ROUGE

CHALLENGE ACCEPTED

Xander's POV

Flashback

Weeks

It's been weeks since the incident with Thea. Weeks since we have been trying to find Pedrova

The drugs are taking the city by storm and it won't be long before it consumes the whole country. Pedrova had to be stopped. I needed to end this once and for all but nothing seemed to have worked out.

"Boss he is inside. Fifteen men around him. But a lot more are in the basement"

"This ends today. Once and for all"

Damien looked at me and I gave a slight nod. Tonight will decide the faith of what happens to us. There was no room for defeat. We had to win. No matter the cost.

Damien and ...... knocked down the wooden gates to the warehouse . A lot of my men had surrounded the warehouse. Even if something goes wrong tonight, Pedrova wasn't leaving this place alive.

As expected, Pedrova wasn't expecting us. Even if we only got a few seconds before Pedrova's men got to their guns, my men had already shot down a lot of his men. The next few minutes were complete chaos. Bullets were being shot and men were screaming.

While my men were dealing with Pedrova's men, I eyed Pedrova. I almost laughed at how scared he looked hidden behind four of his men, running for his life. Tonight his reign will end and Russia will have a new king by dawn.

Kingdoms rise and collapse

Kings rule and eventually fall

I knew someday I would see my demise

But I will damned if I let that stop me from tasting complete power

He was running down to the basement. It was unfamiliar territory. I looked at Damien, Dimitri, Ivan and Egor. Giving them a signal, we all moved towards our prize. The stairs that led down to the basement were dark. We didn't know how many men were there. But it wasn't fear that I felt. It was the victory that I would get after seeing a bullet in the middle of Pedrova's head.

Dim light flickered at the curve of the stairs and Damien looked at me waiting for my order.

"Blow it up"

In the next second the basement was filled with gas and bullets started raining on the walls. I chuckled at how untrained his men were. Typical though. Pedrova liked wasting money on his whore houses. For him, his men were disposable and that's why his kingdom was toppling down in front of his eyes.

After a few minutes, when the sounds of bullets died down, we made our move. Entering the basement, Damien and Ivan took their place, shooting anything that moved. Just like each piece on a chess board that has special powers, each member of the circle had their own powers. Damien and Ivan were the best fucking shooters the world would ever see.

As the smoke faded, Egor grabbed his knife and moved like a snake into his prey's territory. No one survived Egor's knife. Never has and never will. Finally it was just Pedrova and two of his men at the corner of the room.

"I always knew you were a coward hiding behind your men"

"You think you can end me like this. I have ruled this country for years. I am not that easy to kill"

I almost laughed at his show of bravery. But I could read people. The way his eye twitched and his left hand that shook as it held onto his gun, he looked like a pup trying to fight the big dogs.

"Look around. It's over. Nothing can save you right now"

"Is it over? Think again. Aren't you forgetting something? Or someone"