Black Hand

21

The next morning, Neesha sends me and Ace a text containing coordinates of where Jozi was. At the current moment, she was with Joanna at some street festival in a nearby town. With the number of people there, it would be easy for us to grab her without anyone noticing.

Ace and I dress for the festival and drive down to the town. Parking a few streets away so no one would notice a really expensive car in the area. Not exactly were we driving in disguise. But with our outfits, we definitely did blend in with the crowd. A lot of tourists at this festival so we used that to our advantage. Ace kisses me. I kiss him back but was confused why he kissed me in the first place.

"Do you trust me?" Ace asks. He's being really weird about it. It almost feels like a 'no matter what happens, I love you kind of thing'. I nod. Of course I trust him. What is he talking about?

"Ace...what is this about?" I hold his face, trying to see if the answers magically will appear.

"Neesha said that we have to torture Jozi. And I know she's your half-sister and I also know that you have some kind of moral compass, even if it's a little off brand for children. But you know, I don't. I will torture her. And I won't stop at anything." He makes very clear.

"I know. She doesn't need to know we share any kind of blood relation." I tell him, but honestly, I'm just trying to convince myself this is a good idea. I know Ace will go much further than I will but that's a good thing because he can do things I can't get myself to do.

Joanna and Jozi pass us. We follow them before they get lost in the crowd. We pretend to be enjoying the festivities. Couples were making out, people were cheering. Some people are really into it, dancing and screaming their lungs out. I keep my eye on Joanna while also trying to seem interested in what's happening.

A big circle forms and small groups of people are going in the center, dancing, talking, making speeches. And while we were listening to all of it, I clock Joanna and Jozi to the right of me but on the other side of the circle. I tap Ace and discretely show him. We try moving closer, but someone stands in front of us. She's in a light blue hi-lo halter top dress, her brown hair in a braid resting on her shoulder. She places a finger on me, on my chest and knots my shirt in her finger pulling me closer to her. She turns her head and licks the side of my face, tugging on my earlobe. Lady's bold, I'll give her that. Ace is just watching this play out. I swallow a lump in my throat. I'm stunned. I regain my senses again and grab her head. The girl's clearly interested and she's too hot to pass up. She bites her lip, seductively. I walk with her to an alley. Ace darts his eyes from me and the girl to Joanna and Jozi, following them as they make their move.

I push the girl to the wall and kiss her. I untie the halter top and pull it down. I smirk, to my pleasure she wasn't wearing a bra. I squeeze her boobs as she moans. She shimmies out of her dress and removes her panties. She spreads her legs and without losing eye contact, her hands travel down to unbuckle my jeans and pull out my dick. I finger her, getting her loose and wet so I can easily slip inside her. I hoist her up, thrusting inside her. She holds onto my shirt. "Oh yeah. Yes. Yes. Yes. Oh fuck." She whines as I thrust faster inside her. She arches her back. "Fuck. Fuck. Fuck. Oh yeah. Yeah." I push her legs up, above her head and thrust even harder. She's being fucked like never before. I pull out and we both cum. I have her clean me up before I zip my pants again. I cover her so she can put her clothes back on. She gives me a peck on the cheek and runs back into the crowd. I get a text from Ace telling me where he is and I catch up to him.

"How was it?" Ace raises an eyebrow, smirking.

"Shut up." I slap his bicep. "Any ideas on getting Jozi?" I see Joanna and Jozi just a few feet in front of us. Ace tells me his brilliant idea which... not so brilliant. But I didn't come up with anything better so I went with it.

We get into the groove and momentum of the people around us and in rotation, I get close to Joanna, 'accidentally' falling into her. This causes her to lose her grip on Jozi's hand and she lets go. Ace comes in and puts a handkerchief up to her face and carries her out of the crowd. I apologize to Joanna and follow Ace out. We make it back to our car. Along the way we got weird looks but we explained it as our daughter fell asleep to some people and to others our sister fell asleep. If you're gonna lie, make it inconsistent.

Ace loads her into the back of the car and he and I hop into the front and drive off. I call Neesha telling her we had Jozi and where we can go to do what we needed to get done. She gave us directions to her house where she had a basement built kind of like ours back in New York.

When we get to the house, we punch in the key code and the garage door whirs open. Ace drives the car inside and closes the shutter. I get Jozi out and carry her inside. We find the basement door and take her down there. Entering Neesha's little dungeon made us realize ours is amateur compared to hers. I lay Jozi down on the slab in the center. She's still out of it. I actually get a good look at her this time. She looks a lot like Joanna. Almost a carbon copy. And Joanna's hot.

Ace ties Jozi's wrists and ankles to the four corners of the slab. This does the spreading part so he doesn't have to later. He pulls me over to him and rubs my back.

"You ready?" Ace asks. I have to be cause it's now or never. And to get after my father for everything he's done, everything EmberWing has done, this is the only way. Ace notices the hesitation in me and his demeanor changes. "You want me to believe you're the leader of the Black Hand? The number one empire in the world." Ace growls. "You're pathetic. Can't even handle a little 12 year old. What can she do, other than call for her 'mommy'. I didn't fall in love with a baby now did I?! I need you to fucking get your act together. I make you weak? No. You make yourself weak with this moral compass bullshit you tell yourself. So snap the fuck out of it. And treat her like you would treat anyone else!"

My insides boil. "You're right."