El Diablo (Killer of Kings 6)

He didn’t want her involved. Why did she have to show up?

Boss grabbed him around the throat and pressed the side of his face up against the glass. “You think I didn’t know what was happening? That I didn’t know how you mouthed off about being part of Killer of Kings? You can’t fuck, take a piss, or even shit without me knowing about it. You know why, because I’ve got enemies that would scare you to fucking death. I know what darkness is. I’ve looked it in the face too many times. I know my men, and I know the women they stick their dicks into. You fucked this up. You think because you’re El Diablo that it makes you invincible? Today you let everyone fucking down, and if she dies in there, it’s on your head, not on mine.”

“Fuck you.” He pulled away, attempting to slam his fist against Boss’s face. “I didn’t do shit.”

Boss didn’t even care.

He simply grabbed Xavier’s wrist, twisted it, and he had no choice but to drop to his knees or his wrist would have been snapped.

“You’re a little boy, Xavier. A little boy looking for his sister. You’re nothing. You had one job to do, and you couldn’t even do that.” Boss looked at him with disgust, letting him go. “Get him the fuck out of here.”

“I’m not going anywhere. I’m not leaving Alesha. You owe me, Boss. I’ve been working for you almost a year, and I still don’t have my sister back.”

“I owe you shit.”

“What do you want from me?” Xavier got to his feet, slapping his chest. He didn’t care about the pain in his side. He’d had much worse injuries. “I’ve done everything you’ve ever asked.”

The love of his life was in a coma, and he’d been the one to help put her there.

“Tell me what you need me to do.”

Silence fell in the corridor. They weren’t in a hospital but in a special ward that Boss owned.

“You need to leave this building right now.”

“I’m not leaving her.”

“You don’t have a choice. You’ve done enough damage. Learn to keep your mouth shut.”

“You’re a fucking monster. You think I’m going to leave her with you?”

Boss slammed his fist against Xavier’s nose, and he covered his face as blood started to spurt out of it. It was broken, no doubt about it.

“You think I’m the monster here?”

“You should have left her alone,” said Xavier.

“You thought you were the one in charge. You could make all the decisions because what did I know? Huh? I don’t know how to keep people safe?”

“You can’t keep me from her, Boss. That’s not your place.”

“You fucked up this entire mission, Xavier. I can do whatever the hell I want, and as far as I’m concerned, you risked her life.”

“You’re just going to kill her. I won’t let that happen.”

“I’m not going to kill her, asshole. I’m going to protect her from herself. Keep her safe and that is far the fuck away from you. Get him out of my sight now. I don’t want to see him here or anywhere else.”

In the next second, he was being pulled down the long corridor. “Fuck this. No. Let me go. I swear, Boss, you do this and you make an enemy out of me.”

“I’ll add you to my long list.”

Boss saluted him and walked back into the room with Alesha.

“No! Let me go.”

It was no use. They had him in the elevator, a knife at his throat and he was traveling down toward the parking lot.

No.