Still Drakes POV
“Loretta fooled me into thinking that she loves me. She came up with this perfect plan to steal from her bias and elope together. I fell for her tricks and her lies, I never knew she is such a terrible person, I never knew she could turn around and betray me.
We had so much in common, and I was so stupid to think that it is true love. But now I know better, she never loved me and she would never love anyone in this lifetime because her heart is filled with greed and evil. If you want to get to the Bratva insurgencies and your brother as well, I would suggest you seize her and force her to spill everything she knows about them.” Justin told me firmly, then he handed me a briefcase that contains all the information he just shared with me, and even more than that.
“Loretta stole these files when she used to work for Austin Foster. The plan was to get everything we could lay our hands on, then when we are safely out of this city, we would use the information on these files to blackmail the Bratva Insurgency, including Austin.
She refused to give him this file, even after he caught us, she still wouldn’t give him back these files because she still had plans to blackmail these Russian dudes in the future. I don’t know what her plans are, but I know they cannot be good plans, and I’m pretty sure that I do not want to be a part of her quest for quick wealth and fame. I want to get out of this city alive and I want to go on living my life as I used to. I want to live a normal life, I don’t want to have any business with your brother and Loretta, or even the Russians. I just want to be left alone.” He let out sadly.
Clearly, he has made a huge mistake by aligning himself with that bitch. Now she has shown him her true colors, and he now realizes that he has been used. I know he is doing this to get back at her, but it works for me as well because I now have someone on the inside that I can trust, and I have enough information to begin a more intense investigation on these Russian dudes like Justin fondly calls them.
We came up with a plan that involves him betraying Loretta. He told me he has convinced her to run out of town with him just like they planned initially. She fell for his lies because she thinks he is still in love with her, she has no idea that he is planning to set her up. She believed him when he said that he was making arrangements for them to leave this city together. But Justin never got her flight ticket. He only processed his traveling document, and when it was time to leave, he informed me that everything was ready. All I had to do is to come over with my boys and pick her up. She was so shocked to see me, and she tried to run away but failed miserably.
I had her moved to my warehouse in the city. I want to use her as bait to get to Riley and the Russians. She knows too much, and I know there is absolutely no way the Russians would let me keep her for long, they know she knows too much, and she is prepared to do anything to get me to set her free. Riley has been causing too much trouble for me, and my decision to ignore him is giving him more confidence, making him feel that I am weak. I am more focused on locating the Bratva Captain that is the brains behind this project. Once I take down those bastards, I’m sure Riley would come back to his senses, he has no fucking choice.
I planted a bug on Loretta, it’s a microchip that can not be detected by any X-ray machine or any metal detector. The best way to check for an implant would be to have an X-ray performed. RFID transponders have metal antennas that would show up in an X-ray. You could also look for a scar on the skin. Because the needle used to inject the transponder under the skin would be quite large, it would leave a small but noticeable scar. But what we did with Loretta had no scar or metal that could be detected by any machine.
It is a high-tech device that gives me details of her environment, I could see everything that she is seeing and I could hear everything that is being said around her. I could also connect with every device wherever she is, it gives me a backdoor into any computer and phone around her, including security cameras. Besides, the implant was hidden at the back of her head, it was safely implanted in her skull, there is absolutely no way it will be found in her body, and certainly no way it could be deactivated.
When I was done with her, I let my boys spread the won’t that she is in my custody and she is being too stubborn. I let them believe that she is trying so hard to keep their secrets, meanwhile, I know within me that I wasn’t even trying so hard to get information. I tortured her for pleasure, and I asked her a few meaningless questions just so I could have an excuse for keeping her here. If she eventually gets rescued, I need her to be able to tell everyone that she was tortured for information, and I need them to see it on her as well.
I need them to see the injuries on her, that way it would be so much easier for them to believe that I am not trying to play games with them. Riley can be too smart sometimes, if he suspects being played, he could think that she is working with me to bring him down, and he could kill her on the spot. So I had to make it look real, and I’m glad it worked. They fucking fell for it, I spread the news and I let them know her location. Then a few days after I put out the news, Riley raided my warehouse and they took her away and he burned down the building. I think the Bratva captains he is working for are trying to use him to get back at me for all I did to Austin. I ruined their business, and I burned down a lot of their buildings, and I destroyed a lot of their properties and goods. I guess that is what they are trying to do, and I totally get it. I would do worse if the tables are turned, and I’m pretty sure that the tables would be turned pretty soon because I am so close to getting everything I need to attack.
“What the hell are you doing here?” I asked him sternly when he finished his dramatic clapping and theatrics. He must be a stupid fellow to show up in this building today of all days. First, my wife is resuming work today, so I’m going to be very careful so she doesn’t get hurt under my watch, again. Then secondly, I am working on a very important mission today. I can’t afford to have him here today, I can’t afford to get distracted today. Our mission today is even more important than my job at the office today, and it is more dangerous than when I kidnapped Austin Foster from the Gulag in Russia.
For over two months, I have been tracking Riley and Loretta as they carry out their missions as if they own this city. They are even more senseless than Austin Foster, they don’t think about anyone or anything, and they feel they are mini-gods simply because they have the backing of some Russian idiots that cannot even stand in front of me. I let them get away with every fucking thing they did, I was very patient and calm because I wanted them to lead me to their bosses. It took a few weeks for Riley to call for a meeting with the captains, I guess he feels he doesn’t need them breathing down his neck and that is why he doesn’t reach out to them always.
They speak on phone every day I’m sure of that fact. I always listen in on their conversation and that is how I know that he has called for a meeting. This time I didn’t listen in because I don’t want to miss any clue or detail, I need to get everything on tape, so I got the technical team I set up their computers and other devices in my office. On the day of their meeting, I got a few guys into my office, with Liam included and we watched as the guys on the technical team hacked into the cameras and devices in the building, using Loretta’s bug. I could see her feeling a bit uncomfortable as we tapped into her bug, sometimes she would scrunch up her face in pain, and other times she would place her hands on her head, holding it in pain.
Twice, she was asked if everything was alright, and twice she confirmed to everyone that it was just a mild headache and everything would be fine soon. She doesn’t want to be sent out of the meeting, and she has no idea that she is being used to find out what is happening in that meeting. She sat there and involuntarily gave us all the information we need to find all the captains in that building. We weren’t really paying attention to the details of their meeting, I knew the meeting was held because Riley needed more finds for his mission. If he didn’t need their money, he would never have contacted them.
While they debated on the way he spends their money, my guys hacked into the security cameras and we got to see the faces of all the Bratva captains in the building. They didn’t intensify their security because they weren’t expecting anyone to have the address of this building, the location and the meeting were kept a secret, so they didn’t think to put up a firewall to their security system. We were able to get everything we needed so easily.
After getting their pictures, we used facial recognition to get their names and addresses, then we took a few more days to gather more information about them. I place a guy on each of them, and they followed them for days, gathering information about their personal lives. It’s been more than one month since we got everything we needed, and now we are about to strike them down.
I pulled out all my guys from the office building and our houses. I even got a few guys sent down from my base in New York City. The Bratva Insurgency was formed by twelve Bratva Captains. Just like Austin Foster, they had wives and kids in the real world, living normal life. But behind the scenes, they are deadly terrorists and drug lords that are determined to control the airport, the seaport, and every other international conglomerate that is considered to be integrated since they serve different supply chains, namely high-value goods.
I sent fifteen guys to each guy, and their order was to kill all the Bratva Captains before they have the opportunity to reach out to any of their brothers and warn them, or to seek for help. It’s going to be a sneak attack, they are going to sneak into their houses, take out their guys and take out the captains as well. The wives and kids will be spared, but if they try to fight back, then we have no choice but to fight back. Some of them are innocent victims like my sister and her kids, while the others are in the business as well. Those that need saving will be saved, but those that are there for the money will be taken out of the equation.
The plans are in motion, a high screen has been set up in my office, I’m supposed to see every building on the screen and I will coordinate the attacks from my office while watching to see how they perform their duties. I am supposed to coordinate this mission while I also keep an eye on Mia. I was not expecting Riley here today, and truth be told, I do not need him here because I don’t want to be distracted by his stupid attitude. I simply cannot afford to make any mistakes today,
“Get the fuck out of here, Riley, and stay the hell out!
I don’t want to deal with your silly ass today, I ain’t got time for shit!”