“Well, his legs anyway,” Alexa replied.
“Why you little bi…”
The door blew off its hinges from a blow so strong it flew in, flattening two of the brawlers.
Anika and Andrew stepped in simultaneously, already in motion, moving in perfect unison, to attack the stunned brawlers to either side. Anika and Andrew both punched and two fell before the noise of the door crashing had even ceased, and they spun, to the left, kicking the two men standing on the opposite side of the doorway, their bodies slamming into the steel beams of the wall with a sickening crack. Andrew then grabbed Anika by the wrist and they twisted in a synchronized twist that sent Anika spinning across the room like a bullet, feet first, to slam her heels into the chest of the final brawler. His chest collapsed under the sudden assault and Anika used his body and a launchpad to land between the girls and Lord Butcher.
“Anika! You made it!” said Alexa. “please, let me have some of the fun
On the other side of Durres, the underground bosses were gloating over their new businesses and discussing how to divide up Liam’s legitimate business as well. “If that bastard is not going to use the funds we provided to pay off lord Butcher, he will be dead by morning!” one said. “Indeed! He is lucky we were generous enough to pay what little we did. We should have just taken those businesses. But now we can lay claim to Dreadnought Investment Group as well! I hear he has started a nice new construction site with ties to the medical group. That should be worth a decent penny!” said another. “Yes, but will we be able to keep these or will the Lord butcher claim them himself on top of what we paid Liam? Can we resist the lord Butcher if he comes at us?” a third cut in nervously. “Surely the Lord butcher has enough to deal with, and would leave us this slice?” said the first. “Besides, Liam will be dead, and this vengeance saded” Just then a ru
In the Golden Dragon Emporium Club, Liam sat in an office he used while managing the club. Cold sweat poured from his back. If anything happened tonight to Andrew, or any of the girls, his life was forfeit. The way he had spoken to those other bosses of the underground was unforgivable. However, he had played it off as cool and collected, and followed Andrew’s instruction. If Andrew ordered, he would do, and Andrew had ordered him to clean out all dark business. The profit loss from that was enormous, but Liam had already seen in just the few short weeks Andrew had been here just how large he planned to make his Dragon Corporation Empire. Loses now from the underground would be a drop in the bucket tomorrow when he looked back and compared the profits gained by following Andrew. “Sir, there is news.” Said one of his men. “go on,” Liam said, almost fearing the answer. “It is done.” “Done?” “Lord Butcher was seen being dragged from the city by h
Later that evening – Celeana’s room. Knock knock knock “Enter!” In walked the family spymaster. “Ah, have you news?” asked Celeana coldly. “are the bitches dead or otherwise no longer in the picture?” “My lady there was an issue.” “Issue? How hard can it be for a group of thugs to kidnap, rape, and dispose of a couple of girls, dammit!” Celeana vented. “My lady, it seems that these particular women may have more protection than we were originally aware. And there are other… developments. It seems the lord Butcher and his brother, one known as Maahes, were both hired to mess with Roisin and hinder her work efforts.” “Really? Well, that is fine. Double the pay to get the job done permanently.” “My lady, Roisin, her cousin, and the woman named Alexa were successfully captured. However… it seems that their protection detail arrived within a matter of minutes. It was… very one-sided.” “How so?” Asked Ce
Ashia home counsel: “My Lord, The God of war, Nash, is at the gates and on his way to see you.” Said the house steward. “WHAT?! Here? NOW? What could that blood-thirsty monster want?” said the old Lord Devos. “My lord, please be careful. It is said the gods each have enhanced hearing. It would not be good for him to hear such words.” Said the steward. “You are correct. It is just hard to fathom the king granting such power to someone as young as he.” Said the lord Devos, who himself was in his seventieth year. “It seems the king saw fit to name several who are of the younger generation. I believe Jackson and Zev might be in their mid-forties, but the rest are younger. My lord, shall I summon your sons?” asked the steward. “Yes, If the God of war is here, they might as well meet him. Also, alert the house guard. Not that I think they could take him, but still, best be prepared nonetheless.” Said Lord Alan Devos, patriarch of the D
Lord Connor Devos, son to lord Governor Devos, sat in his office, deep in the keep of the Ashain capital city of Kaibain. He picked up his phone and dialed his spymaster. “Yes my lord” came the stoke voice of the shadow master. “I need an update on Celeana. What the HELL has she been doing?” demanded Connor Devos. “Sir? Forgive me sir, but did you not approve this mission to find the lost son-in-law?” “I approved her to look for him, yes! Sign the divorce and be done!” stated Connor. “My Lord, forgive me, but it seems your daughter has taken a different meaning from your words. She is here looking for her husband, but not to break the contract. I believe it is her intention to consummate it and bring him back to Ashai.” “What the hell has gotten into that girl! The peerage is already mocking us because of such a son-in-law! Does she seek to shake the whole family?” asked Conner. “I do not know for sure sir, but I think she is s
“Fine. Now tell me, how the hell did she piss of the goddess of Placida?” asked Connor. “umm, the goddess? I was not aware she was in Durres. My contacts have her in Tirana.” “Well, when nash was here he said Celeana had targeted members of the goddess’ staff.” Explained Connor. “Shit. She did have me order a hit on two women who had been hanging around Mr. Andrew. I didn’t know if they were staff of the goddess.” “Well, it's your fucking job to know! From now on, keep me in the loop. She is not allowed to order any hits without first going through me! Understood?” “umm well, she has already sent men to Tirana to track some other people associated with Andrew.” “What the actual fuck man! You are in Placida, not Ashai! You will be lucky if you survive the coming storm!” Connor decided it was time to confront Celeana, as clearly she was the ring leader of this hurricane of bad news. As soon as he hung up with the spymaste
Andrew and Anika awoke to golden sunshine streaming through the window. “looks like a new dawn. Perhaps Durres will be a quieter place now that the butcher and his brother are gone from it.” Said Anika. “so long as you are around, I doubt it will be quiet.” Snarked Andrew. Anika punched his shoulder. “Ouch! Take it out on Alexa at the training ground!” Andrew pleaded, rubbing his shoulder. “O, that actually does sound like a fun day. Do I get to beat up on those wolf pack guys for their failure?” Anika asked enthusiastically. “You cannot permanently maim them, but otherwise, yes. They are due to be tested by something they have not faced.” Replied Andrew, contemplating various scenarios he could put them through. “well, come on. We are burning daylight!” Anika said excitedly, jumping up to dress in her fighting gear. “Actually, I have a new suit for you.” Said Andrew, remembering the suit that he had made for her that m
“I tend to agree, but we will let Anika here test her and the wolf pack shortly. As for your day, what do you have planned?” asked Andrew. “I need to stop by the site shortly to make sure things are still on track, and then Miss Croft as requested I meet and discuss how several contracts will work and what kind of manpower we need to plan for when the factory opens,” Roisin explained. “Good. Who is on duty with you today?” asked Andrew. “I believe it is Zachary with me today.” “Good deal. Keep him close.” “Andrew, may I ask something?” “Of course.” “the other day, when we were at the Dragon’s lair. That woman, Celeana. Do we need to be aware of anything?” Roisin asked seriously. “Celeana may be a problem, but she is not your problem. If she causes any trouble, report it to Miss Croft and myself. And no, before you ask, she has zero authority over you or anything to do with any of my businesses. Do not let her make decis