A Dog Is Born: Junkyard Dogs 2 by Dominique Mondesir

A Dog Is Born: Junkyard Dogs 2 by Dominique Mondesir

Author:Dominique Mondesir [Mondesir, Dominique]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-02-28T16:00:00+00:00


37

We all sat on the last remaining life craft we could find while the flames of Lee’s paddleboat illuminated the night sky.

I looked upon the sight before me and felt nothing but emptiness. This war had only begun yet it had already taken such a toll on my psyche that I didn’t know how long I could go on for before I cracked. I had witnessed the deaths of loved ones and people that had tried to help me in this cause I had taken on, but the more the bodies piled up the more I asked myself if this was worth it.

The plan had always been to keep Poppy safe.

Yet… everything I had planned, everything I did, placed her in more danger than anything else.

We could have just gotten on a ship and sped as far away as we could and settled on some distant planet, yet with the threat of Alvis Boman hanging above our necks like a guillotine, it was only a matter of time before the psycho found us or his deeds did. This was why I was doing this, to amass power, to have the strength to combat Alvis when the time came. I loved our crew more than anything, but I knew we didn’t have the strength to defeat him.

Not as we were. We needed more resources and the only way I could get them was if I continued on with my deal with the devil and made good on my promise.

Lady Isabella Ivanov wasn’t someone I trusted or cared for, and when the time came she would meet the same fate as Lee, but before then I would use her as much as she used me to get what she wanted.

The flames continued to dance on the water.

I had kept my promise to Wei and gave Marta the funeral ritual she deserved. Another innocent bystander of the conflict I was waging. How many more would there be before this was done?

“You okay?” Poppy whispered in my ear, hand stroking my hair.

I nodded as I took in a deep breath and slowly let it out. “Message Samuel and Scarface, tell them to come and pick us up. We’re done here.”

As I continued to watch the flames dance only one thought repeatedly crossed my mind.

Was this life better than the one you had before?



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