Forever & Always

Chapter 10: Ephialtes✔️

(n) - a nightmare; the demon Incubus that supposedly causes a nightmare

Pronounced: eh-fee-al-teez

•Winter's pov•

⚠️Warning! The following scenes contain mentions of torture which may be disturbing to some people. It will start and end at the bullet point. Read at own risk. Thank you.⚠️

"I have to use the bathroom, I'll be right back." I tell my brothers.

"Ok. We'll be at ShakeShack when you're done." Lio says to me before we part ways. I walk away from my brothers and into a random store. I make sure they're out of eyesight before I look back at the person I was looking at before, just to see them still staring at me. I nod my head discreetly to my right which is the opposite direction my brothers went in. He nods and starts following me. No one is suspicious since he's on the opposite side of me and looks like a regular shopper.

I see an elevator just up ahead and walk towards it, I click the button to go down and the elevator doors open up. I walk in and lean on the bar in the elevator. The elevator doors start to close, but a hand stops it. The guy walks in and lets the doors close completely before speaking.

"The Egyptians have attacked one of our warehouses in Egypt. There were few casualties, but they stole some of our weapons. Some of our members were injured, but none are dead. The Egyptians have also captured some of our spies in Egypt. They ambushed them while our spies were tracking down a gang the Egyptian Mafia are associated with. Our hackers in Egypt are working on tracking them along with tracking where they may have taken our weapons."

"Alright, I'll be in Egypt as soon as possible. I'll leave here very early tomorrow morning for Egypt. I'll have to be back before 4:50 pm tomorrow. Have my jet ready at 3:00 am tomorrow morning, no later, and make sure Carson is good to travel."

"Yes, boss." He says before the elevator dings and the doors open. He walks out and I press the button for the floor that my brothers are on. I can already feel a plan forming as I walk. Lorenzo, Vincenzo, Christopher, and Alexander are going on a business trip for a few days and are leaving tonight, so I won't have to worry about them.

Emiliano, Demitrius, and Wonder will be at school tomorrow morning, which is Monday, from 8:10 to 3:15, but they told me about how they're in sports, so they won't leave the school until 4:30. The school is 10 minutes away from the house, so they'll get home by approximately 4:45-4:50 considering the fact that there will be traffic, they have to go through security, put the car in the garage, and actually make it inside, so I'll need to be home no later than 4:40.

They'll still be asleep by the time I leave and they'll most likely wake up between 6:45 and 7:00. However, I'll have my laptop under my bed sheets making small snores and whimpering noises so it sounds like I'm still sleeping and that they're about to wake me up so my brothers won't bother me. As for me going to school, I don't start until Monday next week, so that won't be a problem either.

As for the cameras and the guards, that'll be a piece of cake. I can easily hack into the cameras to shut them down between 1:45 and 2:00. That should give me enough time to get past any guards and get into the car I'm sending over here. However, the cameras will not only shut down, but I'll also hack them to replay the scene of the guards standing in front of the cameras so anyone who watches the footage won't get suspicious. I'm a master in hacking and programming thanks to the hackers that taught me all their tricks, plus some that I came up with on my own, so the 15 minute clip will play flawlessly.

The ding of the elevator reaching the floor I need it to is what cuts off my thoughts and takes me out of my planning. The elevator doors open and I walk out while looking up at the signs leading to the restroom as I walk and follow them.