work with you. We do this together, but that doesn’t mean I have to like any of you, and you don’t have to like me either.”
The room is silent until Ryan steps out from us all and takes Amery’s hand. “Deal. We go after Savage together, we get my brother back, we get Gideon back into his position, we secure your revenge for your wife’s death, and I get my revenge for my fiancé as well.” I look up at him as he looks down at me. “Don’t worry, Kayla. He also has to promise not to harm Nick in any way or we will take him out, too.” Ryan looks back at Amery. “Agreed?” I don’t bother to verify Amery’s silent agreement. Unlike Amery, I trust Ryan and Elijah to do what they say they will do. Amery won’t get near Nick with them watching him.
“Alright, now that we are all working together, what do we do first?” Elijah asks.
“I think we go after Galena,” Gideon says. “She is the soft spot in their armor. If we pull her away from Dennis’ hold and take her to a place where we can convince her to trust us and turn against him, we can gain an actual ally that can help us without a war. Galena knows enough of Savage’s dirty deeds to get the High Council involved in stopping him. All we need to do is figure out when she is most vulnerable. Do you have anyone that can help us figure that out?”
“Do we have anyone that can do that? Are you kidding me?” Elijah laughs, turning towards Ryan. “Do we have anyone that can do that?”
Ryan rolls his eyes. “We’re on it. Don’t worry.”
Chapter 4
Elijah
On top of all the other fucked up shit going on, some fool decided to try and steal some of Nicky’s territory. I take it upon myself to deal with this matter along with Dwayne and Terrence, and, for some reason, that woman insists on coming along. “You know, there was no reason for you to come along. This is standard bad guy stuff. No devils involved, Catriona,” I say super nicely to her.
“I understand that, but I would like to study your problem solving techniques. If I see any issues then I can point them out to you so you can fix them before we deal with any of Savage’s men. I am only along to supervise. Just pretend I am not here,” Catriona says, adjusting her hat so it is out of her eyes as she looks up at me. Dwayne shakes his head, and I can’t help but laugh.
“Supervise? Short Stuff, I promise you, I know what I am doing here, so why don’t you park your pretty little red-haired self right here and stay out of our way please?” Her eyes grow wide as I guide her out of our way.
We surround the group that has taken over one of Nicky’s strongholds, but before we can move in on them, that woman walks in ahead of us and turns towards the group by herself. “What the hell is she doing?” Dwayne shakes his head silently. “Oh my God … that damn woman!” I tense and grumble in place before calming again and refocusing. “Let’s go in! We move in and back her up before she gets herself killed. The element of surprise is gone, so we are forced to battle immediately. Men come flying at us from all directions, and we have no chance of taking back control without killing people we would prefer to save and talk to. We end up killing everyone that could possibly tell us who they work for and why they thought they could get away with taking Nicky’s territory. Once we have the place secured, I turn to Catriona and vibrate with so much emotion that I can’t speak.
“You’re welcome,” she says proudly.
“You’re welcome? Lady, we just had to kill everyone here that could tell us anything because you rushed in, ruining our chance to surprise them,” I say while trying to keep myself from screaming at her.
“What did you want them to tell you? They don’t know anything. They were simply told to do something, and they did it. I would say they work for Savage most likely. He must be trying to keep you guys busy and distracted,” Catriona states matter of
Carnival of Death (v5.0) (mobi)
Saxon Andrew, Derek Chiodo, Frank MacDonald