Chapter 2 The promotion

ROSE.

Today we celebrate my promotion. I've trained for this day since the age of fifteen years old, I've broken bones, I almost lost both my eyes, had my throat slit but not deep enough, and I’ve almost had my tongue cut out four times. I've seen death more than I can imagine.

Dressed in my Smith Huggins diamond edition dark blue suit made of cashmere, silk, and wool, my Rolex, and a pair of black leather dress shoes, I took my gold red ruby diamond ring and placed it in my pinky. Not only that, but I look like a boss, and looking at the part is also important.

“Rose, the guests have arrived.” My beta but in the human world, he’s known as my right-hand man ‘Kane’ called out to me.

Father appeared from behind me shortly after dressed in his signature color ‘black’ his hair slicked back and his black tie neatly resting on his white inside shirt as he placed his hand on my shoulder giving it a thought squeeze,

“Mr. Knight…”

“Tonight I'm your dad, and you are my son.” He said,

I bowed and kissed his hand before placing it against my forehead,

“I’m so proud of you son you’ve come a long way, you deserve it all, and now it’s yours. Make me proud, but most of all make mama proud.

He patted my cheek and left the room.

Everyone was drinking and having a good time, the women started arriving, and I could smell their arousal.

It was choking the atmosphere.

They danced on men's laps and twirled around the strip poles laid out for them, smoke filled the air in different rooms as the music traveled throughout the mansion.

Bright party lights flashed against the white of the walls as the waiters walk around with drinks on their trays tonight a good night.

I saw my father and Harm make their way out the front door to the porch, maybe to smoke their cigars and talk about business. After all, he’s stepping down from his position and there’s going to be a new boss in town, so it’s best to get people under control.

The screeching of car tires ran through my ears, and then I heard my wolf ‘Leon’ shout danger, but it was too late, the semi-automatic gun was already going off and father was the one it was aimed at.

Women were running in high heels and screaming as everyone scattered about the room looking for cover. I ran outside towards my father and saw him and Harmon laying on the floor in their blood.

Leon was raging, I couldn’t control him, but I had to, one mistake, and they would be able to find us.

I watched as he stepped out of his black limousine with his butler holding an umbrella over his head, he dropped the cigar to the floor and put it out with the bottom of his shoe.

Belarus Heart, also known as the one man that I ever let live.

I never wanted to kill him. That's why after breaking his nose last night I walked away. We grew up together, we were best friends until he switched sides and helped those bastards steal our money.

Rumor has it that after the death of the Blanches he was given the title along with a sum of cash from their associates, leaving their families with the rest. He’s the same age as me, or a year younger, the same height, but as evil as his dead bosses.

There’s a story that he once skinned the Marina family's daughter alive because she wanted to avoid marrying John. Everyone thinks it’s a rumor, but I’m telling you it’s true because I saw him, I heard her scream as the sharp knife cut thin pieces of flesh from her body, the poor soul should have just said yes. But I knew she had high hopes that I’d come to get her.

Flashback!

“Rose.” Kane pulled the door open and I felt the lace of my shoe pull instantly I opened my eye and delivered the first blow, hitting him in the face,

“It's me, it's Kane,” he said, holding his nose,

“Didn't I tell you to knock before you enter?

“Haven't I asked you to stop tying your shoelace to the door, why do you do that anyway?”

“So I'd feel when someone pulls it.” I smiled.

We made our way to Mr. Knights's office where both Mr. and Mrs. Malrina sat crying for their daughter,

The boss called to me with his finger and gave me my mission to bring back Kelly dead or alive.

It didn't take me long to locate him and when I did, he'd already cut her down to the flesh, the burning of meat filled the room but never in a million years is it thought he'd eat the poor girl's skin.

I wanted to fight him, but I settled for wrapping Kelly's body in a dirty cloth that was lying around in the old factory on the outskirts of town.

He knew I'd come for her, so he left her for me to take home.

And that's how the Blanche brothers made their way to the top of our list.

End of flashback.

He watched as Father and Harm were both carried into a black vehicle and taken to a private hospital. I stood and looked at him, hands in my pants pocket as I clenched my jaw.

Belarus Heart, the man I once called brother, has found his way to the top of my kill list, and I’m not removing it until I draw his blood.

He nodded, and I nodded back as a sign of no holding back, we then both headed in opposite directions, him into his limousine and me into. my Bugatti along with Kane and Jarrod (my close friend and also Harmon's only son)

I made my way to the hospital where the doctor was sitting awaiting my arrival. I got good news and bad news, but most of all I got the news that gave me a reason to kill.

In the Mafia we don’t kill for fun, at least I don’t, we kill when someone threatens our life or the life of our families, and Belarus just took the life of someone essential to me, so he has to pay.

Dearly.

The next morning, we arranged everything for the burial of Harm who died from multiple gunshot wounds. The main cause was a bullet to the head.

Dad is still in a coma and the doctor was unsure as to when he’d wake up along with that a bullet hit his spinal cord, so he's also not sure whether he has any feeling in his feet or any part of his body, so we're hoping for the best and that he's not paralyzed.