Last Goodnight

~°Chapter 11°~

Maqueuly rises from his desk and comes around to my side. He places an arm around my lower back and leads me forward. I hesitate at first but follow after him, afraid that if I refuse he could do something to me. I glance around looking for the nearest exit and weapons available at my disposal.

"What is it that you would like me to do?" I question carefully noting that Maqueuly's men all wear evil grins as they watch me step forward to the center of the room.

Maqueuly snaps his fingers sharply and I watch as two of his men step out of the room using the opposite door. A couple of minutes later they return with another person in tow. When I analyze the person more closely I realize it's one of the men who attacked us at the club last night. My eyes widen in alarm as I watch Maqueuly's men drag him from his arms and pull a chair directly in front of me. Maqueuly motions for the other men standing around to assist in strapping the guy down. The guy looks disheveled and bruised. It looks like he spent a couple of hours being tortured. There is blood covering his shirt and pants. His eyes are swollen shut, he's sporting cuts all over his exposed flesh.

"What is this?"

"This is a test for you Adina. We need information from this guy. You need to get it from him anyway that you can."

I hear the door close behind me and I glance back only to see that Sebastian and Nate have stepped into the room and are both gaping in shock when they see the scene before them. Sebastian gives me a worried glance before he composes himself.

"Welcome gentlemen. I have asked that you all be witness of our new recruits first task. What better way to breakthrough her first trial then this?" Maqueuly announces vigorously.

I walk forward feeling my knees shake slightly. I bend cautiously to be at eye level with the man who looks unidentifiable. I bite my lower lip and lean closer, placing my hands on either side of the chairs arm rests. The man stares at me, defeat clear in his eyes.

"You obviously know the predicament you are involved in and right now you being uncooperative is just making things difficult for you. These men aren't going to let up on you unless you give us the information we need." I say softly.

The man only stares blankly at me, refusing to acknowledge my presence. I sigh heavily drawing his attention to me for a brief moment.

"I won't be able to do anything if you refuse to help me. I am literally your only hope to live at the moment." I whisper softly. All the men in the room have gone quiet and eavesdrop at my exchange with the man tied to the chair.

"So I'm going to ask you. Why did you come here trying to kill Maqueuly?"

The man licks his dry lips as I anxiously wait for his response. He groans out as he shuffles to get in a comfortable position.

"We were sent here with the intent of capturing your boss not killing him. My boss wants him and will do what ever it takes to make that happen." He mumbles.

I nod encouraging him to continue. "I only know that my boss and Maqueuly go way back on a deal. Maqueuly broke it from his end which is why people are after him now. We were unexpectedly unprepared for the circumstances that took place last night as you can obviously figure."

"Who is your boss?"

"I don't know his name. I was recently hired under someone else. The big boss has never shown his face around the warehouse since I have been there. It must be someone big and important because everything is well calculated and if we fail they will send more people to take down your boss's employees one at a time in order to get a message across to Maqueuly. Starting with his most loyal and well known men like Sebastian, Nate, and Kevin."