Angered Butch

Butch's expression hardened as rage was becoming more and more visible.

His eyes became cold and his voice harsher as he spoke up. "If they have planted someone like that then there can be several reasons for doing so."

Tiffany was curious so she asked. "What do you think?"

Butch thought for a moment before explaining. "The first reason would be for information. If they become close enough then Puck will let her guard down around him. It is unlikely that she would knowingly share things with others but it is possible if her guard is down.

There are always people who let their guard down around those they are comfortable with and that can be dangerous for someone living a lifestyle like ours. Any casual conversation, shared secrets or minor slip-ups could provide that information."

Whether intended or unintended, there would eventually be a time when the life of Puck would be shared with her partner.

Those who lived two lives would eventually have those lives clash together whether for better or worse.

Not everyone could live a secret life while maintaining a normal lifestyle.

Not every normal person would be able to accept such a lifestyle and many problems came from them knowing or not knowing about the double life their partner was living.

Either their relationship would be built on lies and they would live not knowing their partner and what they got up to in their everyday life or they would one day find out somehow and would be left feeling hurt from being lied to for so long.

If they had such knowledge and accepted the things their partner was up to then it was possible that they would be at risk too since they would possess knowledge of the crimes their partner was committing resulting in them being accessories to those crimes.

Those who lived such lives needed to be careful who they trusted and they needed to be able to choose a partner who they could keep things from or be able to share them with without there being any fear of their partner cracking under the pressure or betraying them.

What the partner of Puck had done was position himself in such a position where he could learn things so long as he was patient and had the trust of Puck.

Butch went on to explain. "That may be possible but that is too long-term of a plan. If I had to choose another approach then it would be something else. His position may let him learn minor things but that is not worth all the effort.

The aim would probably be to distract Puck from her duties or maybe to make her consider another life. Making her leave or slack in her duties could weaken the gang a little so it is not a pointless plan.

As for the other possibility... it is possible that this is a form of monitoring on her or to try to find a way to use her to exploit a weakness in the gang. Maybe they know how much I rely on her. It is possible that he could be used to lure her into a trap."

Various theories came to his mind but it became quite clear that Puck had been singled out and targeted so that she could be made use of.

Perhaps her relationship with Butch was one of the main reasons why she had been targeted and it could not only weaken the gang if something happened to her but she could be made use of to cause problems for Butch.

If the feelings that Butch had toward Puck were very strong then Puck could become very valuable to make use of.

If Puck could be called out somewhere away from her duties then it could create a weakness.

It could be used in other ways if Puck was captured since she could be used as a hostage to threaten Butch and make him go along with whatever they wanted from him.

It was the same if they wished to make use of such a thing to target Butch if they only had plans to eliminate him.

No matter how heartless everyone seemed as if they were a part of the criminal underworld, everyone had a weakness of some kind and it seemed like the weakness of Butch had been noticed.

Tiffany looked a little troubled as she listened to what Butch thought. "Hmm... how should we handle this then?"

Butch frowned as he realized the difficult position he was in. "I guess that we have to find a way to let Puck know... we have to handle this carefully."

They both would have to admit that they had been looking into everything as they let Puck in on everything they knew.

Despite that, they still needed to let her know what kind of position she was in before she was put in danger or did and said things that could cause damage to herself and those around her.

It was not like they could afford to worry about the feelings of Puck when such a threat existed and they could not let it continue any longer.

The longer that it went on, the deeper the feelings Puck would have for him so the pain of betrayal would only become worse for her.

Butch thought about how he should proceed and then answered. "Do you think that you can keep watch over his movements and keep me updated on everything? We might have to force the issue so we need to be ready to move at a moment's notice."

They both began discussing ways that they could approach the topic and solve the problem but it quickly became clear that Butch was very angry about it all.

His murderous intentions were overflowing as he thought about how such a plan had been put together to target Puck like that.