“You might rethink that after what I’ve got to say.”
She remains quiet and when she relaxes a touch, I sit back in my seat, watching the doe eyed girl in the passenger seat.
“My name is Kingston Heart, you can call me King.”
She scoffs and then widens her eyes, realizing what she had just done. I grin.
“Okay, Kingston,” she spits my name, “What do you want?”
“As I said, we can help each other.”
“I’m sure you’re a man of many resources, what could someone like me have that you could possibly want?” Her eyes jump around, looking for an escape, a weapon maybe.
“You have an in at Tobias and Son, unlimited access to every single room in that building and there are things I need.”
“You plan to steal from the company, what, money?”
I laugh, “I don’t need his money. What I do need is his heart, beating in my fist.”
Her eyes go saucer wide, “Who are you!?”
“A man with many resources,” I repeat what she said, “and no issue spilling blood when needed, you’ll be wise to remember that, and if you tell anyone who I am, it won’t just be your boss I come after.”
She swallows. “I can’t help you.”
“Oh, I think you can, love, and you will, especially seeing as I’m the only one who can get Tate back to you.”
“The police will help!”
“Will they? You’ve called them already, have you not? That’s why you’ve been reaching out to PI’s to help you.”
“How do you know that!?”
“Resources.”
“You’re as bad as they are!” She snaps.
“There are two types of men in my world, Eleanor, the likes of Tobias and Garrett are one breed and me and my men are another. Where they steal and take, we build and control. They have to force themselves on people and well me,” I roll my tongue bar between my teeth, “the women who come to me do so willingly.”
“You don’t need me.”
“No, you’re right, I don’t,” she freezes as I lean forward and tuck a tendril of dark hair behind her ear, letting the tips of my fingers graze her cheek, “but working together could be so much fun.”
“Do you know what they’ve done with her?”
“I can guess,” I watch her face, seeing the unshed tears lining her eyes, “It won’t be pretty.”
“Is she alive?”
“I don’t know, but you’ll never find her. Not without me.”
“Who are they truly?” She asks, “Tobias and Garrett.”
“Men who have too much power and the anonymity to get away with it. I plan to stop them.”
“But how?”
I press the button to start the engine, “By killing them all.”