“Is that smile for who I think it is?” Wolf asked.
Blanking my expression, I pocketed my cell again. “Tell me again why you agreed to this meeting when you’ve already given him all the information you need to?”
Wolf grinned. “Deflecting. Very well. Ross doesn’t believe I’ve handed everything over to Link. He refuses to deal with Link until I, in person, tell him I’m done with the drug trade.”
“And you’re allowing Ross to dictate your actions?”
Wolf’s grin turned vindictive. “I wish to make sure he clearly understands I’m out of the business and that me and mine are off limits.”
“He threatened Ruin?”
“Not exactly, but it was insinuated.”
“Will it be just you and I going in?” I asked.
“Yes. The others will wait outside for the signal.”
“The signal?”
Wolf cocked a brow. “When the screaming starts. I placed your wakizashi in the trunk.”
That was my favourite blade.Perfect.
My pocket vibrated; I would check it later. Now I had business to deal with.
“You wanted me here,and now you stay silent?” Wolf glowered at the man opposite the desk. Ross glanced from me, where I stood at Wolf’s back, to Wolf.
“Why didn’t you come to me with the deal instead of Link? That stupid fucker already owns enough of everything around here.”
A wave of fury washed over me. I placed my hand on the hilt at my waist and squeezed. A need pushed at me to draw my weapon free and slice off his head.
Link wasn’t a stupid fucker.
He was smart and trustworthy, or else we wouldn’t have deemed him worthy of our time and business.
Wolf’s hand shot up near his shoulder, telling me to hold.
“My choices are my own business. I don’t have to explain myself to you. If you’re wise, you will tread carefully when it comes to working with Link. He won’t be as lenient as I was. I allowed your little side business. He won’t.”
He slammed his hand onto the desk. “I’m not afraid of you or that piece of shit—” His scream echoed around the room.
Wolf looked up at me, and I sheathed my weapon.
“I only took a few fingers.”
The door behind us flew open, and Ross’s men raced in with guns drawn. They looked at their boss cradling his hand against his chest.
“Kill them,” he ordered.
“Don’t even fuckin’ think about it,” a new voice said as a gun cocked.
Link entered the room with three others at his back.
The foolish man beamed over at me. “Baby, that sword move was damn hot.”
Shock had me jerking my head back.
He tipped his head to the corner of the room. “We installed cameras last night. Pure luck on my part, or else I would’ve missed seeing you act in my defence.”
