The Alpha and Me

77. A step close to winning

77. A step close to winning

Manik's POV

I stared at the details of the women going to be auctioned in the upcoming grooming factory event Nathan's bought with a satisfactory grin.

"This is amazing. Keep it up, Nathan." I patted my beta on the back, feeling euphoria leaping within my being.

"Thanks to Xan. He helped me with all the tracking." I cast a glance in the front at Xan who is busy downing a full glass of whiskey.

He winked with a lopsided smile, "You can pay me back with some hot tales of your passionate holiday with your hot seductress."

I glared at him since Nathan was there and he still doesn't know anything about my personal life. I trust Nathan but I'm still not ready to let him be one of the keepers of the most sensitive secret I have.

"Any news about the location?" I quickly asked before my beta noticed us talking through our eyes.

He refused with a nod, "That's still under process I guess. I'll let you know as soon as Tony shares anything new with me."

Tony, one of Conor's heavily dedicated soldiers who's helping us, has already snuck into Archibald's den. Tony has got his right man in his clutch and is moving ahead according to what we planned. Nathan is coordinating with him.

It was Tony who sent the details of the women available for auction happening the day after tomorrow. It's risky, the bastards know but they are willing to take a shot.

Since I started my war against the grooming factory congregation, very few auctions have been organized. The buyers are all over the place as they're conflicting with their libidos. They need new slaves for themselves, and wouldn't hesitate to pay hundreds of millions of dollars for it. Hence the owners have agreed to conduct this auction under tight measures followed.

They thought they could fool us and work under my nose. The fuckers are unaware of my brothers and how freaking talented they are. We're one step ahead of them and they don't know.

It won't be long when I have my hands around their neck, squeezing breaths out of their lungs.

"Already assuming yourself doing the killing, Malhotra?" Rogue slapped my back, breaking me out of my trance.

"You can't imagine how badly." I smiled.

This man is getting more and more important in my life. Like a big brother he's looking after me. I wonder what would have I done if dad didn't persuade me to see him.

"Good, keep the fire burning. It'll help you a lot in the coming days." He made both of us a glass of whiskey and handed one to me.

As I took a sip he asked, "How's your woman doing?"

"Good I guess." I haven't talked to Nandini since I last separated from her at the airport.

We barely exchange texts. I'm glad she's not the nagging type. She hasn't made an attempt to call me and distract me. Nandini knows what I want when I am working. She's giving me my space and full time to focus.

'Just the right woman for you, isn't she?' My Wolf teased.

She is. We both love her.

"You don't know how she's doing?" I nodded negatively with a click of my tongue.

"We haven't talked since."

"Wow, that's impressive." Evan joined in. "You're a lucky bastard, Manik. To say my mistress is annoying me as fuck. She wants me to come back soon."

"That thing annoys too?" Xan filled himself one more glass and joined us on the big couch before the wall of windows.

We are in a penthouse Rogue owned in NYC. It is our new office. We've also agreed to have our significant meetings and discussions here since it's cozy and has five different rooms we can crash into at night if it gets late.

"I thought she can't do much more than scream in pleasure." We laughed at Xan's addition.

"Boy, she's got a strong need for cock. She can take me the whole day long without begging me to stop." Evan rolled his eyes animatedly.

"I think I'd borrow her from you. The chick is doing a number on me." Xan said.

"Sure. When my contract with her ends."

I let them joke about the girls and came to stand near the windows. Twilight was unveiling its mystical veil, weaving a spell of enchantment over the land. I heaved and lifted the glass to my lips to take another swig.

Sometimes I feel life is so bloody messed up. I hate the changing emotions and situations happening around.

There's love at a moment. Then grief at another.

I want all of this to end soon and well so I can go to my woman and make love to her endlessly. She needs her own identity in the mansion besides being a doctor. I want everyone to know she belongs to me.

I want to be able to hold her without the fear of getting caught. I want to carry her to my bedroom boastfully while everyone ogles at us. I want mom to admire me showering love on the woman she's taken as her daughter.

There's so much I want to do. Except it's not possible until I win this war and bury the chances of other such wars rising in the coming future.

Feeling weariness permeating to my very bones, I yawned and made my way to one of the guest rooms to die for the night. I closed the door and slipped into the shower under the warm spray. I cleaned myself off with a towel and snuck into the blanket naked.

The early morning arrived with a boom of commotion out of my bedroom. I quickly grabbed a pair of cargo pants and put them on. Taking hold of my glock, I stepped out on Xan making haste out of the main door.

"What happened to him?" Others were mounted on the couch in the living room or yawning half naked like me as they peeked from other rooms.

"He had a suicide bomber breach one of his warehouses that was preparing to dispatch a shipment of TNT and exploded it." Conor informed me.

That's insane.

I am still trying to imagine what would become of the idiots who sent a human bomber to Xan's warehouse while the others yawn again and crawl back into their rooms.

Although he's pretty funny and fun-loving, as the head of the Greek syndicate he's done many more killings than I'd have fucked women during my teenage years.

"For a moment I thought we're under attack." Conor rubbed a palm to his face as he sighed loudly.

"I had an anxiety attack," Rogue said. "This would have been the first time being attacked on my own property."

"I was shocked too. Like who's honed the talent and courage to mess with Bruce Wayne's tech-protected property." Evan joked.

I've learned Rogue also goes by the nickname Bruce Wayne because he's exceptionally rich like the character disguised as batman in the show.

This is normal for them. They've had this alliance for years now and they know how to react. When the place is completely empty I slump on a couch and drop the gun next to me. I closed my eyes and sleep took over me before I knew it would.

I would have slept like a bear in hibernation all day since the following day was going to be full of action. Except I feel my mind burning up and an intimidated voice of my beta fills my head, "Alpha Manik! Alpha Manik, are you there?"

"What is it Nathan?!"

"It's an emergency message, Alpha. Tony just contacted me. There's a change in execution of the auction. It's taking place within forty minutes from now in the rundown warehouse situated along the border of NYC and Pennsylvania." It has me falling on my butt hard on the cold floor.

Tbc...