Chapter 39
Author: Dylan Douse
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With the beast of an engine under the Aston’s hood, it didn’t take long for Damien and his passenger to arrive at the location Don Simeon had given him.

Much to his surprise, the Ouroboros Society’s compound was on the way. An idea had popped in his head.

Garth was clearly smitten with Angela. That plus the fact that a crazy crime boss was going to get his hands on Celladona was more than enough to convince Garth to aid him in getting Angela back.

With Garth, no more back up was necessary.

“Stay hidden until you get the signal,” Damien said, scanning the secluded warehouse where the exchange was supposed to happen.

“What is the signal?” Garth asked.

“Trust me, you’ll know.”

He got out of the car with the Celladona box in tow. He knew he couldn’t trust a criminals word so he’d changed the box. Thankfully, the overwhelming scent of the flower had permeated deep into the fibers of the box’s material so it wouldn’t be too difficult to fool the man.

“Are you out of your mind? You want to
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