I took a cigarette out, lighting it, before I flicked the file open. My heart thudded when I saw the substance that was added to the drugs. “Something that’s the same fucking texture…” I murmured.
“Yeah…” Jax nodded.
“Then it was done from within.” I said taking a drag on my cigarette and tossing the file onto the table with a resounding snap. Only a few of my men had access to that shipment… “Impossible, there’s only a few of us who…” Jax trailed off as all three men looked at me when I shook my head.
“It’s fucking possible.” I frowned, one name coming to mind, igniting an inferno of anger through me and I knew if Azura wasn’t in my lap, I wouldn’t be fucking sitting here. The table fell silent, and I knew they’d click soon enough. After a moment, Jax looked up sharply.
“Emmet wasn’t in prison when we had the shipments arrive. In fact, he was the one who did one of the final checks of the final packing of the shipment…” He said standing up, kicking the chair.
“Yeah,” I said quietly, trying to control my anger, my eyes blazing. “That or he has help from within.”
“That bastard has caused way fucking more shit than necessary! Why haven’t you killed him, Leo!” Jax growled.
“Jackie’s no longer around… I’m with Jax on this one. Kill him.” Dan said roughly, he was usually one of the calmer ones, but I didn’t blame him. He didn’t look up, staring at the table, his heart thudding and I knew he was still beating himself up over what happened to Jackie.
“Killing him won’t change his mistakes.” I said quietly, kissing Azura’s neck. Her scent pleasantly intoxicating and relaxing.
“No, it won’t. But it will be a befitting punishment for him.” Jax growled.
I shook my head slowly, “He will be tried before the pack, and from there his punishment will be decided… The question is, why? Why the fuck did he do that shit?” I frowned coldly.
Azura tilted her head, as Jin shook his head. “To ruin your reputation?”
“Or he needed the money?” Azura added, she had been silent for a while, and I nodded as all eyes turned on her.
“That makes more sense, although it could be hitting two birds with one stone. If he fucked the drugs up, it means he had to remove a large quantity to replace, after all, he probably needed the cash for the bullets he was selling on the side.” I said quietly. His betrayal would never really be something I’d forget. We grew up together, with this dream of creating a perfect world… Then what did I do for him to hate me so much?
Was it even worth talking to him once more?
“He’s a loser, one who is wasting oxygen by just living.” Jax said, his eyes flashing.
“Calm the fuck down, think rationally. We’ll deal with Emmet, he’s in prison. Our focus should be on that dinner, which is becoming far more fucking vital than ever… As for the drugs, buy them all back for a higher price, even if it is through their dealers. Have there been any complaints?”
“Not yet, I don’t think people will care unless, of course, the law starts asking questions and tracking them down.” Jin added.
Fuck, this shit was just not needed… This was meant to be my last fucking shipment… but it seemed even if it was the last one… it wasn’t going to fucking just let me step away completely fucking clean.
Azura’s hand ran up my chest, ‘You got this! She said through the link, her hand slipping into my shirt as she ran her hand up my neck before leaning in and kissing me softly. I kissed her back sensually before moving back.
“Everything will be taken care of at this dinner. As for Emmet, he will get what’s coming to him.” I said, my eyes blazing dangerously as I stared at the open file on the table.
You went one fucking step too far Emmet, and even I was beginning to feel that you really did deserve a punishment worse than imprisonment. Speaking to him wouldn’t give any answers, but there were a couple of ways to make him talk.
“We need to find his hideout; he must be keeping the drugs where he was creating the bullets. We find that location, and I’m certain we will find far more. I will have Dad put him under the Alpha command, and then I’ll question him.” It was something I never wanted to resort to… but time was running out, and things were getting far more fucked up than they ever should have. My Alpha command would not be as strong as Dad’s and as long as he held the title, Emmet was bound to him as his Alpha, not me. “Got it… does that mean you will tell the Alpha the truth?” Jin asked quietly.
“I intended to anyway,” I replied quietly, looking into Azura’s eyes. She gave a small nod.
‘He won’t judge you; you’ll see. She replied confidently through the link.
We will see…
Nothing stays hidden forever… and just like that, we’ll find out everything we fucking needed to.
“So, is our Luna also our new Cartel queen?” Jax asked with a smirk.
Before I could even reply Azura smirked. “Maybe, I think I’d fit in perfectly, I’m really good with a staple gun.”
I simply raised an eyebrow, that was not a world I wanted her in… They carried on talking and joking lightly as I turned my thoughts to the upcoming dinner.
Shit was going to fucking go down.
AZURA.
That night Leo didn’t sleep well, tossing and turning and simply lying awake. When he did sleep, his dreams were full of bloodshed, drugs, guns, screams, and dead bodies.
Every time he got up, I didn’t mention that I was getting them too, carefully keeping my walls up and keeping him close. When the first rays of the morning light crept through the crack in the curtain, Leo sat up running a hand through his hair and exhaling sharply. I placed a hand on his back, slowly sitting up. “What’s wrong, Blue-Eyes?” I asked, “You haven’t slept well all night.”
He turned to me, tangling his hand into my hair and kissing my jaw. “And I fucking ruined your sleep too.”
“Far from it, want to talk about it?” I asked softly, getting on my knees, and wrapping my arms around him from behind.
My heart skipped a beat, and for a moment it felt surreal, knowing that this man was mine. All mine. I tightened my arms around his shoulders and kissed his neck softly. “It might make you feel lighter, and if you need me to make any voodoo dolls, I’m all for it, I think I can find an actual witch dark enough to spell them.” I added lightly. He smirked, glancing at me but remained silent as I placed soft kisses along his bare shoulder and neck, waiting for him to start. I knew he was pondering over whether or not to say something.
He took a deep breath, exhaling slowly before he began. “I created the Heimtückische Wölfe Cartel when we had nothing. Back then the only money we had was shares given by the Rossi Empire. I always feared that someday they would be gone… Dad didn’t have the luxury of education or any experience with the real world. Everything was run by Rafael… and then, when he died, it went onto Rayhan…” He leaned his head against me, looking towards the faint light through the crack in the curtains.
“After what happened, I just was so sure that someday we’d be left with nothing, that it would all just be taken from us, and so I did my best. In the beginning, I only knew how to read a little. Back in the caverns, some of us kids were sometimes taught by mom, or one of the other adults, but it was limited since there were no resources. Mom did her best though, her life changed drastically after she found Dad, and it started taking a toll on her. Unlike us… she wasn’t born a rogue… Endora never liked her and only kept her around for Dad… That was until she learned how to break the bond.” My heart clenched thinking he had been through so much…
“Anyway, it was what pushed me to study harder, become smarter, and play wiser. So, I started off with games such as chess, cards, and pool, staking a cash prize if I won. Until it came to the point everyone knew I’d win. Then, I moved on to racing and fighting illegal underground matches. But it wasn’t enough, there was just too much we needed to do, and I didn’t want to be indebted to anyone. Spending my time in the human cities, I realised that poverty existed there too…”
He reached over, taking me by my arm, tugging me in front of him, and wrapping his strong arms around me as he cradled me in his lap before continuing.
“Have you seen the state of the care homes, the orphanages? It fucking made me sick how so many vulnerable children were fucking abused in so-called foster homes. Yeah, not all are like that but there was still far more than there should have been. The government and the care homes just weren’t equipped enough financially to keep children there long enough, and instead were forced to place them with foster carers even when the situations weren’t the best.” He looked down into my eyes and I could see the raw emotions in his.
“In every city… I saw the Sangue Pack in them, those orphans, are the rogues of the human world and I realised my work was far bigger than I thought. I had a pack to take care of – larger than what was just within these premises. I needed to do more.”
Leo was far more complex than I could ever imagine, every time he simply impressed me a little more, with his heart made of something far more priceless than gold. He was the rarest of jewels or something, without me sounding mushy! “That’s when I first gathered a few of the boys, the Six, to be precise, and Emmet. I began planning… developing, and soon I was gaining power fast.” He sighed heavily, planting a kiss on my forehead before he carried on.
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