Boss (Killer of Kings #7) - Sam Crescent Page 0,15
was going on and she didn’t know what. She hated being kept out in the dark.
“Do you want to tell her?” Boss asked.
She turned to her brother.
“You don’t really believe Viko got the better of Boss?”
She looked toward Boss. “You planned this.”
“All down to the little details of being captured.”
Killian shrugged, a guilty grin on his face. They were all in on this bullshit.
“So the little whore you were with, that was all part of the plan?” she asked. She hated how jealous she sounded. Not that it mattered to her what Boss was doing or with whom.
“She was just a little fun. What we’ve got now though, that is what’s important,” Boss said.
“It all was a lie.”
Fuck, she couldn’t believe this. She actually believed Viko had outsmarted Boss. She should have known better.
“I’m always one step ahead of you, Widow Maker. You shouldn’t underestimate me.”
The fact Boss had been working on his own plan pissed her off even more. She’d been played, kept out of the loop, and no one did that to her.
“Well, I see you have everything in order. You don’t need me.” She walked toward the door only for her brother to step in her way. “Move.”
“You’re upset.”
“You don’t know me, brother. You don’t know what I’m capable of. Move.” She snapped the last word, but he shook his head. “I’ll hurt you.”
“Then hurt me. I promised to protect you.”
“And you fucked that up,” she said.
He jerked as if she’d slapped him. “But I can protect you now.”
“Ask your boss if I need protecting. I don’t need any man.”
“You need to tell us about the drugs, Graciella,” said Boss.
One moment it was Widow Maker, the next Graciella.
“Do you realize what you’ve done?” she asked. “You think Viko doesn’t know?”
“I’d say with the fact he’s got two women with him and he’s fucking them into oblivion, I’d surmise he doesn’t know.”
She shook her head. “You have to agree to work with Viko.”
“I don’t work with anyone like him.”
She growled. “You’re going to get yourself and everyone killed. Do you realize that? Do you have a clue how dangerous this all is?”
“Killian, Bain, Xavier, leave.”
“I’m not leaving,” said Xavier.
“I need to talk to my guest alone.”
“How about I leave and then you can deal with whatever shit you’ve got going down. You don’t need me,” she said.
Boss ignored her.
The men left, one by one until she was alone with Boss once again.
“You should know by now I always have a plan to get what I want. I’m meticulous when it comes to details. I don’t make mistakes.”
“I don’t have to listen to any of this crap.” She crossed her arms over her chest.
“Those drugs are killing innocent people. I had no idea you were the one responsible. You need to tell me what you know.”
She’d been heading for the door but she whirled around to scream at him. “You know everything I know. I haven’t got some secret I’m hiding from you.”
“Really, what about the fact you were the one responsible for bringing the drugs into this in the first place?”
“It was a big fucking mistake. I know that now. You think I want innocent people to die? I don’t. I mean, they can’t be so innocent if they’re taking drugs.” She needed to be cold, to not think and feel. “I don’t have to justify my actions to you.”
“You’re right, you don’t, but this is going to be a shitstorm. Cases are increasing, Graciella. People are dying.”
“I’m handling it.”
“By going to men like Viko?”
“He’s not as bad as he seems,” she cried out. “Why am I even justifying these actions to you? I don’t need to explain any of this. I made a decision years ago and it has come to bite me in the ass. I don’t need you or your men, I’ll handle it.”
“Like you handled your mark last night?”
She took a step toward him. “Be careful. That was the only time you get to fool me, Boss. Do not mistake me for some kind of damsel. You crossed the line. I don’t want anything to do with you.”
He grabbed her arm as she made to leave, capturing her close.
“If you come and work for me, you wouldn’t ever need to use your body. You would be safe.”
She shook her head. “You’re wrong, Boss. This is the worst kind of business to be in. I know that, you know it. I’m going to end up dead like all of my other marks. My days are