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Forty-Seven

Harry's POV

I haven't slept in 24 hours. Not since we were in Amsterdam. As soon as I had gotten my men together, gathered them all with a plan, I wrote the letter for Zuri and held onto it until my men told me she was heading back to her apartment earlier today. I was shocked and furious. I tried to call her but got no answer. I wanted, with every fibre in my being to go around there and get her. But the last thing I wanted to do was push her away. I couldn't risk it.

So I sent more men to her apartment.

I had turned to Niall and told him,

"Zuri is heading back to her apartment now." I anxious rolled the glass of whisky in my hand. We were sat in my office, waiting for the boys to get back so we could go and follow a lead we had on Max. I really didn't like sitting around but we couldn't go without them.

"Should we go?" He asked, tipping his own glass back and downing the drink.

"I don't think I should, maybe you should?"

"Yeah, let me go give Audrey a ring and tell her to get stuff together. They can grab their things and I'll either take them to mine or a hotel."

"Good plan-"

Liam, Louis and Zayn all come barging through my office door. My glass gets abandoned on my desk as I stand immediately, as does Niall, and we look at them all.

"Max. It's him. For definite." Zayn huffs out of breath, without a beat I'm around the desk and following them all out of the office.

"Niall you need to-" I begin but he interrupts.

"No, no I'm coming with you. If we have Max, if we get Max, then the girls are safe." Fuck he's right. If we can get the upper hand on Max then maybe we'd have a fighting chance. I'd kill the fucker on sight. No questions asked. At least then we'd be one obstacle down.

"But what-"

"No Harry, there are no buts. Max is fucking there and we have to take this chance, take it now before he disappears again." Niall shouts from behind me.

"Fine, send Audrey over and also send even more men. I don't want anyone in or out of that apartment without anyone knowing." I spit and Niall nods his head, clicking his phone then barking down the speaker at someone. Then I note how his voice calms when he rings Audrey, explaining the situation, well kind of. And then we all jumped into the range rover, Zayn taking the wheel.

I had heard about half an hour ago that we had a sighting on Max at a bar in the centre, one that I privately owned. Not through the gang. My own. I rarely visited but I owned it. I have a lot of ventures, own a lot of different businesses, properties, I have put my money to good use. And apparently, he had been seen at this bar of mine. Now, I find it odd that he would be there. Out of all the bars in London. Which makes me think it is a set-up, but set up or not, Max will not be walking out of that bar alive.

So I sent my men over to keep an eye on him, getting confirmation it was him.

I hadn't heard back from them, however Zayn, Liam and Louis running in telling me, that was my confirmation.

"What the fuck happened?" I spit at Zayn as he zips around the cars in the road.

"It was a fucking ambush, his men flooded the place. Killed every single person." What the fu-

"Why didn't I hear of this?" I shout.

"We just told you." Liam yells back. The tension in this car is unbearable. We're all raging. All our weapons are drawn, I sat back in my seat double, no triple checking the bullets and making sure I have spares.