Chapter 87

Elton:

“You got what you asked for, and I sent you toward the woman.” Lorenzo said, waiting for his money.

“I said, bring me the woman…”

“You asked me to find her, and I did. It is not my fault that you lost her. Now, you have two options, and you know that I don’t fucking mess with my deals.” He said, laying his gun in front of me on the table. His men stood a step behind him, and I knew that more surrounded the house. One wrong move was going to be fatal on everyone, and I knew for fucking fact that IF his men chose to attack, they would hold no remorse over anyone, especially not me. “You either pay up or I know how to fucking claim what you owe me, and you know very well that I don’t like being messed with.”

I took a deep breath, knowing to be smart enough not to test the bastard. He knew how to get what he wanted when he did, and the last thing that I needed was to find myself getting in conflict with a man like him.

“Now,” he said, and I growled, getting up from my desk. I opened the closet behind me before handing him his bag. The fact that I knew that he worked in secret was one thing that I was thankful for. 

The man was a ghost who worked for no one but himself. Where he benefitted, he would benefit. But the second he is crossed, he is more than willing to destroy everything that is in his path. 

Yandel shook his head at me, clearly not liking this, but he knew better than to object right now. With a man like Del Gardi, we both knew that it was best to stay quiet and do what is told. To say the least, now that I knew where Eleanor was, I knew that I was going to be able to make sure that she paid for what she did.

I just had to wait for the right time for that, and I knew that I was going to be sure that she paid for every second that she believed that she could take me for a fool. To say the least, I was going to be teaching her one lesson that she wasn’t going to forget, and I knew that even the fucker that she called a ‘lover’ was going to be learning what it was to touch a Bernardi woman that wasn’t his. But I was going to make sure that SHE paid for thinking that she could double cross me the way that she did, and I was going to be sure that it was painful when it happened.

“Pleasure doing business with you.” He said, getting up from his chair. I rolled my eyes, knowing that he was well aware that I was nowhere near being happy with the outcome that happened. But right now, I wasn’t going to be able to do anything about it. To say the least, I was going to have to deal with what I had, and though he knew very well that I didn’t like it, I knew that I couldn’t tell him anything about it.

He walked out of the room and closed the door, and I released a breath that I didn’t know that I was holding.

The anger that I felt right now was one that I couldn’t describe by words. To say the least, it was one that I knew was directed at so many people at once, and that wasn’t something that I found myself appreciating. It was a mistake on my side to allow her to escape the way that I did, and a bigger mistake from me to actually allow the fucking Ivanov live more than he should have. To say the least, I should have killed him when he entered my house to give me the warning to leave. I shouldn’t have given him the chance to think that he could kick me out the way that he did. If I had managed that, then the bitch that I should have called my wife by now wouldn’t have dared escape.

“You do realize that you just made a mistake by giving him the money, especially considering that we know that…?”

“The fucker can’t risk getting caught by the Russian as the person who told me about Eleanor.” I said, recalling the mark that was on her neck. The fact that she had allowed him to mark her, marking him back in return was one thing that I couldn’t get out of my head. 

The bitch knew that she was mine and rather than being loyal, she not only spread her legs for another man, but she believed that she could be claimed by him as well, and that was something that went beyond what I expected her to do. Hell, escaping was one thing, but doing what she did was something that she deserved to die for.

“And do you believe that the fucker won’t betray you and end up telling Killian that you never left the city to begin with?” Yandel asked, and I shook my head. The fact that I knew where she was meant that I had to stay close to her, but the idea of her living in peace with the fucker was one thing that I couldn’t and wouldn’t accept. To say the least, she was going to have to suffer for what she did, and I was going to be sure that it was done nice and slow.

“Whether or not he chooses to do so is not going to be making a difference to me right now.” I said, knowing that he wouldn’t. Killian was going to be searching for the person who led me to Eleanor, and knowing him, he wasn’t going to let him live; therefore, IF Lorenzo was a little smart, he wasn’t going to expose himself. But that didn’t mean that I was going to allow things to slide considering the fact that he chose to play me. I was just going to have to be a little smarter about it, and I was going to be sure that he knew that he made a mistake taking the money that he didn’t deserve from me.

“Elton, you are going to end up dragging yourself and the pack to the ground.” Yandel said, and I chuckled, shaking my head. “She is not even worth it, and the two of us fucking know it.”

“I know, and I am not doing this to fuck her anyway.” I said, and he frowned. “She has been claimed by the Ivanov, and you know that I don’t take Ivanov trash if they gave it. However, killing her is going to end the Alpha and that is one thing that I am aiming for. You know our rules, and it's always been an eye for an eye.”

He stayed quiet for a few seconds before nodding in understanding. 

“Well, what do you want us to do?” He asked, and I shook my head as I got up from my desk. I had a few things to tend to, and the last thing that I wanted to think of was Eleanor.

“Send Aurora to my room, as for Eleanor, I will know when to make her pay.” I said, and he smirked. “For now, I will allow them all to THINK that they have managed to get away with what they did. And you know, nothing comes better than slow, tasty, and carefully planned revenge…”