Our Secret

Chapter 31: "You look worried"

Artemis POV

"What was that back there?" Gerald ask me as we walk out of the basement

"The Russian effect" I mutter

This is the second time I've seen something like this in person. The first time I seen it was when I was seven but the persons head didn't explode, they slit their throat. Quick and easy.

Igor and Ivan are stepping up their game.

How did they even get his head to explode like that?

It likes it was set on a timer or word limits. Something had to have been inside of his head to just explode like that.

And why couldn't I look away?

Why did I just stand there looking at the blood flowing and oozing from his eyes and nose?

"Artemis" Gerald snaps in my face

"Yeah" I say turning to look at him

"You look worried" he says

I just shake my head and keep walking towards my office

"You shouldn't be worried. Adam is dead and you didn't even have to kill him." He says, nudging my arm

"Yeah" I mutter again

I'm glad he died. I really am but it's the way he died that I'm not glad about.

"What is the Russian effect?" Gerald ask

I stop walking and turn around to stare at him

"You don't know what the Russian effect is?" I asked shockingly

How doesn't he know what it is? He was in Russia longer than me and he doesn't know?!

"I don't" he says

I wipe more of the blood off my forehead

"The Russian affect is when Igor finds people to do his bidding and once he's done with them, he'll give them something that'll drive them crazy enough to kill themselves or do something like what just happened in their. I've never seen that before and I don't ever want to see that again" I say

It was haunting and not in a good way.

"Do you think it was intentional?" He ask and I nod

Everything Igor does is intentional, especially when it comes to messing with me.

He knew how important it was to me to kill Adam because he knew that I couldn't recuse Mika, Emma, and Matteo if he was still alive. It benefited him, he could finish using Adam and then drop him off here where he knew we were waiting. Drop him off with an explosive in his head or whatever.

"I'm going home to shower and I'll be back sometime later to start training" Gerald slowly nods then walks away

I open my office door and walk inside.

I'm going to find out what Igor put in his head but once Mika, Emma, and Matteo are safe.

Walking over to my desk to grab my phone to call my driver Eddy.

"Hello madam." He answers

"Eddy, I need you to come pick me up from the warehouse"

"Yes madam"

"I'm bloody so sorry in advance for the mess"

"Okay madam, I'll be there in five minutes" I hang up the phone then slide it into my back pocket and walk out of my office