King of the Underworld by RJ Kane

Chapter Two Hundred Seventeen

Sephic

“Good,” I said, leaning my head against his shoulder. He laughed as he hugged me tightly while we waited on Adrik. We could hear him laughing with Trino, so we knew it couldn’t be all bad news.

He walked back to us soon after. “Did Trino tell you what Chen just told us?” Viktor asked, slightly amused.

“He did. He thought he was going to tell me something I didn’t know yet. You should’ve heard the cursing when he found out I already knew. Then I told him it was through Sephie that we found out and he went on like a 5-minute rant about how he couldn’t find a woman like her in Colombia. He’s considering coming up here to see if he can find one. He said he’s getting desperate,” Adrik said, laughing.

“Just as long as he didn’t bring up his kidnapping plan again,” I said, walking to Adrik.

Ivan clearly bristled. “His what now?”

Adrik couldn’t help but laugh more, “Don’t worry, Ivan. He won’t really go through with it, but he did say he was going to actively try and steal Sephie. He’s tried to convince her to come down there in front of me, too. I think he’s lonely.” Adrik put his hands on my hips and pulled me back against him so I could still look at everyone while we talked.

Ivan cursed under his breath, which made me laugh. “Don’t worry, Super Squish. It worried me too. The list of people who’d like to kidnap me seems to be growing, rather than shrinking. I just wish I knew how to be less awesome,” I said, dramatically. I ended up making myself laugh with that one, which made everyone laugh.

“So, Trino knows the dealers are organizing and want to stop this plan as much as we do?” Viktor asked.

Adrik nodded his head. “He said one of his guys is one of the ones in charge. He’s going to tell him to meet with us. We have a

much better chance of stopping this if we all work together.”

faces as they knew I had said the same thing to Chen. “It’ll help the dealers feel loyal to you, as well. Once this is all over, you want them to

caught my eye and grinned at me. “Made for this shi

Viktor’s phone beeped, alerting him that the good doctor was in the lobby. He stood up. “Be right

Dr. Williams behind him. Adrik stood to greet him, extending his hand to him. “Dr. Williams, thank you for

desk. I got up from beside Andrei and moved to the cabinet behind Adrik’s desk. I smiled at the

give them a description of the doctor yet, Sephle?” He sounded hopeful when he asked, but his face fell

the clock for now,” Viktor said. I gave Viktor a small nod

who he is? Are they going to arrest

see the anger on his face, which surprised me. Stephen was always so quiet, but this one seemed to really get under

hand through his blonde hair. “I can’t believe you found him so quickly. We’ve been looking for

have a specific cocktail that he uses that wipes people’s memories. He tests it regularly. He likes to go up to his victims to see if they

son of a bi tch,” Dr. Williams said.

half of it, doc. He’s responsible for so much more,”

you come down here today. I’m assuming that you know all about brawn?”

his face.

areas of the city. In one of those areas, they’re planning on putting a massive amount of brawn into the water supply. In the other area, they’re planning on withholding all drugs for the weekend they’re planning this.” Adrik paused to let Dr. Williams comprehend what he’d just told him. The shock was evident on

Dr. Williams

nodded. “How possible is it for the hospitals to deal with widespread

know when this is happening?” he

few days’ notice before it happens. We’re working to stop their plan altogether. We’re just putting backup plans in place just in case,” Adrik said. “There’s the potential for a lot of people to be affected. We want to make sure they’re covered in the event we’re not able to

easier for hospitals to prepare, but I’m not sure we can handle the entire addict population of the city going through withdrawals at once. Nor could we handle that same population having their drug of choice replaced by brawn, either. That’s