Page 39 of Broken Empire
“Addisonand the kids are upstairs and she won’t be coming back down.So, we can get started,”Colesays to the room a moment later.
“Congratulationson the twins, man,”Cartertells him and the guys all follow with their own congrats.
“Thanks.”
“Canwe go get my girl already?”Igrumble to the room.
“We’regetting thereRomeo.Thereare some things we need to discuss first,”Maxcentells me andIreluctantly nod my head.
“Arewe ready to get down to business then since lover boy here seems to be impatient?”Coleasks, chuckling.
“Youguys are assholes!”Igrumble under my breath.
“Readyto put your brother-in-law out of his misery?”CarterasksHunterandIjust roll my eyes at these dicks.I’mso glad they can fucking joke at my expense.
“Yeah, he looks like he’s about to cry over there,”Hunterthe ass says and everyone laughs.
“Right, so we finally found what we were looking for.Theseassholes have a huge trafficking ring and just like us they know how to hide themselves and all the shit they do, but obviously we’re better than them and we found what we needed to plus more,”Silassays with a smirk.
“Theiroperation is worldwide and bigger than the one you disbanded inNewYork,”Blazesays next.
“Anyway, that’s beside the point.We’llbe dealing with that shit in the near future.Yourgirl is being kept in a mansion about forty-five minutes from here.Theplace is literally in the middle of the woods,”Cartersays.
“Webrought some of our men with us.Thefew here and there are some outside andColehas also brought some of his men.”Maxcensays, looking at me asItake it all in. “Theplan is to surround the place and then kill whatever men they have outside as quietly as we can, before we make our way inside and kill everyone in there.Well, everyone who needs to be killed, keep an eye out in case they have more prisoners there.”
Itake in everything they’re saying as they plan the logistics of the upcoming attack and absolutely feel out of my element here.Idon’t want to mess anything up and put her life in any kind of danger butIalso need to do this for her.Ihave to be there for her and take care of her once we find her.Iget lost in my own thoughts for a while and only tune back into the conversation still going on around me whenIhear the nameAntoniobeing mentioned.
“What?”Iask and they all stop to look over at me. “Whatdid you just say?”
“Aman by the name ofAntonioBandinitook her at the request of oneEmiliaCrowneandAlisterKing,”Daemonanswers, looking me dead in the eye as he delivers that news to me.
“Whatthe fuck?Areyou being serious right now?”Iquestion, starting to feel sick to my stomach.
“Onehundred percent,”Cagedrawls.
“I’mgoing to fucking kill that asshole and that fucking cunt as well as my fucking father!”Igrowl into the room.
“Getin line bro,”Huntergrumbles.
“Whatthe actual fuck?Ourfather?”IhearGraysonquestion with disbelief in his voice.Ilook over at him and the pain on his face mirrors my own.
“I-Ididn’t know,”Iwhisper, feeling my chest ache something fierce.
“Chillbro.Weknow.Otherwise, you’d be dead already,”Cartertells me. “Weall care about her because she’s family now.”
“Shemight be your family now because ofHunterbut she’s fucking mine!”Isnap, looking him right in the face.I’mgetting really tired of these assholes threatening me.Thenagain,I’mglad she has people that care for her.Awide and downright predatory smile crosses his face.
“We’llsee,” is all he says.
“Whatdoes that even mean?”
“Itmeans we’ll see how things go.I’msure my brother already explained shit to you,” he smirks.Iswear these assholes are getting a kick out of my misery.Iknow it’s not likeIdon’t deserve it, but sheesh!Theleast they could do is have some damn sympathy.
Thinkingback to what they said just now,I’mstill pissed at whatIlearned.Imean,Iknew my father and her—Emilia—hated her, butIdidn’t think they were evil enough to arrange for a fucking trafficking asshole to kidnap her.
Ilook over toGraysona second later and his face is pale.I’mguessing he didn’t think our father was capable of this either.Fuck!IwishIcould shield him from this too but the hardheaded ass insisted on coming with me.
“I… what the fuck?” he whispers.