Poppy Pods

Santiago

Despite the AC, I paced my office feeling hot.

Lorenzo wasn't a match for me, but it was obvious that he had more in his sleeves.

He absorbed one of my men and made me kill him mercilessly. He attempted to abduct my daughter and now he showed up abruptly, breaking into my estate.

I'm no fool, all that wasn't just an empty threat, he brought the battle to my table and he was showing his sharpened claws.

His sarcasm replayed in my head and I gnashed my teeth…

"...Watch your back… I'm a shady man… A shady man like me can be more dangerous…I could avoid a head-on collision with you and hit you from behind… Humans aren't like you wolves. We are fickle creatures. All we need to drop out of alliances is just a small tip… Once they see you as an abomination, it's enough to make them turn their backs against you…"

His greatest weapon was the fact that he knew about my identity. Out of Romano Castillo's four sons, he was the only one aware of my identity.

Just like his father, he cau