Chapter 3 A Slave Trade

HUSTON

HOURS AGO

Thane exhaled heavily as he puffed out smoke from his mouth, he sat gracefully in the seat with his legs fixed crossed on the table.

He leaned back on the seat and closed his eyes as he let the weed in him do its work and take him to ecstasy. That feeling.

"Please, sir. Please don't kill me." A voice interrupted his moment and he opened his eyes.

He turned his head a little and looked at the middle-aged man who was on his knees trembling and begging.

Thane's men were behind him carrying guns as they stared down at the man. All they were waiting for was their boss's final order.

Thane sighed and killed the light to the weed stick with him. He slowly put his legs down from the table and sat up, he stared at the man's table and picked up random files.

"Give me one reason why I shouldn't kill you, Thunder." Thane said as he dropped the file and picked up his gun on the table then looked at the man.

"I am really sorry. I have been loyal to you for years, I... "

"Until you ratted me out and made me lose fucking millions." Thane cut him off and the man rubbed his hands together and pleaded.

"Don't worry. It's not only you that is going down. William too is." Thane replied and ran his hands on the gun.

"I just need confirmation that he is dead before killing you too." He shrugged and stared at his phone, waiting for it to ring.

He couldn't be in San Diego to do the job himself because he had to deal with the man in his presence. So he sent his most trusted man to deal with the situation. A man who never fails. Vin.

His phone suddenly rang and the man gasped and started to cry loudly.

"Well, look at that. It's Vin." Thane said and picked up the call then placed the phone on speaker.

"Yes, Vin?"

"He is dead, boss." He said. Before the man could blink or say another word, Thane pulled the trigger and he fell dead.

"Meet me at the warehouse in ten minutes." He said and ended the call.

"Clean this up." He ordered his men and walked out of the office.

In minutes, he was out of the man's company and got into his car, he ignited it and drove towards the warehouse.

He turned up the music in his car as he applied pressure on the accelerator.

Being in the mafia isn't so easy not to talk of being at the head of the chain. He had more enemies than partners.

Thunder and William used to be his business partners, but not until they broke the code and ratted him out. He found out about it months ago but he waited patiently to have his revenge.

William's wedding day. He knew it would be nice to ruin his happiness. He could have traveled to San Diego to do it himself but he decided not to.

It could get more bloody than it was supposed to be.

In ten minutes, he arrived at his warehouse. It was one out of a lot that he had but this was his main one.

He walked out of his car and met Vin there already, alongside the rest of his men who went with him.

He walked towards them and they all bowed as he got to them.

"Where is the body?" He asked and Vin looked up at him.

"Actually, sir... I... we... "

"I asked you where the body is. Where is William's body?" He asked again and Vin gulped.

"We don't have the body, sir." He replied sharply and bowed his head.

"I need proof that he is dead. Where is... "

"He is dead sir. I confirmed it. I shot him myself." He cut Thane off and he nodded.

He suddenly pulled out the gun and shot Vin in the arm.

He groaned in pain and fell to the floor, he wasn't expecting that.

"See? I shot you. Are you dead?" He asked and Vin groaned in pain and stood on his feet.

"I'm sorry sir. We couldn't get his body because the cops were coming. We had to leave before they got to the scene." Vin apologised and Thane breathed out.

He tried to calm himself. If this went wrong, it would be bad. William being alive would be bad. It would start a war, a bloody war.

Not that he is scared or anything, he just hated William so much and wanted him dead. People like him are the reason the mafia world gets seen the wrong way.

They all had limits to what they could do and codes they could follow. But William got too greedy and did too much.

"Oh, fuck this." Thane groaned and raised his gun at his men.

They all shook in fear, their boss was mad. He could do anything to them.

"Sir, I get that you are annoyed... "

"Oh, you have no idea." He cut Vin off and pointed his gun at them properly and they all flinched.

All these while, Thane had a normal expression on. He barely expressed his emotions but everyone knew how dangerous he was.

"If it makes things better, I took his bride." Vin said in fear, hoping it would count.

"What has that got to do with me?" He asked and raised his gun and his men groaned in fear and rushed behind Vin.

"She could be of use to you sir." Vin hurriedly replied. Thane didn't give him a response, he still had no idea what the use of William's bride would be to him.

"If by any chance William is alive, although I am sure he is not. We could use his bride to get to him. He will come for her and you can threaten him with her." He added and Thane thought about it for a few seconds.

He was right though.

"And if truly he is dead, you can do anything you want with the girl." He added again and looked up at his boss, hoping he was able to convince him.

"Okay. Nice point. So where is she?" Thane asked and Vin gulped. Now this was where the real problem was.

"I... I thought we might need extra cash so I sold her in the Albanian slave trade." Vin replied in fear.

"Oh, great." Thane replied and shot his other arm.