46 - OSMOND

~~~ Yesterday ~~~

Pierce hangs up the phone.

He should be here already, but there he goes, demanding shit as if he doesn't have orders. There’s only ever been one other time when he’s used the friendship we have for personal gain, if you can even call it that.

If Pierce wanted to leave, he'd be gone. Whoever needed to be dead, would be, and he'd be here by nightfall.

That's how this works. Whatever my father wants, he does. Whatever my father asks of me, Pierce does out of loyalty.

I took care of him. I presented my father with a cruel boy who has a blackened heart and nothing to his name… and he made him into his, my, biggest weapon.

But no, 'WE still need a single distraction and transport,' he said, still clinging onto that girl.

That girl is a pawn, one I need, and she’s making him sloppy. He may have fallen prey to her charms, but the Pierce I know wouldn’t have let that happen.

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