LOGIN"Son, I'm in here," Dad calls from my office. Glancing at my watch, I see that it's almost midnight. Yet another fucking night that there's no Renae."Dad, thanks for waiting up," I begin as I walk around the room to my chair. I turn on the laptop and wait for it to boot up."Levi, what's wrong? What's happened?"I log into my laptop and face Dad. "I assumed when Renae was taken that it was Juan that had orchestrated it, if it wasn't Juan then Carina had something to do with it. Especially after seeing a picture of the two of them looking rather cozy."He raises his brow, this is more information than I have given him in a long time. "But it wasn't them."I nod. "Nope, they had no idea about Renae. So that got me thinking, who knew about Renae? Not only that, who knew where Renae was heading that day?"He frowns. "No one, Tina had only given her the keys to the house moments before the argument. So how did they know where she'd be?"I give him a pointed look. "That's what I've been tr
LeviIt’s been three weeks since Renae was taken. I’ve not been able to sleep properly. I’m not eating, I’m like a zombie. I’ve done what I promised, I’ve torn this city apart, and every criminal is on my shit list. I don’t give a fuck if we had a deal going on, if you weren’t helping me find my girl then you are part of the problem. I’ve gained a nickname amongst my men; I’m now the grim reaper. I don’t give a shit if I have that name, it shows me that they know I mean business. The past three weeks, I’ve killed more men and women than my men have since I took the reins from my dad. It’s about time we showed this city that we mean business and you do not mess with what is mine.Dad and Tina are staying in my house, I came to the conclusion that if I'm going to get to the bottom of who the rat is then I'm going to need to have everyone close. Every day my mind changes. I was told it was Barney, and I believed it was him, now I'm not so sure. I thought it was Martin but his actions hav
My heart skips a beat as recognition hits me that was a gunshot. I don’t hurt, I’m not hit. “Lace?” I croak. I’m met by his laughter." Oh my God. What did you do?" I cry. My ears are ringing from the loudness of the shot. "Lacey?" I call out but there's no answer. "Lace? Please, Lace, talk to me." I beg. "What did you do to her?"A whimpering sound fills me with a bit of hope. Lacey’s still alive."She was never part of the plan. She was collateral damage," he says cryptically.“Why, what did Lacey ever do to you?” I can’t believe he shot her. Lacey wouldn’t harm a fly, and he shot her!“Lacey isn’t the problem, but she is my way out of this.”Lacey groans in pain and I move to get to her but my shackle stops me short. “I need to check on her,” I cry pulling at the damn chain.Something clinks against the floor. “Find the key and you can help her,” he laughs.Shock hits me, he’s thrown the key on the floor. I need to find it and when I do, I can get to Lacey. My hand reaches out and I
RenaeI’m awoken by a shrill scream. Opening my eyes I glance at Lacey, she’s asleep. My entire body is shaking and I realize that it was me that screamed. I must have had a nightmare. The room is still in darkness. I don’t know if it’s still the same day or it’s a new one. Time just seems to blur. I always seem to be awake when it’s dark, either that or we’re somewhere where there’s no light at all except for a certain time of day. I know that we’re in a basement but where could we be where there’s not much light? It’s hurting my head trying to figure it out, I don’t have the energy to figure it out."Renae, are you awake?" Lacey asks, the clinking of the metal from her shackles fills the air as she turns on her mattress."Yeah I'm awake." My mind is so messed up right now, I don't know what day it is, what time it is, I couldn't even tell you how long I was asleep for."Are you okay?"I bite back my retort of saying what do you think? Instead I lie. "I'm okay, are you not able to sl
"I have no idea." He lies."Mrs Mawson..." Jagger begins, glaring at Hugo."Victoria, please call me Victoria." She glances at me. "Both of you can. Please can you tell me what is going on?"Jagger stands. "Victoria, it has come to our attention that your husband has been enabling your daughter’s addiction.""No I haven't." Hugo yells getting to his feet, but one look from Victoria has him rooted to the spot. "Vicky, listen to me..." he begins.But she cuts him off. "No, you shut up," she spits at him. "Jagger, please continue.""As I was saying, Hugo has been enabling her addiction. He's the one that's been prescribing her the pills." Jagger's tone is hard, as much as Carina is a bitch, he actually liked the girl and he blames her dad for making her the way she is.Victoria's eyes fill with tears, disbelief written all over her face, she keeps shaking her head."Now Hugo, you have a choice. You can either tell the truth or your daughter dies," I tell him matter-of-factly. It doesn't
"Having Dylan bring his dad to the warehouse. Don't you think he knows what that means?" He sounds incredulous, he really needs to realize that I'll do whatever it takes to have loyalty proven to me."I'm not going to do anything expect talk to the man. You need to relax a little.""Levi, they'll both believe you're going to do something to him. They could flee.""Do you not think that I've thought of that already?" He must think I'm the moron. That I'm some fresh faced boss that doesn't know how things work. He's been with me since the beginning and now he's doubting me. "Want to tell me why you're questioning me? That's twice today, Jag." My tone has taken a dark edge. If it were anyone else who questioned me like Jagger has, they wouldn't have gotten a second chance to do it."Boss, I didn't mean to question you. I just...""You just what?" I growl, pissed, he's not only my man, he's my friend. He should know not to question me."Finding Renae is the most important thing for you ri
Delaney doesn't even wait for me to put on the condom; she grabs it from my hand as soon as I rip open the wrapper, and rolls it onto my length, her eyes never leaving mine. "No more foreplay," she orders. Flashing me a wicked grin, she turns around and flips up her skirt, then impales herself on m
MarcusI can't fucking see straight. I'm wound so tight after spending the last fifteen minutes telling Delaney what I want to do to her. I hope she's as wrapped around the axle as I am. There's something about her that makes me crazy.We're still a block away from the hotel when I realize Delaney
DelaneyThe knock on the door in the morning startles me. When I answer, my hair plastered to the side of my face, no one's there. I barely slept last night, gutted over what happened. I wonder if Chelsea is on her way back to Texas already, the bearer of such fantastic fucking news that my father
"I tried to make her see reason," he says. "But you know how she is. I can only imagine what that call was like for you.""I don't know if we're speaking anymore," I say. "Dad, I ruined everything. How can you not be angry?"He waves his hand. "Akira Ito can pull out of the deal if he wants to," he







