Chapter 48

Elton:

I frowned as I walked inside my house to find a box in front of the door.

“What’s this again?” I asked, shaking my head in question. The smell of honey filled my nostrils, and I couldn’t help but frown in confusion about why I would be having a box, the size of a body, filled with honey.

“It’s not the only one, sir.” A Russian said from behind me. His shoes clicked on the tile floor with each step that he took and he smiled as he stood in front of me. “A wedding gift from the bratva, more specifically, the Pakhan himself.”

I nodded at my men to open the crate. I knew that he was a messenger and killing him would be a direct act of war. That was something that I could afford considering the fact that the fucker Luca was still alive. The one way for me to get what I wanted done, was to have that prick dead. However, until his daughter and I were wed, that would be impossible for me to do.

Yandel, the man who opened the box, frowned at the sight of the honey before he pushed his hand inside. His eyes widened in surprise and it wasn’t until he pulled a head out of the box that I let out a low growl.

“You can growl all you want, Elton.” Killian’s voice played behind me, and I turned to face the Russian to find him holding a phone in his hand. The fucking Alpha was on speaker. “I tried to avoid the vendetta that our family seems to have. I gave you a chance to clear the city till after your wedding, you know, your bride might at least want to explore the city. However, you chose to play dirty, and therefore, I am responding with the best way that the two of us know.”

“You fucking…”

“Your men will start losing their heads, one every hour, minute, second even.” He said, stopping me. “Every last man standing on my grounds is going to meet his fate the same way the hundreds of men who have been sent to you in similar crates have. This one was special in specific because I had his dick chopped off for trying to take advantage of one of my women at one of my clubs. And you know, considering that he wasn’t man enough to know how to seduce and take her willingly, I doubt that he deserved to keep what was between his legs.”

“What do you want?” I asked, knowing that anything that I said would be held against me right now. And the last thing that I needed was for anyone to hear of this from our elders. It was bad enough that Eleanor managed to run and was on the run for the past few months. If they saw that I was having the men killed, then it would be my head on the line.

“Your men out of my city,” he said, responding calmly. “That is, of course, unless you want me taking care of it myself.”

The man hung up without bothering to wait for me to respond, and I couldn’t help the low growl that escaped my chest as I took sight of the dead man who was in the box. His eyes were wide in surprise, and though conserved in honey, I saw the bullet wound, the slaughter line, and his balls floating beside his dick.

“I want all of this cleared before Luca arrives.” I said, looking at Yandel who nodded in response.

“And our men, boss?” He asked, knowing that he didn’t have the authority to tell them to come back if I didn’t allow it. However, I wasn’t going to. The fucker was going to have to try a lot harder than that to get me to send them back. Elders or not, I knew that I had one way to prove myself to them, and it was by HIS death.

“No one moves until I allow them to.” I said, and he frowned.

“Boss, the elders are going to end up killing you if they hear of this. We barely got off with a warning, the last mistake that…”

“Not unless I am an Alpha.” I said, making the man frown in confusion. “Now, if you wish to be my beta, go on ahead and do as told.”

“To be an Alpha he has to be dead, and the two of us know that we cannot kill him without having a death penalty.” He said, and I smirked. I knew that he was mostly concerned over my life. Yandel was a man of power, but he was also my best friend, and his loyalty was one that I never questioned. 

“Not unless it is not us, but a woman.” I said, and he smirked. “Send over Rosalyn. It seems to me that even she would be sacrificed tonight.”

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“You called for me, boss?” Rosalyn asked, looking down at her feet as she avoided my eyes. She knew well enough not to break the protocol that she learned very well. She was not allowed to look me in the eye unless she was given permission to do so. And that was something that I appreciated about her. 

It was too bad that she had to go.

“You are going to give this to Luca tonight.” I said, handing her a small vial. She looked at the clear water that was inside it for a second before nodding. “I don’t think that I am going to need to tell you how your job is done. All I need from you is to please him, and you are going to be free.”

“Free?” She asked, frowning in confusion.

“You wanted to unite with your family, didn’t you? Your mother and sister?” I asked, playing her mind. The woman didn’t know that they weren’t even alive, but needless to say, I was going to give her what she wanted in the end. 

“Alpha, but my life is here. You know that they are not going to accept…”

“When I give you three hundred thousand dollars, I believe that they will.” I said, stopping her. Her eyes widened in surprise before she tightened her grip around the vial. 

“When is the Alpha arriving?” She asked, seeming more interested now than ever. Her heart raced, and I couldn’t help but find myself smirking at her stupidity. However, I wasn’t going to comment. It was something that I was going to take advantage of.

Her eyes met mine, and I could see a sense of determination in them. Determination that even had her forgetting the training that she got, and the rules that she was supposed to know by heart. However, I wasn’t going to complain. If anything, I was going to take advantage of that, as it was only going to mean my success, and that was something that I was going to count on tonight.

“In a few hours. You can have the evening off to pack. You know, by dawn, you would be on your way to your family…”