King of the Underworld (RJ Kane) novel Chapter 274

Chapter Two Hundred Seventy-Four 

Stephen 

We followed Sephie’s signal. As we got closer, it was obvious that she had stopped moving. It was going to take all of us to keep Adrik from rushing into whatever was waiting for us. It was highly likely that they were going to use Sephie to set a trap for 

Adrik. 

We got within half a block of Sephie’s signal and Viktor stopped us. “She hasn’t moved for a few minutes. I think it’s best we see what we’re walking into first. We don’t know if Ivan is still with her or how many guys they have.” 

“You and Andrei go check it out. I won’t be able to hold myself back if I go,” Adrik said. 

Viktor nodded and he left with Andrei on foot to get a better look at where Sephie was. They were only gone a few minutes. The looks on their faces when they returned made us all panic. Viktor held up the tracker he’d given Sephie, along with the helmets they were wearing when they left the warehouse.” 

“Hopefully this means Ivan is still with her, at the very least,” I said. 

We could all tell that Adrik was slowly losing control of his anger. I’d seen him when he’d lost control a few times. The carnage that he left in his wake was impressive. He wouldn’t hesitate to burn this city to the ground if it meant finding her. Lord help the people of the city if something happened to Sephie. There would be no survivors. 

Adrik looked toward Misha. “Anything?” he asked, almost desperately. Misha got that faraway look in his eye that meant he was running through scenarios in his head. 

“They’re still alive as far as I can tell, but that’s all I’ve got right now,” he said. 

“F**K,” Adrik said. “She could be anywhere.” 

“We’ll find her. Ivan will protect her, as long as he’s with her. They don’t know who they’re dealing with when it comes to both Ivan and Sephie. Ten bucks says they escape before we can find them,” Viktor said, trying to put Adrik at ease. 

“We’re going after Dr. Moretti right now. I need to beat someone within an inch of their life right now,” Adrik said, getting back on his bike. Might be a change of plans for the doctor, too. We had planned on holding him until the bosses were taken care of and then turning the doctor over to the police. They would get the credit for capturing him and he would have a very public trial for his crimes against the city. We might be improvising on that plan now. 

It didn’t take long to make it across town to the doctor’s house. The house was quiet. He was being watched 24/7 to make sure he didn’t try to escape. The guys watching him said he’d gotten home about an hour before we arrived and had been in the house since. There were a few lights on in the house. The rest of the block was quiet. We waited to see if we could see movement in the house. He walked by an open window eventually, giving us the confirmation we needed it was him. 

Adrik didn’t say a word, he just moved quickly toward the house. Even when he was so angry he couldn’t see anything but red, he was still a skilled assassin. He moved silently and quickly to the house. He was inside in seconds, moving like a ghost through the house. The doctor didn’t know what hit him. His face was unrecognizable by the time we got in the house. It took all four of us to pull Adrik off the doctor. We managed to push him to the next room while the other guys that were with us got the doctor secured and removed him from the house. They would take him back to the building and put him in a room. 

Adrik started to calm down, but only slightly, after the doctor was removed from the house. We walked back outside, back to the bikes. He was slowly becoming distraught as his mind played out every scenario around Sephie being captured. We needed to find her quickly or there was going to be tremendous fallout when he fully unleashed his chaos. 

I caught Misha on the way back to the bikes. I took my earpiece out and clicked it off, motioning for him to do the same. He did, but had a concerned look on his face. “I have an idea, but I need your help,” I said. 

“I’m listening,” he said, puzzled. 

“It involves the high strangeness we’ve all witnessed with Sephie and well, all of us. We have to convince Boss that he can find Sephie on his own. He can feel her. I know he can. We just have to convince him he can. I need your help to do that,” I said. 

Misha thought for a minute, then a small smile crept over his face. “Stephen, you might be a genius.” 

Sephie 

“We’ll do it. Ivan, get Sephie out of here. Stephen, cover Ivan and Sephie as far as you can. The rest of us are going around the warehouse. Andrei will detonate once we’re clear,” Adrik said. 

I didn’t even have time to object to leaving him before Ivan had grabbed my hand, pulling me away from Adrik. There was no time to say anything to him before we were gone, I knew I would see him in a few minutes, but there was a gnawing feeling in the pit of my stomach about leaving him. I didn’t like it. 

We were moving so quickly that I didn’t have time to say anything to Ivan either. I just went with Ivan, knowing he would keep me safe until Adrik could make it back to the building. We ran to the bike that was waiting for us and were leaving in under two minutes.