Page 107 of When Kings Fall

But sometimes we had to make exceptions.

Sometimes we had to become the very monsters we sought to fight.

“So what do we have here?” my dad asked as he approached the laptop by Levi and Roman. “Where’s this piece of shit holed up?”

I walked over to Colt and Mason and studied their laptop, taking in the location and the floorplan.

Just as I did, my dad echoed my thoughts.

“A fucking penthouse? Bought out the whole building too? This shit really does think of himself as some kind of king.”

“A king whose reign will end tonight,” Levi seethed.

My dad smiled at him proudly. “Damn straight, Knight.”

My dad and Roman exchanged a smile. “You did good with this one,” he told Roman.

“Seconded regarding Brianna.”

Just as Colt reached out and stroked my hair in an automatic sort of sweet reaction when I was near, my dad looked over at me at Roman’s compliment of me, and noticed. He frowned and Colt withdrew his hand quickly, realizing what he’d done, despite our talk beforehand to not demonstrate affection in front of my dad.

Fortunately, he looked away without saying anything or calling it out, and turned his attention back to the laptop.

“It’s a twenty-five story building,” Levi reported.

“It will pose a challenge accessing the penthouse floor as a result,” Roman said.

“Not if you draw him out and take care of putting him to ground outside,” my dad commented.

“This building is located on a busy city block. We wouldn’t be able to cover it up… too many witnesses,” Mason pointed out.

“The strike needs to happen inside,” I said.

My dad took in that information, then asked, “He’s putting up Osiris here in this building?”

“Correct,” Roman confirmed.

“How many are we talking?”

“We’ve clocked it at twenty, including him,” Levi informed him.

“That’s not the total number of members of that fucked-up outfit.”

“No, it’s not. We’re talking forty-six in total and that’s only until he recruits more, which is something he does every couple of months. The rest are in the process of being moved into the building. He wants them all close. For protection as much as convenience,” Levi reported.

“I’ll take out the remaining guys if you can get me a location.”

Levi nodded. “Now I know where Lynch is, which was made possible from this bold move and the expensive purchase of this building under a pseudonym he used on the phone while we were in captivity, I’m tapped into everything there. All incoming and outgoing communications. I’ll get you a location from there.”

“Dad, you can’t take down twelve guys. I mean, even in your heyday that would still be asking a lot.”

“I’ve already got my old club members on standby. Five of the closest brothers to me who owe me a favor or two. I was figuring on bringing them in on the Lynch takedown, but you need somebody to take out these stragglers too or Osiris could survive even without their fucked-up mastermind.”

“Wow, you certainly came prepared.”

He smiled. “Wasn’t gonna risk disappointing you again.”

“Dad, no, that’s not what—”

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