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Chapter 66: Shut Up

DAMIEN POV

"God. Where is everyone?" I groaned.

"Damien. You sent the meeting message an hour ago. Give them a break." Rocco grabbed a french fry from the tray in front of us.

It was Saturday evening. I had sent a message to the entire gang an hour ago about a meeting. Urgent meeting actually. So you would think people would show up here faster. Everyone did live within a 5 mile radius of the cage.

It was finally time to tell the gang of everything. About Naya's kidnapping a few months ago and Zoe's treason. I heard the door open and in came a few more guys.

I had told Violet and Naya to stay home, but knowing them, they'll probably come by here later.

"Yo Vince!" Rocco yelled over to Vince who was talking to a tall blonde girl. I think she was part of Violet's team.

I really should learn people's names in the gang.

Vince turned to us. "Yeah?"

"Can you get me more fries?" Rocco pointed to the almost empty tray.

I smacked the back of Rocco's head. "Stop eating. We should start soon."

Rocco rubbed the back of his head, grumbling something under his breath. I stood up and walked onto the stage.

"Listen up, Vipers. There's a lot I'm going to unload on you guys. Look around the room. If you don't see anyone, call them. Text them. I don't give a shit. Every Viper better be in this room." I yelled into the microphone.

I saw a few of them pull out their phones to text the others.

"There are two things. One." I took a deep breath. "A couple months ago, my girlfriend, Naya, was kidnapped by the Black Wolves." I heard a few gasps around the room.

"Wait!" A girl whose name I forgot raised her hand in the back and I recognized her. She was average, I guess. Nothing compared to Naya. She had long, curly black hair and pale skin. She was friends with Zoe. I think she hooked up with Rocco once, but he said it was terrible.

"Yes?" I rolled my eyes in annoyance.

"Didn't someone say you and the girl broke up? I thought she was like...gone." She asked.

Why do I have so many disrespectful people in the gang again?

"Didn't Rocco say you couldn't even last 5 minutes when you slept with each other?" I mimicked her annoying voice.

I heard a few laughs in the crowd.

"Anyway." I spoke up. "They tortured her, and used venom-"

"Venom?" Someone interrupted.

"Yes. Venom. It was stolen. I'll be going into more detail on who and how in a few." I explained. "Luckily, Scar had found her when the idiots chose a terrible hideout and the police caught up to them. She was unconscious for a few days, but she woke up. And during that time, the Wolves cleared out of all the places we knew about as you guys know. But we have found some locations-"

"Is she ok now?" One of the guys asked. I think his name was Evan or Kevin. He was a good fighter, but he was also soft.

I nodded. "Yes. She's good." I remember she couldn't sleep for a few days because she had nightmares, but I held her through them all. But, she's fine now. "Ok. Now for the second thing."

"Where's Zoe?" Someone asked.

"Maybe if I can speak without you guys interrupting me every 5 seconds, you can find out." I hissed through my teeth. My patience was reaching its breaking point.

"Next person who speaks will be strapped to a chair and have venom injected in them!" Rocco yelled out. He looked at me and winked, and I chuckled and shook my head.

"As I was saying." I spoke up. "When we found out that Naya was given venom, we realized there was only one way they could have gotten it. Someone on the inside gave it to them. We couldn't let anyone except the circle know because we didn't know who we could trust. After weeks of watching all of you, watching the wolves- yesterday we found out who was behind everything."

Some of them started talking and whispering amongst themselves.

"Yesterday, Zoe was seen with Matteo, leader of our rivals."

A lot of the guys stood up from their seats and started cursing.

"Sit down. I'm not sure how long this has been going. And I don't know how much she has told them. But it's not looking very good in our favor. And you guys remember how a few months ago we found out Marcus Fahl was working with them and they were planning something against us. This seems to just make it worse. We-"

"Damien!" I heard the door slam open and footsteps run in. Jake came down the center aisle and stood in front of me.

"Jake. We're in a meeting right now, and you're late. Go sit down." I pointed to the back. I tried to be as nice to Jake as I could because he was dating my sister.

"No. It's important." Jake said.

I raised an eyebrow. "Fine. Go on, then."

He slightly turned so he was facing me and the crowd. "I was driving here and I passed the construction site of Fahl's new hotel. And-" He looked up at me. "And I saw a bunch of wolves there. Like A LOT. I think everyone was there. I think they're using that as a meeting site while it's still being built. I parked at the side of the road to get a better look, and a couple of guys walked past my car. I have tinted windows, though. So, you know. You can't really see from the outside, but from the insi-"

"Get on with it, Jake." Rocco yelled.

"Right. Sorry. They were talking about us. Well, more importantly attacking us. Tonight. Like midnight. Which is in like 4 hours. They said they had a new shipment of stuff in, and Fahl had done everything to help."

Everyone started talking over each other. I started pacing around the stage. I knew something like this would happen. Just not so soon. I mean it has been months since I heard them talk about attacking us. And we have been preparing. But tonight? We have enough weapons. Everyone is here. It's time. 

"SHUT UP!" I yelled and put my hands out to silence them. "We've all been training. We know everything we know about the wolves. We know they were planning this. It was only a matter of when." I brushed my hand through my hair to push it back. "We're going in. And we're bringing back Zoe. Alive. Because I'm not just letting her just die. She's going to go through pain. Slowly. Much much worse than what she put Naya through."

"Oh, shit."

"I knew it."

"Wolves are going down!"

People continued their comments.

"Assignments. This is gonna be an attack. Which means we knock out, even kill, anyone in the way. Zoe's team, you guys are fighting. You'll be with us."

I had made sure all teams, not just mine, were trained. Everyone knew how to use a gun and how to fight. Obviously, not as skilled as us fighters, but if they worked together, they would be fine.

"I'm going to call Violet, and she'll be down here. Half her team is coming with us and other half is staying behind."

I looked at her team. They weren't very big. Maybe 7-8 people, but they were efficient.

"And my team. Leaders are Rocco, Scar, Max, Leo, and of course me." I went on to say who would be with who, and gave further instructions.

Everyone stood up to gather weapons and get their cars, vans, or bikes.

"You ready, Damien?" Rocco patted my back.

I grabbed my gun and clicked the safety. "Been ready."

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