Chapter 41- Elijah, are you kidding us?

"Elijahhhhhhh" I yell.

I am furious. Fucking furious.

"I have secured Zoe's parents," informed Kevin.

I nod and called our best hacker.

As soon as he picked up the call I started speaking, "I want you to send me Elijah's contact details and his location"

"I think you need to know something else too" Hacker said with hesitation.

"Spill" I yell.

"Elijah was in New York a week before Julian was sold" He inform me adding fuel to Kevin's theory.

"And his current location is in mansion with crystal" The hacker added further.

"What about Aarav? " I ask.

"We are trying our best to find him sir-, K-KING"

king? Fucking king? I don't feel like king. I can't even keep my girl safe.

Shame on me.

"I am sending you the picture of a girl. I want you to find her. She has been abducted just few hours ago. I want you to find her and contact me as soon as possible. " I said.

"I just received a picture of a girl with hazel eyes and brown hair from Kevin boss. Is that the girl? " He asks.

I look at the Kevin, he sends me an assuring smile acknowledging that he indeed sent that picture. But he continuously taps his left leg on the ground indicating that he was anxious.

Angel was in mansion with Elijah.

He is worried.

I motion him to enter the car and asked our best driver to drive. These people are trained for this purpose only.

I can't afford to was energy on other things when I have to think and formulate a plan.

"Yes. That's the girl" I said taking my seat beside Kevin.

"How do you want me to track her? " He asks.

I remain silent.

"Is there any tracker on her? Or any GPS? " He asks.

I took a deep breath and looked at Kevin.

He might have read the tension on my face hence he asked, "What's the problem? "

"How do we track Zoe? " I ask.

"Engagement ring" He said simply as if I was the dumbest person in the world, which I feel like too.

What?!!! How???!!

Before I could speak, he released an Expurgated sigh, "Elijah makes sure that every jewelry item brought for angel had tracker in it. So, in the case of emergency, we can find them easily." He explained.

That's a fucking smart.

But how come I didn't think about this?

"But I brought her ring. And I didn't install one" I inform him He grunts angrily.

I think Kevin's theory has some solid bases, but the information is hard to digest.

Elijah was with use for a decade.

He could have easily harmed us so easily. It just takes a poisoned drink or directly shooting us between our heads.

If this is Elijah why would he go through this series of games before throwing us in harm's way?

What's the point?

"Why would Elijah do that? " Ask Kevin "I don't know. I can't even think straight. The only thing running in my mind is 'zoe is missing', I don't know what to do. " I confess honestly.

"I can clearly see the lack of functioning of your brain" He grunt angrily.

"I feel vulnerable" I added.

"I will protect you" He said looking at me.

I cringe.

The phone call was still on, when I felt a gentle buzz of the phone followed by notification tune.

A text message from Rolx.

Finally.

I open the inbox. A picture. I click to download it.

The blur picture slowly becoming clear.

The picture was almost visible when the hacker started to speak.

The call was on speaker now hence everyone in the car can hear it loud and clear.

And the picture in the chat just disappeared.

"There is some news. Rolx is dead" He said.

This confirmed my suspensions.

Elijah is the mastermind.

"How? "

"Shot between his eyes by a sniper while he was.... " He trailed off.

I don't fucking want to know what he was doing. Where is the damn picture?

"Rolx send me a picture just now and it disappeared from my chat" I said "I can't access your chat, it's encrypted" He inform me.

"What about Rolx's phone? " Ask Kevin.

"Yeah, can do that. Give me a minute" He said and put the call on hold.

I looked at Kevin, we are in danger if Elijah is behind all this.

"I can't believe Elijah is doing this" I whisper.

Out of nowhere Kevin shoot the driver from behind, directly in his head.

I looked at him in shock.

Our car loosing its balance, a dead driver driving a fucking car at 120km/hour?

Not a good decision.

"If Elijah is doing this then the driver must be on his side. We need to be careful" He said moving from back seat to the front The car was still at high speed and it will lose its balance anytime now.

We will be dead just like that, without even revealing the truth It means who ever started the game will win and by shooting driver we confirmed our dead wish.

I would be lying if I said thought of 'KEVIN IS ON SUICIDE MISSION AND HIS ONLY GOAL IS DEATH' didn't cross my mind.

"Are you on suicide mission? " I yell

All while Kevin open the driver side of door and kicked the driver out.

Wow.

"That was amazing" I breathed out.

At this point I think the only thing flowing in my veins is adrenaline.

Kevin sat on the driver seat. I looked behind, our men were following us, but they were trained.

They could have stopped the car by shooting on the tires.

"Men are bribed" I voiced out moving to the front seat.

"What? " Kevin pushing the gas pedal.

"These are not our men. Elijah have bribed them" I said.

Kevin looked behind and nod. "But they are not attacking us." He spoke.

My phone was still in my hands, waiting for the hacker.

"Hello boss" The hacker said excitedly.

"Go on" I said placing the phone on dashboard and fishing my gun out.

I want me gun to be fully loaded if I am going to face an enemy even if it's my own brother.

"The guy who brought the Julian matches the description of the guy who kidnapped your gir-... I mean the kidnapped girl"

"That's his girl only. She is causing so much mess I swear" Yell Kevin looking at me, followed by mumbling something under his breath.

The hacker cleared his throat.

"Find them" I said ignoring Kevin's comment.

"Yeah. Find them and bribe them. Ask them to bring Zoe to us. Offer them double amount that Elijah paid them" I said.

"And ask my assistant to kidnap their loved ones. By hook or by crook" Said Kevin.

"On its sir" Said the hacker and cut the call.

The mansion was still half an hour away.

I clean my gun and load it fully. We will need more guns. I pushed my seat back and checked the hidden compartment under the seat, a small handgun.

I checked the glove compartment, picket knifes.

"Do you need one? " I ask to Kevin.

"Yeah, load my gun" He said throwing his gun towards me.

I did the same with his gun. And load it fully.

Our guns were ready to shoot. Clip has been removed.

I picked the pocket, shoving it in my pocket.

"You know, Elijah will know where our weapons are" I said looking at Kevin.

"You are right. Let's change the places of our weapons" He said I pulled out all of my weapons and changed their locations.

We usually hide the knife in the soul of right leg but now it's in left.

The other things changed too.

The only visible weapon is our gun.

"I still can't believe he is doing all this" I said

This justifies the fear I am feeling from past two days in the pit of my stomach.

"We have all the valid reasons; our assumptions are not baseless" He said.

But by this theory Kevin can also be the culprit.

I shook my head, getting rid of these thoughts. Kevin won't go against me. We were together in childhood.

We stick together during teenage, in hunger, in pain and in joy.

We won't be separate now.

I don't know why Elijah is doing this. We have everything.

Money, power, girl, what not.

What else do a man need?

"We are almost there," whispers Kevin.

Kevin took his gun from the dashboard and secured it in his waist band.

Kevin as relatively less weapons than me. He only has two pocket knifes and a gun.

"What's the plan? " He asks.

"We will play off just like him. We won't let him know that we know his little secret" I said.

"Is it a good idea? " He asks.

"Got any other idea? " I ask.

"Or we can let him speak first and observe how he behaves, then we can take the suitable step" He suggest.

"Okay" I said.

After just ten seconds Kevin spoke again, "we are going to kill him, right? " He asks.

"Painfully" I confirm.

The mansion came in view.

"Are you ready? " He asks.

I felt the wave of adrenaline rush into my blood.

"Yes" I replied firmly.

I am ready.

This is true me. The violence.

The rush to kill.

And the best part. To kill my enemies.

Crystal and Elijah, I am coming.

We enter the gates of mansion.

There is still two minutes ride from the gardens to main door.

"My men are here too." Said Kevin looking at the gate.

Yes, Elijah me and Kevin always worked together but we also have our own security team.

"So are mine" I said looking around.

"What the hell is going on? " Asks Kevin.

All the men stood rigid on their positions.

"Let's find out" I said.

He parked the car in the front of the entrance of the mansion.

I rushed out, Kevin on his heels just behind me.

We enter the main door. All the men stood scattered inside, just like outside.

I looked at Kevin to see he was already looking at me questionably.

"Welcome home, Brother" Elijah's voice boom from the lobby between the twin staircase.

I just looked at him, waiting for him to continue.

10 seconds. Silence.

30 seconds. Silence.

One minute. Silence.

Elijah chuckled.

He slowly made his way down from the stair.

"How dumb can we be? " He asks us mockingly.

We remained silent.

"Not on talking terms. " He asks as if scolding the child.

We still remain silent.

Just glaring him.

"Tsk. Tsk. Tsk" He said shaking his head disapprovingly at us.

"Where is angel? " Ask Kevin coldly.

Elijah looked at Kevin, his lips curled up into the sinister smile as he cocked his eyebrow.

He wants us to attack him. He is the man who has many tricks up his sleeves.

I shot a look at Kevin, immediately shooting him a look to shut up and let me handle this.

"Okay so our KING, will be talking" Laughed Elijah slowly pacing around.

I stayed silent and just looked at him.

Observing his body language.

He is Too confident in his moves.

"I know you have figured out about me" Confess Elijah and crossed his arms on his chest.

"So, it's true" I said coldly.

"You still have doubts? " He asks shaking his head.

"Too much trust King. You trusted us too much." He said breathing out.

Yes, I trusted them with all my heart.

I loved them like my real brothers.

I never in this world thought that out of all the persons he will go behind my back and stab me just like that.

I feel the pain.

And more than pain I feel anger.

Anger because he betrayed me.

Anger because he touched my love.

Anger because he played me.

Anger because he was my brother.

"Why? " I ask.