Page 98 of Beast: Part Two

Many writes all eight names on the board.

“I want Victoria,” Albany says with a growl. “No one touches her.”

Maksim shakes his head. “Don’t set your sights on the last two. They are Corbyn’s favorites. He will keep them closest to him.”

“Then we start with the others. Who’s the easiest target?” Lucien asks.

“I know what you’re capable of,” Maksim says. “But I don’t want you to get ahead of yourselves. My siblings are well trained. Just as well as all of you. This won’t be easy.”

“Yeah, but didn’t Beast take out two of them by himself?” Hawk asks.

“I did, but that’s because they were arrogant. They weren’t expecting me to be a step ahead of them. We won’t have that advantage this time.”

“He’s right,” Albany says. “We take nothing for granted. We have to be smart about our attacks. The goal is to pin Corbyn against a wall. A trapped rodent will always make a mistake.”

“If we take away his protection, he will tuck his tail and hide and you will never be able to figure out where he is,” Maksim says. “Corbyn owns properties all over the world. He can go from one house to another. I know about most, but he has one or two that no one knows the location to. It will be like trying to find a needle in a haystack.”

“Then let’s remove some of the hay,” I say as the thought hits me. “The goal is to trap him where we want him. Let’s lure him into his own trap. We burn down all his hideaway houses that you know leaving only one or two. It will force him to take refuge in one of those two houses.”

“You said there are only two you don’t know right?” Lucien asks. Maksim nods.

“Then we eliminate all the others. It will give him a sense of false protection. If we can narrow the search down to one or two places, I promise me and Kyra can track him down.”

“Who are we going to get to attack the homes? It’s not smart for us to separate, plus Maksim said some of those places are overseas,” Hawk states.

“D.O.E has already offered their services,” Albany says. “They try to stay out of Church business. But this is personal. They will do it for me.”

“Cardinal Thomas and Trigger Gates both offered their services as well. They said they are here for whatever we need,” Zel offers.

It’s good to know that Priest still had some true friends in the Church. It wasn’t just our lives he impacted.

“I’ll give you the list of all the safe houses I know,” Maksim tells Albany.

She dips her chin at him.

“With that out of the way, who’s our first target?” Lucien asks.

Maksim rubs a hand down his face as he looks over at the whiteboard. “We will start with Zeke. He’s the most likely to be alone. It won’t be easy, though. He lives a solitary life.”

“He has to come out of his house for something,” Hawk says.

“Running,” Maksim replies. “He does it every night, but he always picks random times and spots around the city. Corbyn always taught us to never form routines.”

“So, all we have to do is track his movements and follow him to wherever he runs.”

“Still won’t be easy,” Maksim says, responding to my statement. “The moment he spots anyone near him he will be tipped off. Zeke is paranoid. He doesn’t trust anyone, man, woman, or child?”

“There has to be some way to get close enough to him,” Zel says.

Maksim shrugs. “He likes animals.”

Many chuckles, pulling my attention to him. “I think we will take care of this one.”

chapter Twenty-six

Dog Lover

Many

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