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“What the fuck?” the man called Jared splutters and laughs. “I can’t believe this. That’s what you got out of that? It seems youwould like us to remind you of the power Flames of Hell has. Would you like to join William Burke?”
I bite my lip to refrain from gasping, although my eyes sting from the effort it takes and having to hear my father’s name on the lips of such a person.
It’s him…he’s one of the people responsible for Dad’s death.
Everything in me urges me to look at him and see the face of the man who needs to pay for what they did to my father, but Rueben’s arms around me holding me tight remind me of why that is a terrible idea.
He seems to hate what the man said too. His voice is low when he says, “Are you threatening me now? You did not involve us when you discovered her, so I figured you had it covered when it came to looking for her too.”
Jared scoffs. “Oh…so you’re being petty.”
Rueben shrugs.
Jared slams a hand on the table. “Enough!”
I can’t help but jump slightly. Rueben soothes me. “Watch my table, Jared… You break it, you buy it,” he quips.
“You don’t get to play around on the sidelines anymore, Rueben. You were involved in the deal, so you better be actively searching for the Burke girl if you intend to continue our peaceful relations.” The threat is clear in Jared’s voice. “I expect you will bring her to us if you find her.”
“Simmer down, Jared,” Rueben says in an almost bored tone. “Has my gang ever failed at any task you asked of us?”
Jared is quiet, but I can tell that he considers Rueben’s statement a fact.
“We’re working on something…trust me. Our plan is in motion.”
There is something in the way Rueben just responded that does not sit well with me.
“It better be,” Jared says, and I hear him start to leave.
My body shakes in my hands, and Rueben holds me close until I no longer hear Jared’s retreating footsteps.
What the fuck is going on?
Anger, fear, and doubt fill my insides. They had played voice recordings from my dad when I woke up, and after days of taking care of me without once trying to harm me, I had begun to trust them.
But are they trying to deceive me to win my trust?
They had been so eager to show me that they are on my side, but what if they aren’t? What if they are just like the others, and are only doing this to find out what I know before they dispose of me?
Rueben's hand on my back stops me from lifting my head up now that Jared is gone. I want to see his face and read from his eyes that I was not wrong to have trusted him or the others.
What if I hate what I find? What if I find that I have been blinded by lust all along?
“Do you want to leave?” he asks, pulling me out of my thoughts.
I nod, unable to speak just yet.
“I’m sorry he mentioned your father in such a manner,” he says in a soft voice.
I nod once more and heave a deep sigh. I raise my hand and stare at it as shakes. I’m unable to get it under control.
“Be calm, Amelia. I won’t let anything happen to you,” he whispers soothingly. For my ears only.
My eyes water despite myself.
But what if you’re the one who’s out to betray me?
A part of me is confused. How much about them do I really know? What guarantee do I have that everything they have told me is the truth, and that they’re not trying to use me?
