My Cruel Salvation by J. Kenner

Author:J. Kenner [Kenner, J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781949925975
Publisher: Martini & Olive

Chapter Twenty

Before...

Alex stared at Anna, certain he’d heard her wrong. “Peter? He really wants me to take out Peter?”

Anna nodded, looking almost as shell shocked as he felt. “Are you really surprised? You must have known that Peter was skimming.”

“I didn’t. He must keep another set of books.” That was a lie. He hated himself for lying to Anna, one of his best friends, but if word got back to his father that Alex had been aware of Peter’s disloyalty, it wouldn’t go well for him. Better than it would go for Peter, true, but it still wouldn’t be good.

He winced at his own gallows humor, but the truth was he knew that he was stuck. He was the weapon, and Peter was the target, and there wasn’t a damn thing he could do to change that.

Frustrated, he dragged his fingers through his hair, not believing that this was happening. Wishing that he could just run. Escape. But even if that was an option, where the hell could he go that his father wouldn’t find him? “Peter’s my friend,” he finally said, knowing he sounded petulant.

“Why the hell would the Wolf care about that?”

Alex said nothing. Anna cocked her head.

“Come on, Alex, you know the way it works. You’re his heir. Of course, you’re the one he ordered to do it. He doesn’t care that you’ve become close to Peter. Hell, that’s even more of a commitment. That’s the point.”

“I know. I know.” Of course he knew. He knew his bastard father better than anybody. “When?”

“As soon as you can make it happen.”

“I still can’t believe this. It doesn’t make sense. There’s no one else in this territory. He’s let other men slide when they’re running an area, at least until he gets someone new in place.” He grimaced. “Granted, not often, and those other men usually lost a few fingers, but he’s done it. And this is Peter, his friend.”

Which, of course, answered his own question. The betrayal of a friend or relative hit harder than anything.

In front of him, Anna shrugged. “He’s shifting things around right now. Bringing in new people, getting rid of old ones. Hell, he’s even gotten Manny working on tech for him now. There’s all sorts of things on the internet that Manny knows how to access. They call it the dark web or something, and I guess your father thinks that it’s a good place to hide. His money, at least, and details about his operation. I don’t know. I just know that he’s changing things up, and that he told me to bring the message to you. You have to do it, otherwise you and I will both get screwed.”

Alex nodded. She was right. He just didn’t want to do it. Hell, he’d stall forever if he could. “I can’t believe he’s got Manny working for him.” He was marking time now, trying to put off the inevitable. “He shouldn’t have even been at the complex. Aurelia didn’t want him to stay.”

“Since

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