Total pages in book: 83
Estimated words: 78350 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 392(@200wpm)___ 313(@250wpm)___ 261(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 78350 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 392(@200wpm)___ 313(@250wpm)___ 261(@300wpm)
“The threat to her life is real. If I make it out alive, I will make it up to her, I promise, but right now, we’ve got to make it safe for her.”
Gus looked like he wanted to hurt him, rather than help him. Venom waited, as he knew Gus didn’t owe them anything. They were the ones that needed Gus’s help, which is why he also asked him to bring his computer.
They walked into the clubhouse, and most of the room went quiet. The club was not aware of what he and Maverick hoped to find. There was no point in getting the club’s hopes up.
They stepped inside Maverick’s office where Storm and Maverick were waiting. Venom closed the door.
“Do you want to tell me why I’m here?” Gus asked. “If this is any way to hurt my daughter, you can absolutely forget it.”
“None of us want to hurt her,” Storm said. “I was against this.”
“Have you heard of the Karamazov?” Maverick asked.
Gus paused and then there was a brief nod of his head. Venom stayed at his position via the door.
“Is there any way you can figure out if there was a survivor from an attack?” Maverick asked.
“What does this have to do with me?” Gus asked.
“Cut the crap, Gus. You and I both know you’re not some ex-military man who does security detail. You’ve got too much training, and you know way too much shit. You’re the ones that warned me about the cops looking at Morwenna and Bolt’s home a few years ago. You’re the one that has given me hints and little tidbits over the years, to steer clear of certain areas. I’m not an idiot, but I figured you would tell me anything I needed to know.”
Venom looked at Gus. The man carried himself like a soldier. But there was certainly more to him. He’d always been one step ahead of the game with everything.
“I am ex-military,” Gus said. “That is all you need to know.”
“Keep your secrets, I don’t give a fuck. Do you know anything about Karamazov, more specifically, if there has ever been a survivor of an attack?” Maverick asked.
Gus looked at him. There was a long silence.
“Yes,” Gus said. “I know the name, and I know the person who has survived an attack. Actually, I would say there are two people that survived an attack. Possibly a third, if you consider whether a pregnancy is one or two people.”
Venom looked at Gus.
“Who is it?”
There was another long silence.
“You’re looking at him,” Gus said, and Maverick’s mouth literally dropped open. “The other survivor being Willow, my wife, and my daughter, Morwenna, but she doesn’t know anything about it.”
Venom was not expecting that.
“Are you even ex-military?” Maverick asked.
“Yes, but my name has changed. I’m not going to tell you anything of my previous life, nor my wife’s identity either. Everything about us is the same, and the least amount of people who know about this, the better.”
“Morwenna doesn’t know?” Venom asked.
“She has absolutely no idea, and I intend to keep it that way. There is no connection to the Karamazov. Other than her current relationship with Bolt, and of course you,” Gus said, turning to look at him.
“Wait?” Storm asked. “What?”
“Venom and Morwenna were having sex, until Venom broke her heart in order to keep her safe.”
Maverick and Storm looked confused.
“And you’ve not killed him?” Storm asked.
“He is doing everything to protect my daughter. Your son had his fun, and didn’t want to let my daughter go. This is in no way the same.”
Maverick held his hand up, with the other folded across his front. “Enough, we don’t need to deal with this right now. That’s a matter for another time. Karamazov is real, and we are in danger.”
“They’re the worst kind of evil. They make you guys look like child’s play, and you never know they’re coming. They find a weakness and they exploit it. It’s been the same for the last twenty-six years.”
“Twenty-six years?” Storm asked.
“They take what they want,” Gus said. “I don’t know why total annihilation occurs but it does. They don’t leave any survivors.”
“You survived.”
“I was trained to spot a hunter. I spotted them, and when they started their attack, my wife nearly died. Willow is a resilient woman, but even she struggled. It was chaos.”
“She was pregnant,” Storm said.
“Karamazov don’t care. Once you are on their bad side, that’s it, you’re dead. I’ve seen them cut open a pregnant woman while she was still breathing, slaughter her child, and then kill her. Those are the kind of animals you’re dealing with. They’re men and women that show absolutely no mercy. They rape. They hunt. They kill. It’s worse than you can even imagine. They don’t care how much mess they make.”
“Hold up, if this is so bad,” Maverick said, “Why hasn’t anyone ever gone after them? Why hasn’t anyone stopped them?”