Chapter 50

Killian:

“The man was not happy, boss.” Igor said through the phone. 

“I did not send the corpses to him to be happy. The two of us knew very well that he would be very pissed about it.” I said calmly. “Did he say anything to respond?”

“No, I walked out of the room without him saying a word. The man was completely baffled, but judging by his friend’s expression, I doubt that the two of them would be planning to stop this madness that they are doing.” I nodded in response despite knowing that the man couldn’t see me.

“I will give them twenty-four hours before we proceed again. You know, he might get his brain back inside his head, and if that happens, then he would manage to at least save whatever pride and dignity he thinks he has left. If not, then he can start counting the corpses of his men.” I said, and he hummed in response. “You can come back to the Estate, Igor.”

“Yes, boss.” He said before I hung up. I turned to find Vladimir walking out of his office. His eyes met mine and he shook his head in question. 

“I am guessing that we have something to worry about?” I asked, and he nodded at me to follow him. I walked into his office and frowned to find the number of papers that were sprawled almost everywhere while Nikolai and Viktor read through them. “What did you do to your office, Vladimir?”

“We trashed it.” Vladimir said sarcastically. 

“No, shit.” I said, shaking my head at the sight that I saw. The men shook their heads and Vladimir pulled out his laptop before opening it. 

“We’ve been losing more men as days go, and as we kill more of Elton’s men.” He said, making me frown in confusion. “The thing is, the men’s corpses, I’m talking about Elton’s, have been sent to him as if they  were from you. At first, I thought that it was a mere coincidence and that they got into a conflict that even led to injuries or death. But this is the fifth attack this week, and all our men are dying,”

“At least one or two would have survived; otherwise, who would be killing Elton’s men? As far as I understood, all the men within the bases have been dying,” I asked and he nodded. He pressed play, and I watched the video, watching as our men took Elton’s off guard. They mainly died on first encounter, those who were informed would fight. By that time, most would be dead. 

However, the mystery didn’t seem to last long as a man or woman? Entered the room.

Two guns were held on either hand, and I couldn’t help but frown as I saw the accurate shots that were, sending my men down. “The man…”

“Unless this is a teenager, which I doubt, this person is a woman.” I said, and the men frowned in confusion. I shook my head and paused the video as the person held the guns up. “Her hands are small, and unless it is some sort of skinny man who somehow seems to have the skill and agility to go in and out easily, this is a woman.”

“Well, why would a woman be killing both sides?” Viktor asked and I shook my head. Vladimir looked at Nikolai for a second before looking at me. 

“The main question should be, who that woman is?” Vladimir asked. “We had to deal with Daria a few years ago, and it was the same situation.”

“Yes, but Daria left and found her mate years ago.” I said, ignoring the clench that I felt in my chest at the mention of my ex’s name. She was the one woman that I chose to open my heart to, and the one woman that I forgave when she harmed me and my pack. It was something that I taught and promised myself not to do. However, when it came to her, the woman turned into my weakness in a second. “She would have no reason to be here.”

I closed the laptop screen and handed it back to Vladimir. “I want to know who that woman is and who she’s working for. Of course, I  doubt that we would be able to find out any information about her without proper investigation; therefore, I suggest that you call Inna when you’ve managed to find her.”

“Inna?” Viktor asked, raising an eyebrow at the mention of his fuck buddy. The two of them pretended to have no feelings toward one another, but I was not blind, I always saw the spark that they had between them, and their voices when she was around often told me that I was right about what I thought. 

“Yes,” I said, smirking at the man. “She will be the one tending to the interrogation. You know that I don’t lay my hand on women, unless of course, they choose to start with it. And for that, I am going to need Inna.”

“I’ll give her a call.” He said, and I smirked before nodding. 

“Thank you,”

Viktor rolled his eyes and I smirked, watching as he got up and walked out. “Don’t give her a specific date. Unless, of course, you are the one aiming to see her.”

“Fuck you,”

“I doubt that she would be willing to share. Regardless, I will pass,” I said, teasing the man who extended his hand through the door to raise his middle finger at me. I chuckled and shook my head before turning to Vladimir. “We are going to need to solve this situation before things end up getting dirtier than we need them to be.”

“No shit, we already have a raging Italian, we don’t need to deal with the Mexican.” He said, and I chuckled and shook my head. Daria was half Mexican, and when she found her mate, the two of them chose to move from Russia to Mexico. 

“Let’s just hope that it isn’t Daria.” I said, and he frowned in confusion. “The last thing that I would need is an encounter with her and Eleanor, especially when the two of us know the situation.” 

“Well, what we’ll have to do is solve this whole situation outside the Estate,” he said, making me smile. “Don’t worry, we’ll keep our Luna safe from harm.”

“I know,” I said before looking at Nikolai. “And you, start stealing your woman a bit. She is stealing mine.”

“I steal her all morning and night, she tends to like stealing your woman in the afternoon. It’s not my fault,” Nikolai said, raising his hands in mock surrender as he referred to Natasha. “Plus, I have work to do right now, and the last thing that I would want is to have to deal with the heat of my beloved.”

I chuckled and he shook his head before looking down at his laptop. “You focus on finding something on Elton, we’ll see about the woman while we go on with it.”

“Yes, boss.” He said, and I nodded. I smiled and took a step back before walking back to the suite where I heard Natasha and Eleanor laughing. I couldn’t help the small smile that formed on my lips as I saw the two of them through the crack of the door. Both women didn’t bother closing the bedroom door, and I couldn’t help but feel my heart skip a beat as I heard Eleanor’s laughter.

I slowly took a step back, careful not to catch their attention, before entering my room with a smile on my face. However, that smile was quickly wiped off my face as I caught HER scent. My bedroom window was open, and I stayed completely still, closing and locking the door as I did before I heard a gash of wind. I chuckled and wrapped my hand around her arm, holding her hand midway as she held her knife at me.

“Killian,” she said, glaring at me as I removed the hood from her head.

“Hello, Daria…”