DIRECTOR GONE

DANTE'S POV

I reach the director's faster than I thought I would because I was speeding. His house is well guarded so Liam and I have to park a few meters away from it. I know I haven't prepared for this mission and everything about it was last minute but I don't care. I just have to be extra careful. I cannot make any errors. I have to be perfect and I have to not put Liam's life in danger. We also have masks because I cannot risk my identity being discouraged here.

"I want him to suffer, Dante. I want him to suffer so badly." Liam says as he gets out of the car, gun in hand and a menacing look on his face. I can tell he wants this as much as I do. His eyes are red and filled with rage. Every time I think about what Colton said about the Adeline and Director. I didn't know what to do at the moment and I still don't know what to do because I know no amount of torture, no amount of revenge will change what happened to Adeline.

No amount of revenge will change the fact that it's my fault. No amount of revenge will change the fact that all this is happening because of me. All of this is fucking happening because I couldn't protect her and even now, I can't do anything. I wasn't there for her and something horrible happened to her that I couldn't prevent.

I feel like my heart is being stabbed over and over again. I feel like nails are being frilled into my skull. I feel like a ghost because my soul died a long time ago and now all that is left is an empty hollow shell of a man and all I want now is death. I have this insatiable need for blood that will never be quenched until all these people are dead.

So now I can only take out my anger on the director because right now, I can't hurt Adrian. He has that fucking meeting with Veronica and I can't hurt him because he has to look perfectly fine while he speaks to her. I'm hurting so much. My heart hurts so much that I feel like I'm going to die.

I'm going to lose my mind. I feel a tear stain my cheek and I don't even bother to wipe it as I move forwards.

"Follow me and stay close to me." I order and Liam immediately obeys as we enter the Lion's den. As soon as we get near the entrance, I start shooting at the first guards I see. I know the director is at home, I verified before coming here so there is absolutely nowhere in the world he could run to right now that I wouldn't catch him.

I kill the two guards at the gate easily and push through them, walking majestically and confidently into the premises. At the sound of the gunshots, more guards rush out of the mansion. Liam shoots two of them. I'm surprised. I know Liam hasn't killed anyone before but I keep my mouth shut. I guess that's how angry he is.

"Fucking die." I say as I shoot the guards guarding my target. We kill all the guards on sight and kick down his front door. I kick it so hard that it falls off its hinges. I didn't even know that I had that much force inside me but I'm pissed and I need to take all this anger out on someone.

As we walk into the house, a man comes out of nowhere and attacks Liam from behind. I put my gun away and stomp towards the man, grabbing him by the collar and raisin him against the wall.

"Where's your boss?" I ask the guard with gritted teeth. When he hesitates, I break his neck and throw his limp body to the floor. Liam widens his eyes as he takes in the sight in front of him. I know the gore of this entire situation bothers him, I know it'll bother him later but he looks like he wants to be strong. He looks like he just wants to get the director and get the hell out of here.

I give him a look and he gets it together in seconds. He gives me a look and then nods his head. There are alarms ringing everywhere from our intrusion. There aren't many guards in this place, but I know that the director must have hidden himself somewhere or maybe he has a secret door that he'll attempt to use to escape.

"We have to hurry." I say to Liam and we take the stairs, running upwards and checking every single room in the house until we reach a room that is locked. I smirk and shoot the lock to the door and then bash it down to the floor with a single kick. I get my gun ready, putting my hand on the trigger as I rush into the room.

There are three guards that have their guns pointed at us and then additional guard that is trying to help the director escape just like I predicted.

"Drop it." One of the guards says. Liam reacts before me. He shoots on of the guards and the other points his gun straight at Liam. Before the guard can shoot, I jump in front of Liam and simultaneously shoot the guard trying to help the director just as a bullet grazes my arm so deeply that I feel the flesh on my right shoulder snap into two. But I don't care. I don't focus on the pain. I focus on what matters and kill the remaining guards. I shoot them easily and ignore the pain in m hand as I stomp towards the director.

"Who are you? What are you doing in my house!?" The director screams in panic and all id o is smirk at him.

"You're about to find out you little piece of shit!" I hit the back of his head and he falls down easily. I fight the urge to kill him right here and now but I want him to suffer. I want him to bleed and I want to cut off that stupid dick of his and force feed it to him. I want to hear him scream and I want to savor every moment that I will use to torture him until I get all the satisfaction that I need to derive from his pain.

I need him to feel so horrible that he almost goes crazy. I need his pain. I need his tears. I need him to beg.

"Dante…" Liam rushes towards me with wide eyes. "You're bleeding." He says.

"I'm fine." I say dismissively. "Let's get out of here before we get caught."

We drag the director's body our of the mansion and get back to our car in no time. Liam is shaking as he stares at the director in the back seat. I know he's not okay. He can't be. He just killed people and he's kidnapping the director of the FBI. He doesn't know how his girlfriend is doing and his best friend got taken advantage of by the person in the car with him right now.

I feel bad for him. I feel so fucking bad.

"You okay?" I ask, gritting my teeth as I speak, still ignoring the pain in my shoulder.

"You're the one who got shot." He states.

"The bullet isn't inside me. It just grazed me. I'll survive." I keep my eyes steady on the road as I speak.

"You just killed people. That was your first time, wasn't it?" My question is rhetoric but Liam answers anyways.

"I'm fine. I'm okay. Let's just go." He dismisses me. I know what it feels like to kill someone for the first time. I felt like a monster the first time I killed my first target. Even though I knew he deserved it because he was a horrible person that ruined other people's lives. I still felt like a monster. Like a fucking pariah with no heart. I had no one there with me to comfort me. I had to manage I tall by myself. I had to suck it up all by myself.

"You don't have to ignore it." I say. I know he must feel guilty because those guards probably have nothing to do with erotica. They were collateral damage but it happened. For all we know we just killed completely innocent civilians and now, we'll be wanted. I mean at least we had masks on and no one will ever suspect Liam. I don't want his life to be ruined too because of me.

"It'll haunt you. Taking a human life is not easy. You'll dream about it. You'll think about it day and night. You'll feel dirty."

"Is that supposed to be helping?" He snaps at me and as I glance at his face for the split second that I look at him, I see tears in his eyes.

"I'm just telling you what will happen. And when it does, you don't have to deal with it by yourself. I brought you here and-"

"You didn't make me do anything. I wanted to come with you. I prepared for anything that might happen so you don't need to blame yourself. Not everything is your fault, Dante. I did this. I killed those men who might have been innocent. They might have just been guarding their boss and I killed them. I know how to take responsibility for my actions so you don't have to worry about me. I'll be just fine. All I want to think about right now are Adeline and Naomi. That's all I want."

And with that, I shut up and continue driving. Liam and I don't say anything else to each other until we arrive back at my mansion.

The director has a wife and kids but they live in a different house. This would have been more complicated if he lived with them. I guess he made the job easy for me all by himself.