How the Mighty Fall (The Sinner #1)

SIN 28

Kairos

My bastard of a half brother never learned. He thought he had the upper hand with his so called "schemes". Pangasinan is mine. I have eyes everywhere and nothing goes right under my nose. Even the traitors. Traitors who are now dead.

I know that the underboss who the assassin worked for was not the only man that Mancini planted in Pangasinan. I did not bat an eye when my wife said I've lost so much of my soldiers. Why would I? They do not matter. Those who died are those who I discovered were working under Mancini's command.

My wife complains that I rarely go home. I know because I always check the camera feed when I'm out. I don't go home because my days are occupied with killing off Mancini's planted soldiers. I do it myself to send a message to those who dare betray Despiadados in the name of an incompetent man like Harrison.

I'm saving the underboss for last. From what I've gathered, he was the closest to Mancini out of all the traitors.

Each of Mancini's men here in Pangasinan are corpses now. It's time for me to hunt Mancini himself down. The last member of Mancini family should be wiped off the face of the Earth. I'll give him and our sperm donor a sweet reunion in hell. You're welcome. Though, I don't know whether being in hell will be their true hell or the fact that they are buried and I'm ruling over the territory they wanted so bad to keep me away from. But eitherway will give me satisfaction.

"He's within the territory, sir," Evander spoke with calm urgency through the radio.

"Kairos, wala si Mrs De Cordova sa mansyon," Gideon alerted me.

"Mierda!" I slammed the steering wheel. That woman just won't let me work in peace! For a goody two shoes, she's doing poorly in behaving.

We're in the middle of a war, yet she roams around like she's not my wife who can be used against me.

"Harrison Mancini is near your wife's location, sir," update muli ni Evander.

"They're in the same location? Standing on the same fucking ground? What?" I snapped.

"No, sir. Wala sila sa iisang lokasyon. But Harrison Mancini's closeness to Mrs De Cordova's location cannot just be a coincidence. He might be out to get her."

I did a quick u-turn while playing the camera feed from earlier before she left.

By the minute, I gradually stop breathing, hearing my wife's plans. I do not know everything of it. Just that she's looking for the assassin. I should not have told Elowyn where the assassin is staying.

Vivendel was doing it for the Despiadados's cause.

The woman who I kidnapped, who I rejected countless times, is the same woman who is trying to save my territory, when she should be rejoicing at the thought of my fall.

"I'm done running away from my feelings, Kairos. Wala ka bang tenga? Hindi mo narinig ang sinabi ko kanina? I want you!"

"It's you that I want"

"Gusto kong..." she pointed at my face. "...g-gamutin ang sugat mo. I'm sorry, it's bothering me a bit."

"I still want to be friends with you, Kairos. Have a nice day!"

She did not change one bit. She liked to jump in the waters without knowing its depth. She expects it to embrace her and keep her afloat. She doesn't know that it's greedy. It would swallow her whole and rob her of her own breath.