Chapter 43: Provocation

Apollo

"Speak,"

"Our cargo was under attack mid-route," Austin informed.

"WHAT?"

"We managed to secure the goods and capture two attackers, but they're not talking."

"How did they manage to find the cargo?"

"I'm not sure, but I believe we have a rat in our mist, Sir."

"Rat, huh? If there is one, there are multiple."

"What is your order?"

"Send the attackers to Zone X. Get whatever you can out of them."

"And the rats?"

"Weed them out and burn them alive." I seethed before hanging up the phone.

I despise disloyalty, especially under my reign. Not only is it distasteful, mannerless, and a hassle. It's not a good look for a Mafia King. It's dishonoring the Crimson Oath, a bond of brotherhood. Breaking the Crimson Oath is turning your back on your brothers.

"Could this night get any worse?"

"I see King has found himself a girl, but is she fit to be Queen?" That answers that question.

I groaned. "Oscar Myers. I nearly forgot Vultures tend to lurk. And as for my woman, she is