Shackled (The Lord Series) by Carlos
396. Tyson - Malaky I

Ever since Levi showed me the video of Malaky and his minions hurting Olivia and laughing each time she would cry out in pain, I swore I'd kill him. Finding him wasn't as easy as I had hoped since his father is a senator and his address is not known to the public, but after months of looking, Cirro finally found him. Malaky has no idea of what I'll do to him.

Hell.

I don't know either. But what's certain is that by the time I'm done with him, not even his mother will recognize him.

My thumbs drum on the steering wheel. Rueben wanted to drive, but I insisted on being the one taking us to Malaky's house since I wanted to keep my hands and mind occupied, or else I might have thrown a grenade on the highway. Jasper is next to me, his hand on my thigh, keeping me calm enough so I can drive.

My gaze goes to the rearview mirror.

Ansel and Rueben sit in the back, their jaws set hard.

Only Rueben and I have seen the video, but after Cirro sent me Malaky's address two days ago, I showed it to Ansel and Jasper. Since Mose is a snitch, as Olivia likes to call him, I didn't let him see anything. He only heard Olivia's screams of pain, which were more than enough to make his demon take control. Knowing we don't trust him after what Mose did, he decided to remain at the cabin to protect Olivia and Spencer in case of danger.

I don't trust Mose, but I do trust his demon, who proved to have more common sense and loyalty than Mose.

Jon is also at the cabin. Between him, Mose's demon, and Juniper, the cabin will be more than protected.

My gaze slides to the GPS. Only ten minutes before we get there.

Malaky lives on the city's outskirts in a new residential area for the elite Dukes. He moved here shortly after the hunt he organized in December because one of the women who died that night was the daughter of an important Lord from Canada.

The new residential is a project started by Senator Deymar. The security is supposed to be top-notch, making it hard to get inside, but Dimitri and his blood-brothers promised to take care of it.

As we get closer to the residential area, Jasper and Ansel check our toolboxes one last time. Dimitri has a thing for role-play and had us dress up as electricians. At least five houses have reported problems with their power, which seems to come and go at odd hours, and my blood-brothers and I will inspect them. At least, that's the story Dimitri came up with. He even let me drive his crew van.

When we reach the entrance gate, I stop the van in front of it.

Dimitri and a guy I haven't seen before probably a Duke-are guarding it. They approach us, and I roll down the window.

"What business do you have here?" the Duke asks.

I pull out a fake work ID and show it to him. "We are here to inspect the pipes."

The Duke takes the ID from me and looks at it, then glances inside the car. "Four electricians to fix a few weirs?"

I keep my breathing even and my tone calm as I say, "We are also to inspect the main generator. That takes time. The four of us will finish faster so I can get home in time for dinner with my wife. She promised to make tacos." The Duke looks at the ID for a few more seconds before returning it to me and making a sign to Dimitri, who rushes to open the gate. "You have two hours to finish the job," the Duke tells me.

Two hours is more than enough to get our hands on Malaky and the fuck out of here. I don't plan on torturing and killing him here, where we can be discovered at any time. Besides, what I plan to do to Malaky will take days, not hours. I park the van close to one of the houses that needs a plumber.

"Rueben and I will check the generator while Jasper and Ansel drug and get Malaky in the van," I say to no one in particular.

Once we have what we need, we get to work.

I chose to go with Rueben because our father was handy, and we learned a lot from him. There's another reason why we want to go to the main generator. We want to take photos of the houses. If Carlos is hiding here, we can devise a plan to take this place by surprise and capture him and many of his acolytes.

The building housing the main electric panel and generator is next to the maintenance offices. We enter using the keys we took from the electricians who were supposed to come here today. They won't need them anymore since Reyes decided to use them as lab rats for his weapons. No one will miss two Dukes.

A strong smell of a rotting corpse comes from where the electric panel is, and I cover my nose with my sleeve. "Smells like dead," Rueben says.

When we localize the naked body of a young woman covered in bruises and torture marks similar to those Carlos left on his victims, I take more photos. Rueben pulls out a pair of latex gloves from his pocket, puts them on, and crouches next to the woman.

After a quick inspection, he says, "She was Duke pornai, but the scars on her abdomen are new. She became a sex slave several months ago. From the state of her body, I'd say she's been dead for less than a week." He looks at me. "I never cared about these bitches before. But ever since Olivia..."

I swallow my saliva because I know what Rueben is thinking.

Thank fuck Olivia is safe and happy back at the cabin and not beaten and tortured to death.

Jasper sends me a message letting me know he and Ansel have Malaky in the van.

"We should call Inspector Raphael before the Dukes call their cops. It will create the perfect distraction for us to get out of here unseen.

Rueben turns her head around and looks behind her left ear. It's something the Lords started doing after Wasp told us to find the hellstars before the Dukes do.

A tirade of curses leaves Rueben. "It's the Cricket."

Cricket is the woman Wasp wanted Maddox to find in Washington.

"I'll let Wasp know," I say.

I take the phone out of my pocket and dial Waps' number. I don't like having to work with her when I don't know her real identity, but there's little I can do about it. Wasp answers after I insist a few times.

"I'm busy," she hisses in a low tone.

"We found Cricket."

Wasp is quiet for several seconds. Then she asks. "Is she dead?"

"Yeah. I'll send you an email with all the info I have."

"I asked you to let Maddox go to Washington to get Cricket out of Senator Deymar's clutches. Now she's dead, and it's all your fault!" Wasp yells.

"We found Cricket in Veross City. From what I can see, I think Carlos killed her. Maddox going to Washington would not have saved Cricket if she had been here all along." Wasp exhales loudly. "There's no way you can know that!" A pause, then she adds, "Tell Mose that I found Alma."

Thank fuck!

"Is she okay?"

"Alma will talk when she's ready," Wasp says before ending the call.

"Wasp found Alma," I let Rueben know.

He blinks before asking, "How does Wasp know about Alma and her missing?"