Chaos (Colby Brock)

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Colby's POV

We sat in silence for a while, waiting for the secret society to get here.

I had to admit that I was nervous since I didn't know what their reactions would be to me killing their leader.

Hell, I was probably going to be in a lot of shit for killing Alexander Quill in general.

He deserved death though.

He deserved to die after what happened tonight. I know he was trying to kill me and I was going to let him.

I deserved death even more now that Julia's life was on the line.

"Any updates on Jules?" I asked quietly, breaking the silence that was in the air.

"I can go check." Jeremy said and stood up. "I'm coming with." I said and stood up.

"You can't. Not yet. Just...wait here." Jeremy said then left the room.

"How can we trust this guy?" Corey asked and crossed his arms. "Julia trusts him." Sam mumbled. "I hope she's okay." Jake said quietly, looking down at his lap.

"She has to be." I said quietly as the door opened. Jeremy had a broken look on his face as he looked at me.

"She's gone isn't she?" I asked, my words heavy in the air. "It's not looking good." He said and closed his eyes.

"She's not gone yet, though. There's hope." Jeremy said then checked his phone.

"They're here." Jeremy said then looked up at me. I didn't know how I was supposed to be reacting or handling this situation.

It was the last thing I wanted to deal with.

After a few minutes about ten men came into the conference room we were in.

The men ranged from my age to maybe early forties or fifties. They all looked like they could easily kick my ass though.

"Boys. As you know this is Mr. Brock." Jeremy said as I nodded. "He's taken the life of Alexander Quill tonight." He explained as the men all looked at eachother in shock.

"I never thought this day would come." An older gentleman who I recognized as Will. "How did this happen?" One of the men asked with a gruff tone.

"He shot his own daughter. She jumped in front of the bullet, but either way he needed to go." I said feeling my heart sink.

"Julia?" Will asked with sorrow in his voice. "Yes." I said simply then shook my head slightly, trying to not get emotional.

"What does this mean?" Sam asked as I crossed my arms. "Well, since you killed our leader, you have a couple of choices to make." Will said and folded his hands in front of him.

"You can take his place and become our leader. We clearly do things very differently since we are an older gang with a lot of history." Will explained.

"Quill was elusive, nobody knew if he really existed until it was too late for them. Since people know you this could be problematic." One of the men said and looked up at me.

"He's not ready for this." Another guy said causing everyone in the secret society to start talking over eachother.

"Enough!" I said causing them to all stop.

"There's a lot to think about but I don't have any answers as of now." I said and looked at all of them.

"Right now, Julia is my main concern." I said then looked at Sam, Corey, Jake, and Nate. They had concerned looks on their faces.