"I'll ask you one last time. Why did you betray us?" The man on the throne-like chair leaned forward and folded his hands as he looked at his prey in the eye. His forest green eyes were barely devoid of any emotion. His chestnut brown hair was disheveled and his dark blue tie lay loosened around his neck.
Even if he did not show any emotion, a dark and dangerous air filled the room, forcing everyone to suck in a deep breath. The beast was about to unleash its wrath and they could only pray to stay alive at the end of the day and watch the sunrise again.
"Boss, you'll have to trust me." The man who was kneeling in front of the throne-like chair cried miserably. But no one pitied him. He had chosen the path of his own destruction and they could do nothing about it.
"Trust..." The man let out a chuckle all of a sudden and stood up, forcing the kneeling man to scoot further away from him in fear. "I do not trust anyone in this world, Marco. Anyone but my brother and you..." His smile slipped all of a sudden and as he glowered at the kneeling man while resembling nothing less than the Asura from hell. He took slow, agonizing steps towards the man and kicked him in the chest, sending him howling in pain.
"And you happened just to target him. What should I say?" He clicked his tongue and sighed lightly, not even caring about the man he had just kicked. "Either you are brave or utterly foolish."
"Reuel." The door opened suddenly, forcing everyone to look at the intruder in horror. Who in their sane minds would even enter the room when their Boss was handling matters? Only an idiot who did not cherish his life and wanted a quick death.
All the men stiffened suddenly when they saw who had entered the room. Although he seemed brighter than the sun with his sunshine smile, only they knew how dark and frightening he was. It was truly their unlucky day to have been in the two menacing men's vicinity when they were filled with rage and vengeance.
The man in question remained unfazed and he walked in, more like he limped inside as he stared at the kneeling man.
"What are you doing here, Azael?" Reuel ran a hand through his hair and let out a deep sigh as he waited for his brother to reply.
"Is he the one?"
"Yes."
"Then, why are you even keeping him alive?" Azael looked at the man as though he was nothing but dirt he would never step on. "It's not like he is gonna lay golden eggs."
Reuel did not even have the time to say a word when Azael pulled out his gun and shot the man right in between his eyes, the dead man's blood splattering on the walls, dying them red.
"Let's go. I'm bored."
"Azael." Reuel shook his head, allowing his twin to drag him out of the room, towards the parking lot. Although he was still worried about his younger brother, he did not stop him and allowed him to take the passenger seat.
If it was any other time, Reuel would not have entertained such an action from Azael. Since he knew it was all just momentary and his brother would come down from the high of getting out of the mansion after a week, he let it go.
"Where do you want to go?" Reuel started the car, not caring about the dead body that now lay in the basement. His men would take care of it.
"I have been dying to go to the club. Let's go." Azael smirked and Reuel let out a chuckle.
"You lasted longer than I thought."
"What did you have in mind?" Azael raised his brows playfully.
"A day or two max. You lasted a whole week. Now that you are back, get your ass working. I'm tired of handling your work." Reuel gritted and Azael yawned loudly.
"I will. I got a break after a long time. Lemme cherish it for a few more days." Azael winked at his brother, who just rolled his eyes in return.
Reuel did not force him on that, allowing him to take his time to return to work. If not for the accident, Azael would have continued to work his ass off and tormented himself to exhaustion. The accident had served to give his brother a break while at the same time, trap the moles in their empire.
"If only we had a submissive to...." Azael commented all of a sudden after some time and Reuel glanced at him for a moment as he too pursed his lips.
It had been months now since they started searching for a submissive with no results. No lady caught their eye, one who could please them both at the same time. Although the women came to them on their own accord, hoping to gain a lavish life in return, that was far from what the brothers wanted.
"We will find one, Azael. Do not worry." Reuel assured although he was unassured himself.
Silence hung over the constrained space and it was not until the duo reached the private parking lot in the club that they let out a breath of relief.
"I need to have a word with the bartender down here. You may go in first." Reuel handed the car key to the already waiting guard, who took it from him without a word.
"Sure." Azael started towards their private entrance only to stop suddenly. "And Reuel, keep an around you. What if we find the perfect lady for us today?" He winked at him before he entered the elevator that led him to the top while Reuel entered the corridor that led him to the entrance of the club.
Finding a submissive here, at this part of the club was tough luck and Reuel let out a chuckle as he nodded at the bouncers before entering the place. It was just like usual, crowded, sweaty and noisy.
Pressing a hand on his forehead, Reuel sucked in a deep breath as he took a step inside. However, before he could make it to the bartender, he collided heavily with someone. A flood of mild and soothing fragrance assaulted his nose. The scent of lily of valley. But before he could take a good look at the lady, she had apologized and vanished from the place.
All he could see was the exposed back of a lady and Azael's words returned to his mind immediately.
"What if we find the perfect lady for us today?"
Reuel stood frozen in his place, blanking out for a moment amidst a crowd of drunken and sweaty bodies. He stared at his hands that had touched the lady, albeit briefly before he looked in the direction she had gone.'If only...' He wondered, his eyes filled with interest before he shook his head. Pushing away his thoughts to the back of his mind, he took a deep breath and ambled towards the bartender, keeping an eye around for him. Other than the usual activities in the club, he found nothing suspicious. It seemed as it had always been, as it always would be."Good evening, Boss." The bartender greeted him and pushed a glass of scotch, his regular and Reuel nodded at him in return."Anything worthy of my attention?" Reuel still had his eyes towards the crowd and if not for his barely noticeable lip movement, no one would find him talking."Not at all, Boss. Everything's fine here. But there might be something that interests you."This caught Reuel's attention and he finally focused o
Azael leaned back and turned around, his predatory eyes watching Craig run towards the stairs. His lips arched up on one side in sarcasm, and he scoffed before walking out of the place.Reuel too smoothened his trousers and followed his brothers. The inner office was their private space and no one was allowed there, not even their trusted employees.'Craig, you are just a leech. You do not deserve to breathe the same air around me, let alone enter our room.' Reuel sneered and took one of the only two chairs in the outer room."This should be fun." Azael leaned back and crossed his legs, ignoring the pain in his ankle while Reuel chuckled in mirth."It will be. Trust me."Barely had he finished speaking when there was a knock at the door. However, the anxious man on the other side could not enter the room even if they wanted to.Although they could not hear a word, Azael and Reuel were sure that the man was yelling at the top of his lungs and their smiles widened.Azael picked up the r
"Did you just mention a BDSM club?" Elise was flabbergasted and she stared at the man beside her incredulously."I think I did just that. Or do you want me to rewind time so you can find out yourself?" Kai teased and winked at her."Ohh, please do. Let me see how you will rewind time." Elise folded her hands, annoyed by the man's blatant foolish acts.Kai tried to remember what had happened a few minutes ago and sat straight in his seat while driving the car carefully. Fortunately for him, the road was clear. Other than a few vehicles passing by occasionally, it was practically deserted.It was past midnight on a Friday—the best time for people to go clubbing and relieve their entire week's stress."Unless it is a BDSM club," Kai repeated what he had said some time ago and glanced at his friend, his eyes twinkling like the stars. "Now, everything falls into place."Elise burst out laughing at his antics and her annoyance vanished momentarily. "You are fucking unbelievable.""I know. T
"This is so fucked up." Kai raised his hands and grumbled in annoyance as he looked at the remains after the explosion.Everything was a mess. The building was utterly destroyed and blood was splattered everywhere. The fatality rate was a hundred percent. Nobody in the vicinity of the building had managed to live to tell them how exactly the situation had come to this. Moreover, they were yet to find the death count."It was a time bomb." Elise kicked the fragments by her leg and squatted to examine the piece of the explosive. Although it was utterly destroyed like the place, she still saw a part of the timer clock. "And if the people who heard the explosion are telling the truth, then five timer bombs were used to wreck the place."Five, you say?" Kai stood behind as he analyzed the place. "Seems fair, considering how massive the building is. But just five time bombs are not capable of causing such a massive explosion.""No. But I think you forgot that this place had tonnes of RDX."
Elise sucked in a deep breath before she accepted the call. "Yes, Chief?""Elise, why haven't you updated me on the status of the investigation yet?" She heard a harsh voice from the other end and felt her blood boil in fury. 'It had barely been a few minutes since I arrived and this man was dying to get reports from me. How annoying!' She cursed under her breath and looked at her shoe, kicking away the broken piece of brick as though it was her Chief's head she was kicking."Chief, we are yet to investigate the matter completely. We have only begun." She tried but was interrupted by the shithead of a man. "Elise, I do not want any excuses. Do your job well." He ordered and Elise felt her hand itching to give him a good beating. He was the only irritating person in her life, besides Kai of course. But she could tolerate Kai, not her Chief. Never."Yes, Chief." Elise suppressed her anger and looked at Kai who was already staring at her in... concern. Elise frowned when she noticed t
Elise returned to the two men who were deep in discussion. "I apologize for that. I was seeking help from a trusted aid.""No problem, Officer. We were discussing what to do next." Daniel replied with a smile."This is going to be a long night," Kai mumbled, running a hand through his messy hair."It sure will be, considering the number of people who died here." Daniel agreed and closed the file in his hands."Sir," One of the policemen jogged towards them and interrupted their conversation. "I'm sorry for interrupting. But Officer Derek is looking for you. You are to handle the reporters.""Shit!" Daniel cursed under his breath and gnashed his teeth in annoyance. "Aren't we in a mess already? Why do we have to handle the reporters when we are yet to crack the case?" He grumbled, and Elise pitied the man for his state.It was one thing to handle the reporters when they had evidence with them and more or less knew who the culprit was. But it was a different thing altogether to face the
The reporter had no words to say and he lowered his head, utterly embarrassed by how things had turned out to be. Not only had he been humiliated by the police and the NCI, but he had also made a fool of himself in front of his peers. Unable to face the ignominy anymore, he departed from the place immediately.Daniel and Derek smiled at Elise gratefully while the lady faced the other reporters who had gone silent after her valiant attack."If any of you here is going to ask such stupid questions, I suggest you leave right away. Otherwise, you'll only disgrace yourself. I don't mind thrashing stupid people black and blue if that is what they're looking for." She warned and when she noticed that the threat had been registered by them, she stepped back again, allowing the two police officers to take over."Good job." Kia whispered the moment she was back to her place and Elise gave him a curt nod. Since the nuisance was gone, Daniel and Derek could handle the other reporters and Elise d
"We'd like to meet the owners of the club." Daniel and Derek flashed their IDs at the entrance of Black Opal as they waited for the bouncers to allow them inside.Elise and Kai stood behind them as they scrutinized the place. This time, they were more alert and careful as they waited behind the police officers. Although they were just assisting them in the investigation, it was still their duty to accompany them even if they'd be recognized by the people who worked in the club."May I know the reason?" One of the bouncers questioned and glanced behind him, signaling his companion to alert their Bosses."We're investigating a case and we have a few questions we wish to ask them," Derek replied as he looked inside the club from where he was. As expected of a club on a Friday night. The music was blasting off and the smell of smoke and booze filled the air. The crowd was unbearable and Elise felt sick just by looking at them."Follow me." The guard stated monotonously and Elise quirked