Page 61 of King Of Order

My face and my cold as fuck face must have terrified him so much that he began to wheeze and struggle for oxygen as sheer panic engulfed him.

With a rough hand, I reached for the pillow under his head, jerking it away.

His thin neck, once a boxer’s thickness, bounced back on the thinner pad below.

His exhales began to amp up into hoarse, jagged gasps.

With a groan, he clutched his chest.

I didn’t buy his act for a second.

Still, he lurched on the mattress in a panic, trapped in the thrall of his past sins.

I arched a brow with cold inscrutability, giving the same energy as he had when he played judge and executioner to my parents.

‘A mali estremi, estremi rimedi,’ I whispered. Extreme evil, extreme remedies.

With dispassionate coldness, I took one final look at my family’s killer, sucked my teeth, and placed the pillow over his gasping face.

I pressed in with one hand and, aiming, took a single shot to his covered temple.

Between the silencer and the padding, there was only a tiny puff of noise and an entry hole in the cotton.

I stepped back, eyes fixed on him as he jerked one last final time.

I lifted the pillow to the sight of a perfectly round wound and a seeping circle of red below his head.

His eyes, open and sightless, stared into the ceiling, bidding his soul farewell.

With a suck of my teeth, I slid my weapon and silencer back in my holster, switched on the monitors, and slipped out of the room.

The flat line alarm rang out as I turned a corner, pushing my janitor’s cart.

I paused to let the rush of doctors and nurses pass, racing toward the room I’d vacated.

With an inhale, I abandoned the trolley and strolled away.

Lavoro fatto.

Job done.

Chapter 14

CHIARA

My phone rang, shattering the silence.

I knifed up in bed, groggy, pushing my hair from my eyes.

My hands fumbled as I picked the device up, the hospital’s number flashing on the display.

I jolted, sliding the screen to take the call, noting the time.

6 a.m.

Nobody called at this time with good news.

I already had a foreboding even before they even spoke.

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