The Strings Being Pulled

Ch 22

Weller's POV

"Hello, Lady Ause." I smile.
"How can I help you?" she asks without looking away from her paper.
"How's it going with The Ophels?" I ask.

She pauses her movement and looks up from the paper. I've known she's been a part of The Ophels for a long time now, the shock in her eyes is quite pathetic. A good actress I must say, just not enough to fool me.

"If you're talking about the incide-"
"I'm not talking about that." I cut her off.
"Then I have no idea what you're talking about." she responds.

I pull out my pocket knife, holding the blade under her chin tilting her face upwards. Her expression seems completely unfazed but her palms are sweaty. I could kill her right now but what's the fun in that? Right now, my motive isn't to kill but to get some answers.

At face of death, true colors will show but the illusion of being at death's doorstep works perfectly aswell. A smirk grows on my face, a feisty one but I have a good chance of getting answers here.

"So tell me, did you assist in the fire?" I question.
"Yeah." she answers after some silence.
"Oh? So you already knew about the demon?" I ask.
"Who?" she asks, I apply more pressure to the knife. "Look, I'm not telling anything, that's the only thing I'll tell."
"Guess I'm not getting my answers then." I state.

I chuckle, loyalty, one of the most annoying things but not the most annoying. Her attitude is entertaining and interesting, just telling me one thing but nothing else? Reminds me of two people...

"We both know a sharp knife is safer than a dull one. This is a well sharpened knife, so I had no intention to kill you in the first place." I pull back my pocket knife.
"But with enough pressure it cuts with ease." Ause replies, she scratches her chin.
"I'm not easy to pressure." I state. "It's more like I'm the one who puts pressure. Besides, I kill with intent, not pressure."

...Killing, killing, a simple concept yet so hard to execute. Morals, the victim, a strong enough will, getting caught, evidence, the guilt after, all of it can be a problem with how things are today.

Ause is impressive, she most likely knows I can read minds so all thoughts that could give me answers are blocked out from her mind. It seems to affect her body language aswell, very few people can do that.

She stares as I spin the knife between my fingers, the knife dancing smoothly. It's a rather small pocket knife, knives aren't my thing though. All I use knives for is when I'm threatening someone as when we think something is dangerous we consciously pull away from it. Knives can scare people but others use it for cooking.

When we think someone or something is gonna use that dangerous thing to cause harm then our flight or fight response will come in but sometimes there's the freeze response. Some people can stay rational when scared while others freak out.

Fear is so dumb, while it has saved countless people it also is annoying as fuck.

"Now out of my office." Ause commands.
"Ay ay, Captain Ause." I reply.
"Oh please, I've had enough of your mocking so. get. the. hell. out." she says sternly.

Ause's POV

He leaves but just as he's about to close the door, he turns around and smirks. Then he leaves, fuck this bastard. I'm not surprised he knows BUT he just used a knife to scare me for the sake of answers.

We knew about the demon, Asher had predicted what he would do and was spot on. How Weller could find out we secretly assisted in the fire beats me but it sure as hell will be a problem from now on.

My phone starts to vibrate, it's Azula. My lovely twin sister who has a smoking addiction, let's see what she wants.

"Hey, sis." she says when I pick up the phone.
"Hey, addict." I reply.
"Our two new members wants information on someone you work with." her voice switches to serious. "It's Weller."
"Well oh boy do I have some lovely news now, he threatened me with a knife!" I sigh. "And he knows about my identity."
"Well fuck." Azula responds.

Appropriate reply, this is one pain in the ass. I can't help but sigh again, my god is being a double agent shit. I have plenty of things to say about that stupid grandpa but not a lot of it would be valuable depending on what these two new members need.

"The two new members is the demon and an angel." Azula states.
"Honestly, I get why they want info in him." I reply. "I'm gonna contact Asher."
"Yeah, bye." she hangs up.

I rub my temple, we also decided that considering how the angel is the daughter of an enemy but doesn't know about it, we decided having her join along would be a good decision. Besides, Azula told me she noticed some chemistry between the demon and angel. I mean hey, guess we are helping with a love story.

So much paperwork on my desk and now another thing to my plate, fuck you Weller.

Whatever those two want info on him, it better be related to kill him because damn I hate him. I pick up my phone and scroll until I see Ashers name. I tap on it and after I think five seconds, he answers.

"Hey." I say.
"Hi, what can I help with?" he asks.
"Just found out your former pupil and an angel wants info on the vampire." I answer.

He doesn't say anything for a good while. I can't imagine how he feels, he is hiding the fact he's alive from the demon and Weller, this must be difficult for him.

"You're joking, right?" he asks.
"No." I say in a serious tone.
"I taught him better than this but now he has some serious issues." Asher states.
"You could just send Azula everything you know about Weller and she'll give it to the demon and angel." I state.
"What's concerning me is honestly is that I wasn't a good teacher to help him and what he went through." Asher replies.

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I'm calling Asher, Weller and Harry the OP trio