Series: The Circle of Monsters Series by Sam Crescent
Total pages in book: 44
Estimated words: 41985 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 210(@200wpm)___ 168(@250wpm)___ 140(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 41985 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 210(@200wpm)___ 168(@250wpm)___ 140(@300wpm)
Sitting at his table, he took a bite of his burger. Skye sat opposite him, picking up her burger and taking a small bite.
“Was Seth’s main goal to completely wipe out your boss and his organization?” Skye asked.
He looked at her. Talking to her about this was completely foolish. For all he knew Viko had already figured out the missing links, and right now, he was pissing him off for not following a direct order right away. No one ever questioned Viko. Never.
There was no reason not to discuss all of this with her.
“It’s the only solution I can come up with. Nothing else makes sense.”
“Wouldn’t that mean in bringing down your group, you’d be in the firing line as well?”
Taking down the Circle of Monsters would do that.
“Is Petrov that powerful?” Skye asked, continuing. “I know he’s a crook and a despicable human being, rich as well, but does he even have the resources to do any of this?”
Galen finished taking another bite of his burger.
“No, he doesn’t.”
Skye frowned. “Okay, so what if, like, what Seth had done to Viko, happened with Petrov?” She growled. “Sorry, I don’t know if that made sense. A woman was killed, and Petrov was really mad about it. What if he wasn’t mad so much as jealous, and Seth had slept with a woman Petrov liked, and he saw red and went all murdery, which we know he did. You know, I kind of saw it and now my life is on the line.”
Galen paused as he thought about it. “Petrov then tried to cover it up.”
“Yes, exactly. I saw it, and then he hired you guys to kill me, not expecting it to be discovered about Seth, and he planned on killing you and me, and I don’t know, maybe striking a deal with Viko. Maybe?” She winced. “It sounds stupid, doesn’t it?”
“No, it doesn’t sound stupid at all.”
“Are you sure, because it kind of does.” She tucked some loose hairs behind her ear. “We’re talking about a criminal here, and there’s no way he would do something that stupid, would he?”
“Men do stupid things.” As was shown with Seth over Victoria.
“So, perhaps there’s no real confusion at all. Petrov attempted to wipe out the issue he caused in a moment of passion, deal with me, and possibly with you, strike a deal with Viko, and everything would be swept under the table as some silly mistake.”
“Only that hasn’t happened, and we don’t know for certain who the woman is. We’re assuming it’s a mistress.”
“She was dressed pretty sexy, does that help? I think I might have seen her around his home a few times.”
“Are you making this up?”
“I don’t lie. I’m trying to figure it out. In all honesty, I don’t know because I took my job as a nanny very seriously, so I didn’t pay attention to everything going on around me, unless it was something that would entertain kids.” She shrugged. “I wish I could be more helpful.”
He stared at her for a long time.
“I don’t like that look on your face,” she said.
“Eat your food.”
“Do you always eat like this?
“No, never. My entire diet has gone to the dumpster because of you.”
“We could go to the grocery store and cook together, you know.” She took another bite of her burger and reached out for a few fries. Anyway, what does that mean now?” Skye asked.
“What?”
“Well, their plan didn’t work, did it? I’m alive, you’re alive, and Viko knows what happened. There’s no sweeping this under the rug. What happens next?”
Galen didn’t tell her. Petrov killed Seth, in the assumption of passion. However, before that happened, Seth had visited Petrov. In just a couple of meetings, secrets could have been spilt.
The Circle of Monsters’ secrets put them all at risk, and he needed to talk to Viko, right fucking now.
Seth knew a lot of shit. Petrov wasn’t as powerful as them, but that didn’t mean he couldn’t do lasting damage if given the chance.
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After eating their food, Galen didn’t stick around. He left the table, leaving the mess for her to clean up. Skye didn’t mind. It was the least she could do. He hadn’t killed her yet, so she might as well earn her keep, trying to show him that he did in a way need her.
She had no idea what she was talking about. She was just taking things a day at a time. There was no real way of knowing if she was right or if Galen was right. Either way, she was happy she was still breathing. If, however, any of her theories were correct, she was screwed.
She cleaned up the kitchen and not feeling tired at all, she filled the kettle with some water and placed it on the stove, igniting the gas. Staring at the flame for a couple of seconds, she tried not to allow the panic to fill up inside her and threaten to burst. She wanted to forget the world.