Little Dark One

48 - red rage

Tommy

I took a deep, unsteady breath in an attempt to calm my simmering rage, and then I scrapped that, realizing I did my best work when I let the fury consume me. 

I left Keira in our bedroom because I didn't want her to see this side of me, the sadistic, revenge seeking maniac that took over when I lost control. 

I've struggled with explosive rage issues since I was young. I was a quiet boy until the age of 11, and that's when shit really hit the fan and I was never the same.

I've never felt the need to fix those issues in the past, if anything, they helped me secure my fearsome and notorious reputation as the most lethal gang leader in the country, if not the world.

Ever since Keira entered my world and showed me the possibilities of  peace and serenity within my soul, I've tried to shelter her from the monster within me, I've tried to tame the beast when she was around, but I couldn't bring myself to part with it completely. Not even for her. 

Today was no time for tame, I had a traitor in my inner circle and Keira needed to stay far, far away from me when I unleashed my inner monster. The last thing I needed was my only solace running out on me.

I descended the long staircase leading down to the pit. A dark room far under the depths of my safe house. I had a similar room under my mansion, where Blaze dumped Sal. The chances of him surviving all this time in a lightless room without food and water were slim, but I felt no remorse.

I punched in a long code and shoved the impenetrable doors open, stepping into utter chaos. The four guys I banished to these depths were yelling and throwing hands. Blood gushed from eyebrows and lips while fists sailed through the air, colliding with flesh relentlessly. Insults and profanity blended together, holding no weight. They had yet to even notice my entrance. 

I pulled my gun from my waistband, cocked it and shot three times into the stone ceiling. Loud echos of gunfire permeated the cold, dark room. That got their attention. 

Four bloodied bodies froze immediately and wide eyes snapped to me, standing in the doorway. I brought the gun down slowly and aimed it at each one of their heads, one by one as a menacing grin slid over my face.

"Now that Keira is gone, there is no one to save you from me." I sneered. "Sit the fuck down before I blow your brains out."

They stepped away from each other immediately, Thor and Viper sliding down one wall while Hunter and Blaze mirrored their actions on the opposite wall. They avoided my gaze, their heads hung as they sat on the cold, damp floor, leaning against the wall.

I knew for a fact that Dane wasn't the rat, if he was, the feds would have been successful. Dane was the only Revenant within my inner circle who knew the ins and outs of this place almost as well as I did, considering he helped design it.

The rest of these mother fuckers before me had only been here once, if at all. Which meant one of them tried to sell us out. Key word being tried.

"So, who's the fucking rat?" I asked simply, cutting straight to the point as my gun moved over each of them.

They all snapped their heads up at the same time, looking between one another and me, with panic in their eyes.

"T, c'mon man, I've been with you since day one. You know I'd never betray you like this." Blaze held my gaze with a pleading look in his eyes.

"It's Knox, to you." I snapped, rejecting his nickname. "You would betray Keira, you said it yourself, you don't trust her."