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The asshole gagged me. How dare he. I gave some great advice, I could tell even he was taking mental notes. Valentina on the other hand looked ready to set me on fire but hey, it’s a little cold in here so how bad could it be?
When Arrow’s mother approaches him, part of me snaps, and I jerk in my binds. The man with Valentina hasn’t said a word but approaches him alongside her.
“You found a very nice family here, Beau. Tell me, how did they take the news that you killed your brother?”
I roll my eyes because we all know that’s a lie. If Arrow’s brother dying was anyone’s fault, it’s hers. Other than thewoman who actually did it obviously. Arrow doesn't answer, which must piss her off because the next thing I know, she's grabbing him by the hair and jerking his head back.Oh, hell to the no, bitch face.Only I’m allowed to do that. Or Laney.
He keeps a neutral expression while I let the gag they put on my face fall to the floor. These people are seriously bad at their jobs.
“Amor was going to do amazing things, and you just had to take that from him,” she yells in his face. That’s when something clicks.
“Oh my gosh,” I say loudly, startling them all. “I just put it together. You’re Valentina, and your kids are Amor and Beau. Holy shit, what were you thinking? Don’t tell me, your husband’s name was something along the lines of Valentine’s day too. Was his name Cupid? I will die of laughter right here if his name was fucking Cupid.”
I am actually giddy right now. No fucking way. This is like some horrible nineties soap opera shit right here. A whole family named after the day of love, and yet it all fell apart because of hate.Fascinating.
Valentina lets go of Arrow and approaches me. “Don’t think I don’t know who you are, Havoc. Adrik talked about you often. You were supposed to be his right hand man, and you betrayed him.”
“Adrik was a lying piece of shit who deserved the ending he got.” I bare my teeth at her. “He had these grand delusions of taking over the world, even tried to start playing in the skin game with children like the fucking coward he is.”
Valentina spits in my face. “You do not talk about him that way. I loved him.”
I laugh, throwing back my head in sheer delight because she has no idea.
“Valentina, baby. You didn’t think you were his only whore, did you? He used you just like he used all of them.” She looks visibly shocked. “He was fucking no less than three other women at the same time, and I know for a fact that the woman he slept with the night before he died wasn’t you. You loved a man who never thought twice about you.”
Her hand flies to her mouth, the wheels turning in her brain. Unfortunately, I have to watch as they get clogged too, because of course she thinks I’m lying.
I’m the one who had his hands in the prostitution rings though, and I hand selected Hannah to be with him that night to extract the details of his plan. It was how we knew to be prepared for all of The Shades to come with him to the island.
“You’re lying. He loved me. He was planning on marrying me when he finally killed that evil bitch niece of his.”
This has all of us sneering, even Laney and Dr. K. That's when Valentina must recognize her. “Well, well, well. Look what the cat dragged in. If it isn’t the great and elusive Klara.”
“I would say it’s a pleasure,” Dr. K says, “but I’d rather eat glass than ever have to see your face again.”
Valentina slaps her across the face, but the doctor only laughs. “You always did hit like a girl. Tell me, how does that look in your line of work? You send all of these men and women out to sacrifice themselves while you take half the cut if they survive, all while you sit on your ass behind a desk. How do you get anyone to work for you?”
“All of my crew are ones I’ve protected.” We know the truth though.
“Protected?” I scoff. “Every person in here has been blackmailed by you, they just don’t know it.”
I see her jaw lock. She wasn’t expecting us to know her secret, and boy do we know it all thanks to our sneaky contact.
“That’s not true.”
“Oh but it is, Mother,” Arrow chimes in. “You have them arrested on false charges, then send your boy toy here to offer them a deal. They owe you ten years of service for you to get them out of the trouble they are in.”
Now she’s nervous, her eyes dart around the room to see if anyone believes it.
“That’s preposterous. No one will believe you.”
“You just don’t want to admit you’re an underdog begging for scraps. None of the people here know who you really are. They wouldn’t stand by you if they did.”
Her hands curl in on themselves, and I smirk as she stalks closer to me, fisting her hand in my shirt. “I am not an underdog. Adrik came to me when he needed recruits and I helped him. The whole setup to get into the flesh trade was allme. Every single piece of that business, I crafted for him so that he could be successful. So we could ruletogether.”
I close my eyes because this dumb bitch just gave us exactly what we needed. I grin internally.
Here comes the fun part.
