Page 7 of Betrayal (Corrupt Empire 1)

Chapter Two

Aiden

I slammed my hand against the wall beside the door as I heard her muffled screams. That fucking girl would be the death of me. The wild look in her eyes when she told me to go to hell made my blood boil and my cock stand to attention.

What the fuck was I doing? Never in my life had I felt more out of control. If I had any other choice, I’d get rid of her in an instant.

The problem was… her. When I’d seen those doe eyes staring back at me after I’d executed her parents, my entire world shifted on its axis.

She wasn’t meant to be there. No one else but Mitchell and Kathleen Daniels were supposed to be in their penthouse. My entire fucking plan had gone tits up the moment I realised she was there.

Now I was stuck with Avery Daniels. The daughter of the fuckers who stole my life. I couldn’t kill her. I wanted to, but she just happened to be innocent of all the crimes the rest of her family had committed. My moral code wouldn’t allow it. I might be a fucked up bastard but killing an innocent girl would be a whole new low.

Thing is, I was going to do something so much worse to her. So much fucking worse.

Avery would become utterly dependant on me for everything. Then I was going to use her to destroy the Daniels legacy for good. Sick. I was sick, but nothing would stand in my way. The twisted pieces of shit needed to be stopped. Mitchell and Kathleen were only the beginning.

I walked away from the room I’d put her in, unable to listen to her screaming any longer. She’d wear herself out eventually.

I had every intention when I went in there to feed her and let her see to her needs. The stupid girl had hurt herself. First mistake. And then she’d openly challenged me after I’d laid down the rules. I wanted to pin her down on the floor and shake some sense into her. Hell, I wanted to do things I really shouldn’t to Avery.

I needed to break her. Break that girl so she’d be mine. Mine to use. Mine to manipulate. I had a new plan and Avery was key to its success. She would learn the hard way if she decided to keep up this little act. That’s if she didn’t fucking break me instead. She’d already tested my patience and it had barely been eight hours since I’d taken her.

Doe eyes. Fucking doe eyes. Behind them lay a girl who’d watched me kill her parents. Of course, she was going to hate me for it, but she didn’t understand. Literally no clue about what her family really did. Innocent. Too fucking innocent for this.

I couldn’t stray too far. Avery would need me sooner or later. She’d grown up pampered. There was no way she’d cope in that room alone for long. It was the very reason I put her in there. The fact I even had it installed was fucked up. I’d done unspeakable things to people in there. All at the request of fucking Chuck Daniels, Mitchell’s younger brother. I wasn’t sure who was worse. Him or Mitchell. Both of them were sick fucks.

I didn’t want to put her in there but needs must. Enough time alone and she’d be begging me to let her out. Exactly how I wanted her. Obedient. Only then would I tell her the truth. The real reason her family needed to die and their entire company razed to the ground.

I had the heir to Daniels Holdings in my hands. And nothing would stand in my way as I took them all down with me.

My phone rang. I pulled it out of my pocket, looking down at the display.

Chuck.

“What?”

I knew why he was calling.

“Shit has gone down.”

There was a long pause.

“Someone killed Mitchell and Kathleen and my niece has gone missing.”

I smiled. With the exception of Avery, everything was still going to plan.

“Shit, man. I’m sorry. Missing you say?”

I wasn’t sorry. Not at all. Not one bit. Fuckers deserved it. Chuck didn’t need to know that.

“The police went to see her, but she’s not in her flat. No one has heard from her. She’s the fucking heir to the company, Aiden. Mitchell refused to change the fucking papers even though she’s not ready. This is all fucked up.”

When I took Avery, I knew plans needed to change. Chuck hadn’t told me anything I didn’t already know.

“No trace of her at all?”

“As of right now, no. Anyway, it’s all fucked. I don’t know how long it will take for the media to get wind of it.”

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