Bound by Fire: Burning desire (#2)
Chapter 12

Ace p.o.v.

“Boss…” My eyes snap to the person who just entered my office. What now?

“Out with it JJ or are you going to keep looking at my face like that.” I grumble out.

“We managed to track them down.”

“And?”

“The two that we managed to get are in the cells.” I looked at him in the hopes those idiots did some right work by getting them to talk but when I was met with silence I rolled my eyes as I got up from the chair. It seems if I want something done around here, I have to do it myself. On the other hand it will be a good chance to let out all this pent up stress. It’s been a week since I’ve been back from South Africa and my mind has been on overdrive trying to manage everything as well as making sure my family remains safe.

Once I arrived here I saw to what extent the damage actually was. I wanted to break some heads but I didn’t have time for that. Immediately setting plans in action I started salvaging from the mess that was made in my absence. I leave them alone for a minute and they fuck up already.

The adrenaline courses through my body as I hear and feel the bones cracking under the pressure I’m putting on. Not caring about all the blood that gets on my clothes I continue. I must admit these morons had a strong resolution not to let anything slip but I have my ways. The screams echoed through the room.

“Are you ready to talk or shall I continue?” I circled around the guy whose arm I broke. Seeing him flinch I smile. When he didn’t answer I grabbed a finger of the other hand and started bending it to the opposite side. Not taking my eyes of him. I could see he was cracking I just needed to get him to the edge till he started talking.

“I’m asking you for the last time…”

“Bianchi is the one who send us.” My victim finally breathed out.

“I know that moron. What I want to know is why he’s suddenly started attacking when he was minding his business all this time.”

“He… He wants revenge.”

“I didn’t do…” I stopped talking when a thought crossed my mind. I exited the room, stopping at the door to give my men instructions.

“Lock them in separate rooms and leave them be for today. Interrogate them separately tomorrow and finish them off after extracting all the information… And don’t mess it up.” Giving them a pointed look I walk up to my bathroom. Stripping the bloody clothes off I step into the shower. The water pools at my feet and starts turning red. Watching the hypnotizing swirls for a moment I let myself be swayed by them for a moment.

Shaking my head I get back to reality. Grabbing a shampoo bottle I start washing my hair. When the scent hits my nostrils a smile automatically creeps on my lips. Daleyza’s scent. It reminds me of her. What the hell is wrong with me? Shaking those thoughts away I finish my shower. Walking through the second story of the mansion I walk towards my father’s study.

“What did you do to Bianchi?” He stared at me for a moment.

“I don’t know what you’re talking about.” My father stated simply and returned his attention to what he was doing moments ago.

“Don’t lie to me. He’s had it out for me for as long as I know. So you better start talking. What did you do to him?”

“And how are you so certain I have something to do with this?”

“Don’t play coy with me I know all about your dirty tricks and mind games.”

“As far as I know it I have done nothing to the boy. I didn’t know he existed till he popped up here.”

Squinting my eyes I look at him for a moment. It seemed that was all I was getting out of him.

I turned around to exit his study when I heard him speak up again.

“How is your mom?” his voice was low. As if he was afraid to utter them.

“Why would I tell you?”

“Never mind…” he said after a long stretch of silence. The nerve of that man. I don’t know why he still has hope I’m letting him anywhere near my mother. Shaking those thoughts away I leave the mansion, heading back to the office. I had so much on my plate at once I didn’t know which problem to fix first.

With the police confiscating the goods we suffered quite a loss. I need to replace a way to compensate. As I step into my office I notice Vik lounging on the chair looking through some papers.

“You better have some fucking good news for me or you can get out.” Walking around the table I sit down in my chair.

“As a matter of fact I do.” He lazily looked up from the page and handed me the file… with a blank page. I look at him for an explanation. “I have intel the police are transporting our goods to their warehouse so we can ambush them and take our things back.”

He shows me the second page in the file. ‘The office has been bugged. We can use it as an advantage.’ When I read the contents I wanted to break some bones. Who even dared to bug my office?

“Just get it done.”

I massaged my head trying to figure out how to catch the rat in my gang. Suddenly a disturbing thought hits me. If they bugged my office they know where Daleyza and Aiden are. I can’t leave them there.