Then she coldly pulls a phone out of her pocket. “Keep my heir out of trouble. I am holding you responsible. You know what will happen if you fail.”
“No,” Mars gasps in shock.
I stare at Fiorella.
I shouldn’t be surprised.
After all, this is what she’s blackmailed me with my entire life.
Disobey…backtalk…fail…and we will hand you in to the authorities because you’re a Rogue. They will lock you up for life or possibly, execute you.
I stand still, outwardly calm as I’ve been taught, despite my racing pulse.
I stare back at Fiorella without saying a word. It psyches her out.
Mars, however, falls apart.
“Don’t,” he begs. Tears tremble on his thick lashes. “I’ll bond with Rosa. Whatever you want. If anything goes wrong,punish me. This will be my failure, and not my sis…I mean, Rogue’s.Please.”
I fix him with a stern stare, silencing him.
He almost called mesister.
If he’d done that when it wasn’t just the two of us around, then hewouldhave earned himself punishment.
I simply hold out my hand for the phone. “What’s the mission?”
I knew that this wouldn’t be as simple as allowing me to travel with my brother. There has always been a price for time spent with him.
It’s worth paying it.
“That’s what I like about you — no fuss or messy emotions. You’re all business.” Fiorella flashes a sharp smile. “One final mission. If you take care of the Hunters pack for me before your brother’s wedding, then you can remain permanently as his bodyguard.”
Take careof meansassassinate.
I am a Rogue. In this pack, it means thatIam the hunter.
“Wait, what?” Mars stares at me, confused. “What is she…? Even I know who the Hunters are. They’re killers. Outlaws. Why would…?”
I open the phone, flicking through the file on it eagerly. Joy soars through me.
This is the riskiest mission I have been sent on. If I complete it, however, then I will assigned as my brother’s personal bodyguard.
It’s what I’ve wanted my entire life.
Bad luck for Fiorella that it will also mean I will be in the perfect role to position Mars for a secret coup.
Yet my brow furrows, as I read the file. “The Hunters are contract killers and high-level bounty hunters. They’re amongst the best in the business.”
The color drains from my brother’s face. “You can’t be serious.”
I glance at him. “I’m better.”
My sister snorts. “Let’s hope that your arrogance doesn’t bite you in the ass. This Hunter pack has been a thorn in our sides for months. They have been rescuing Omegas from the auctions. The other mob families are also having problems with the Hunters. Everybody either wants to hire them or take them out.”
I glance at the files. “There’s not much here. A masked Alpha and a beautiful, sweet-scented Beta who seduces his marks…”
“What do you expect?” Fiorella’s lips curl back, revealing her sharp canines. “Isn’t it your job to research and then hunt this mysterious pack? Don’t you want to be free of missions? To be part of your brother’s pack? Then pull off this alliance with the Billionaires in Las Vegas and then kill the Hunters.”