“I didn’t give anyone it! I made them!”
“Then who the fuck did you sell them to?”
“Web!”
We stare at one another, and to say I am fucking shocked is an understatement. I don’t know what to think. Of all people… someone like him with those bullets…
“Say what?” His heart is thundering, and he knows he is done for.
“I needed the cash.”
“You had me. If you needed cash, I would have given you anything you asked for! How many did you sell?” My heart is thundering with fear at the thought of those bullets out there in the hands of men who are far from good. Fuck, what have I done? He stays silent, his own heart racing.
Drugs and weapons are an entirely different situation. The world is full of them, and if one supplier isn’t giving them, another would. Weapons and drugs exist, but those bullets… they should never have seen the light of fucking day.
“How. Many.” My voice is a menacing animalistic growl, my heart thundering as I try to control myself.
“Fifty thousand.”
Our eyes meet, and all I can hear is the thumping of our hearts. Fifty thousand.
“When?”
He refuses to answer, and I let out a menacing growl. In a flash, I am by his side. Lifting him from his seat, I throw him across the room with full force. He grunts when he hits the wall, crumbling to the floor before he gets up quickly. I grab his shirt, slamming him into the wall.
“One last fucking time. When?”
“Th-the first batch of five hundred was about eighteen months ago… and then…” I tighten my hold around his neck, and he begins turning purple. “The, the total number, it was a few months ago!” His face is full of anger, hating the fact that I used the Alpha command on him.
I let go of him, my heart thundering. Fifty thousand… shit…shit… shit!
I need to talk to Web. I need to get to the bottom of this and get them all back. If he is the one Judah is getting his supplies from… then I need to know what more he knows. This also means there could be supernatural beings out there who know of these bullets… a threat to all…
Fuck!
My mind is reeling as I remember the whispers and rumours of strange deaths. Stuff that sounded pretty normal that I didn’t even fucking bother too much with, not knowing that maybe, just fucking maybe, they were caused by my own creation. The young boy we had found with Azura was probably an innocent victim, too…
I stand there, my mind a violent storm of emotions. I feel a dull pain in my back, but it is nothing compared to the pain within. I vaguely notice four guards running in as I simply stand there, pulling Emmet away and out of the room as he shouts things I don’t fucking hear. Is someone calling me? I don’t know… I don’t care…
Fuck… indirectly… I am now responsible for the lives of many… so many more than he ever was. I look down at my shaking hands, my vision blurring. The blood of thousands taints these hands…
What have I done?
Speaking the Truth
Leo
Two hours have passed, and I am working with Ace, Jax, Dan, and Li Sheng. There is so much I fucking need to deal with, and although it feels like everything is fucking spiralling out of control, I will fix it.
Emmet had grabbed the chair when I was distracted by the sheer shock of his revelation. He had slammed it into my back with such force that the leg ripped through my clothes and back, but I was far too wrapped up in my thoughts to realise what had happened until he was dragged away to his cell, and my men had begun to worry over me. The dull ache remains in my back, but it is healing quickly enough. I have had it cleaned and bandaged by one of the guards, not wanting to waste time by going down to the hospital.
“Alright, I need to get going. Start the preparations. Ace, you need to get to Web. Dan, check Emmet’s laptop and office. See if you can find any bank statements or if he has any accounts that we don’t know of or in any other names. Li Sheng, have Emmet’s apartment searched. I’ll let Jackie know in advance, so hold up until I give you the order. Jax, try to find out exactly where he created these bullets. I want to know where he got the funding to create that much without me even fucking realising…” I order, frowning as I snap my laptop shut. “Get ready to execute bothoptions.”
“Are you sure these are the only options?” Jax asks, frowning slightly. I had told the five of them about the bullets, having no other option but to bring in all the force I can and execute their retrieval.
“If Plan A fails, then yeah, this is the only way, but let’s focus on Plan A first. Send our buyer to him, offer him whatever he wants, but I want all of those bullets back at any price.”
“This is going to cost us a lot…” Ace frowns.
“It doesn’t matter, I’m not going to risk those bullets out there… if he refuses or doesn’t have answers, then we’ll do this via Plan B. Have everything prepared for that, too. I need to have a word with Marcel, but I’ll be available via the mind link throughout. Tonight, I’ll meet you all at Kingdom of Sin.” I stand up when Ace sits forward, sighing.
“What if you ask Alejandro Rossi for assistance?” He says quietly. I frown. Maybe I need to… I know I can deal with this shit myself, but the more manpower, the faster the job gets done…
“I need to talk to him anyway… I’ll see what happens. I’m still going to deal with this myself.” I turn and leave the office.
Mind-linking Jackie, I ask her to come to the large oak tree that isn’t far from Marcel’s mansion and isn’t too far from the hospital either. I have already been given a change of clothes after Emmet’s attack, and so I am going to head straight to Marcel’s after meeting Jackie. It is already late in the afternoon; work has taken fucking longer than I expected it to.
Eric, have you been keeping an eye on Azura?
Yes, I have. She went to Alpha Marcel’s around lunch, and since then, she hasn’t left the mansion. She has been on my mind, and although I know I fucking hurt her last night, there is nothing I plan to do about it. I don’t want her getting attached.
Okay, thanks. I’m headed over there myself, I’ll take over watching her.
Anytime, Alpha.
Marcel probably invited her over for dinner, too… why am I not fucking surprised.
“Leo.” I turn to see Jackie hurrying over.
“Hey,” I greet. Her eyes search mine before she looks me over, and I know she is assessing me.
“You need to take it easy,” she says quietly, glancing around.
“I’m fine. I called you because of something I learned about Emmet.” Her face falls, and I switch to mind-linking.
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