"We certainly didn't mean to lose lady love in the end just like that, and both of us must face the fact of our errors of judgment. We are indeed sad to say, boss, that we failed you this time. We may not have tried our very best to safeguard her, and that is why we will wholeheartedly accept the consequences of our actions and the punishments for our shortcomings." As soon as Everly and Jason were face-to-face with the boss and the underboss, Everly started apologizing again for the things that they had failed to do. When he woke up and the boss tried to talk to him, he couldn't remember a lot of things about what had happened, but now that he has slowly recovered and is regaining his strength, bits and pieces of what has transpired are slowly coming back to him. "Yes, boss, as Everly has stated, we genuinely do offer an apology for our failures." Jason adds, "We should really never have consented to anything that that woman requested from us. We should have known better that she w

"Bullshit! Dammit!" Matt began yelling in hatred and anger, cussing in desperation over what was happening. "Fucking shit! Utter crap! What the fucking hell is happening?!" He is actually taken aback by how fast and easily their enemies have found them, and he demands to know who may have had a hand in this. "Who would that be, Mattias? And who would bring enemies in here when we have clearly tried to lose them? Who would have the audacity to ambush us here? Does that look like Elliot Allister? Or is it this bitch's brother?!" He growled in annoyance. He didn't think it would be this easy to find them after everything they'd done. Mattias can only say, "I happened to come in here and check on the both of you when I heard a disturbance, so how would I know who is out there? But as you may have guessed correctly, there is no one else on our trail except Allister and Gregory." Ariella simply chose to remain motionless and rooted to her position, as she was already overcome with dread

As we emerged from the car, several members of our squad came to meet us right off the bat and guided us along the route to where we will meet with Briton and his team. And as we started to move, my heart started throbbing violently, and I instantly became uneasy. I'm not able to say what the hell this was all about. I never really felt this way during a battle, except for that time with the Wilson, when I had this same uneasy feeling. And at this very particular time, it is in my system again that I don't feel completely confident as to what will actually take place tonight. My men are stronger and wiser, and we have a plan in place for everyone. And together with Ethan's crew, I know that we can wrap up the Wilson together, but there's something in my gut feeling that tries to convince me that something else will also happen that we won't be anticipating, and somehow that has me distraught and concerned. And it is distressing all the more that I cannot pinpoint exactly what has to

My resolve to express what was going through my mind was to be as courageous as I possibly could muster. Before I began talking to him, I ended up taking a few deep breaths to calm my raging nerves. Then I opted to go directly to the point. "Matt, I'm extremely sorry for everything." Hearing what I had said caused him to stop for a second and loosen his grip on me. I saw this as a chance to keep going with what I had to say as the expression on his face started to relax and the grim smile faded a little. "I'm very sorry for everything that has happened between all of us. There simply aren't enough words to adequately express my remorse and my guilt for what I have done to you. I'm sorry for all the pain that I and my family may very well have caused you. I'll be the first to admit now that I believe Elliot more than you did before, but if I had not really done the exact same thing that I did, I would never have known your actual intentions for me. I would never have known about your f

At that moment, all I want to do is fucking pull the trigger on Matthew's forehead. I can see how absolutely terrified Ariella seems to be by that look in her eyes, but nevertheless, she is trying to hold her ground and is attempting to prove to Matt exactly how tough she is. Ari mumbled my name. "Elliot." "Shut up, Ariella!" Matthew growled at her as he gripped her hair tighter and then turned his attention to me. "I can say that you're really something, Elliot Allister." I keep a straight face as he chose again to respond to me with absolute sarcasm. "And, even though I don't want to admit it, I guess you're a pretty good hunter to be able to track us down this quickly, even if I do give you the wrong location repeatedly. And if things were not the way they are, maybe we could really have been good allies, just as my father would have wanted." "I don't work with double-crossing assholes!" I shouted back at him, but my entire focus is on Ariella. "Let her go, Wilson!" I demanded