Hearing him say that breaks me. I wrap my arms around him and cry. Deep heavy sobs wrack my body as I feel the little boy inside me hold onto his dad for dear life.
I’ve missed so much time with this man because I feared a monster. But now, I’m back, and I have people much scarier than him at my side.
“I’m going to kill him.” My dad growls, the sound terrifying. “I’m going to fucking murder that sick bastard.”
“Sorry sir, but I’m going to have to ask you not to.” We look over to see my three alphas standing in the doorway.
“Because we would very much love to make that sick son of a bitch suffer.” Jamie growls.
“He needs to know he fucked with the wrong people,” Tatum says.
“How about this: I have my men deliver him to you when we find him, and we can make this a team effort.”
“About that.” Jamie grins. “We know exactly where he is. So, if we have your permission to take out your right hand man without starting a war, we have everything covered.”
“No war will come of this.” My father shakes his head. “I’m still processing it, but who he has been to me and my business for all these years and the personal relationship I’ve had with him as someone I thought was a friend, will not cloud my decision on what needs to be done. He hurt my son, so he dies.”
I’m so relieved I could cry again but my head hurts and I feel sick. I kind of just want to go back to my nest and cuddle with my alphas, but I want Ralph to be taken care of first. So I suck it up.
“Also.” I was so wrapped up with telling my father about my past, I forgot to let him know what the guys found out about Ralph. “It’s Ralph who’s been dealing the dirty drugs.”
“What?” my father roars out. “Are you fucking serious?”
“Yup,” Tatum says, waving a file. “Got everything right here.”
“That fucking bastard.” My dad growls. “First my son, now my business. He dies. Tonight.”
“Now that's what I’m talking about.” Jamie grins. “Alright boys, let’s go slay a monster.”
CHAPTER 21
ALARIC
My lip curls as Eddy’s guys toss a bound and gagged Ralph at my feet. Eddy kicks the fucker in the head while I watch dispassionately.
“You stupid fucker. All this time, I trusted you with my family and my empire,” he sneers angrily.
Eddy is breathing heavily, and I feel sympathy as I gaze at him. Beckham should have told his father sooner, but Ralph tried to ruin their relationship. There are so many reasons he’s going to suffer tonight.
I can interrogate while Tatum tortures and keeps him alive without breaking a sweat. Even though he’s a hothead, torture mellows him out. We have lots of painful things planned for him.
“Dad,” Beckham says softly, his eyes worried at his father’s red face.
“We’ve got it from here, sir,” I promise. “Ralph will die screaming, and knowing he threw everything away for his perverted reasons. I’m skilled in the art of interrogation. Is there anything specific you’d like to know?”
“I want to know why he fucked with my family, and why he’s been distributing dirty drugs,” he says. “I want…No, I need to know if he killed my daughter. If he’s the one who gave her those drugs.”
I nod as I sigh, hating that this has stolen so much from him.
“I’ll make sure to pull that information by any means necessary, sir,” I promise.
Jamie squeezes Beckham’s hand as he swallows thickly, trembling as he stares at Ralph.
My eyes move to Ralph as he screams obscenities behind his gag, annoyed that he can’t just accept this. He did the crime, now he has to pay. Why do people think they’re invincible?
No one is. Not ever.
“Do you want us to come pick up the body afterward?” Eddy asks, carefully pulling himself out of his anger. He’s as powerful as he is because he can compartmentalize his shit, and I respect that.
