time he makes a move. He doesn’t go anywhere in this city without me knowing. Am I clear?”
The four of us guards nod, tonight he is going to learn what the Memento Mori stands for and I, for one, can not fucking wait for that. My eyes stray toward Erika, she sits straight in her chair and acts unbothered by the tension in the car but the way her eyes keep flicking to Chance is the indication I need to know that she is watching just as closely as I am, but why?
The car comes to a stop a while later in front of the monstrosity that he calls home, the prick doesn’t move an inch, he waits for one of his staff to open the door for him. He slides out and doesn’t offer his girl a helping hand, as she slides out her eyes connect with mine, in the pits of those hazel eyes I see the same hunger in her that I have inside myself. The connection is broken the moment she slips free of the car and follows after Chance, my post is meant to be with her but I stop and turn to Dalton, playing the role of new guard and unsure of where I am meant to be.
“The fuck are you waiting for kid? Follow the future Mrs. Bennett and make sure she stays in her room, Mr Bennett has company coming this evening and the last thing we need is a cat fight.” I raise my brows feigning surprise before I quickly rush away after the bride to be. It’s no secret Chance likes to fuck hookers, the sick fuck has a kink for hurting and degrading women. We found the police report from when he was seventeen, he abused a young girl, tied her up and whipped her like a dog. Him being a minor meant the records were sealed and the case never made it to court, in short that just means he paid her off.
I studied the layout of this house all night last night, I know exactly where Erika’s room is. I pass the pitiful excuse for a library and come to a stop outside her door. I'm to stand here for the next six hours until the guard changes and be back by seven in the morning. Hours go by without incident, I’m bored out of my mind and over hearing the screams coming from the other side of the house, if the dumb fuck thinks any woman comes screaming that loudly, he has clearly never made one come before. Just as I’m about to pull out my phone and fire off a text to Sin to see if she has any updates for me, a sound comes from inside Erika’s room. I lean in closer and strain my hearing.
When I hear the noise again but only this time louder, I draw my gun and shove the door open ready to shoot but quickly lower it at the sight in front of me. Erika’s back is to me as she balances on the edge of a chair in the corner of the room trying to reach something, I narrow my eyes to get a better look. The second a red dot flashes anger peaks inside me, the fucker is recording her!
“Hmmm.” I bite down on my lips to keep from laughing at her pathetic attempt at a growl, she stretches onto her tiptoes again and this time, I notice what she’s wearing. Cream silk shorts ride high enough that the bottom of her ass cheeks are on display, the thin strapped camisole she wears is cropped and shows me the tattoo in the center of her back. I quietly inch closer not wanting to spook her so I can get a better look at what the tattoo is. I frown the moment I work out that it’s a sugar skull but it wears a broken mask on one side of its face with the wordswe aren’t what we seemwritten below it.
The sound of her phone ringing has her peering over her shoulder, the moment she sees me standing in here a strangled scream leaves her, she loses her balance on the chair. I dart forward and catch her before she can hit the marble floor, her chest rises and falls rapidly as she gazes up at me with wide eyes. Her little body is tucked into my chest and the feeling of her warmth against me and the scent of her perfume has my cock twitching. Both of us push the other away at the same time, I don’t say a word as I turn and leave her room with the sound of her phone ringing again following me out.
The moment I close the door behind myself my own phone begins to vibrate, I pull it out to see it’s Havoc calling, I bring it to my ear and answer.
“Yeah?”
“Chaos is on the move, he has two guys tailing him.”
“Where is he going?” I keep my tone quiet so no one can overhear.
“Leading them on a goose chase while Sin and I take care of dear old Jovi.” I shake my head, I may have only just met Jovi today but I kind of feel sorry for the guy. Knowing Sin and Havoc, he won’t die easily.
“I’ll be back in an hour, make sure you aren’t seen. If they see you, the whole plan is fucked.”
“Yes, mom.” He snarks before ending the call, if he wasn’t my blood I would have killed him a long fucking time ago.
ERIKA
I shake away my wayward thoughts and rush to answer my phone before it can ring out again, I’m breathless and sure to look a sight as I answer the incoming FaceTime call. He smiles at me and I return the gesture, signing hello.
“Hello to you as well my dear. How are things going?” I sign everything that happened today and how Chance met with Royal Murdoch, the mention of his name and the events of the meeting sparked his interest. I even tell him about the cards but what I don’t disclose is how I suspect that the man claiming to be Royal isn’t really him. “I want an update on who the fuck is sending these cards, any information you get I want to know, do you understand.” I nod my understanding. “Good girl, I’ll be in touch soon.”
The moment he ends the call I flop back on the bed and stare up at the ceiling praying for a fucking miracle. He raised me, gave me a home and everything that I needed but in turn, that all comes with a cost. A cost I don’t want to pay. My life and body isn’t my own, the freedom to choose what you want from life is something I was never afforded.
The sound of a cough from outside my bedroom has me tilting my head to the side staring at the closed doors, I know he is right outside standing guard. I don’t know who he is but there is something about that man that draws me to him, the feeling of his hands on me a moment ago had my body blazing and my nipples hardening. Slamming my eyes closed I push all thoughts of that encounter from my mind and focus back on the task at hand. Sitting up I grab my laptop and comb through the files that were sent to me, all four files are practically blank of information.
Who are you really, Royal?
Four folders sit here with only names, dates of birth, last known address and a rough idea of what they could look like. None of the informants have been able to give us any more details than we have, Chanel, Havoc, Chaos and Royal are like, it’s almost like they don’t exist.
I spend hours combing through the web trying to find any information I can on Royal and his cousins, no matter how hard I look or try to dig deeper nothing comes up. That’s when it hits me, I know how they have managed to stay hidden.
Someone is erasing any evidence of them existing!
