The gangleader and me

Chapter 10

Jake POV 

"Again " I say not leaving the man's face. 

Another punch falls on him and he grunts in pain. It's been an hour. An hour that we've been trying to get information out of the bastard. I recognize him. He is the Shark's second in command. If I didn't need the intel so much, he'd already be dead. 

But I need to keep my cool. The Sharks attacked for something and I need to know why before I erase them from the surface of the earth for good. It's 2 in the morning and we are exhausted but our anger keeps us up 

" I am going to ask you one last time before I really get annoyed with you " I start leaning to face him " Why did you attack ? We are stronger and better than you and you know it. Only assholes would have crossed us tonight and we both know that you aren't ones. So what did you want ? "

He lifts up his head and just laughs at me. I clenched my fist out of anger and I am going to punch him when my phone vibrates in my pants back pocket. I stop myself and give a look to Nate who understands immediatlty. I turn around and hear the man grunt in pain. I open my phone and see a text from Tyler. I asked him to keep an eye on Cassie and to tell me how she is doing a few minutes ago. I look at Derek and he comes to me. I open the message so that we can both read it :

' After throwing up and spending half and hour in the bathroom, she's finally asleep. Shoild I stay in her room ? She's cute when she sleeps ! ;) '

A smile places itself on my face and I turn back to the bloodied bastard and start to type a response. I'm cut off when I hear the man laugh in front of me. I look at him with a questionning look. 

" How's your little girlfriend ? She has beautiful eyes " he states with an evil smile. 

My body tenses and I clench onto my phone. As I am about to response, he continues :

" I only saw these eyes twice in my life. On you " he says motionning his head to Derek whose body tightens " And on your father " he says not looking away from Derek's eyes. I can see him containning himself. His father is a touchy subject. I look around and I see that Chris and Nate are also pissed and looking down at the chained man on the chair. 

" So it's not a rumor !" he exclaims after examining our faces. " Robert the Bloodsucker does have a gril in the shadows. You know that Kane thought your dad was mental when he breathed 'Cassie' before dropping dead ?! He's going to be happy to know that Cassie is a someone !" he says laughing hard. 

I see Derek motionning to the man and I stop him in his tracks. He has killer eyes and I have to admit that I would like the bastard dead but I still need information. 

" Kane is in prison for life so I doubt he will care !" I reply in an angry tone. 

" We both know he is going to get out and I bet it will be sooner than later !" his smile pisses me off " You shouldn't get to close to her, because Kane will get her and who knows what will happen after that !" 

" So the Sharks teamed up with Kane. I didn't know you could stoop so low !" I reply with venom in my voice

" It's a strategic plan Jakie ! Your little sister is the key to something huge that your dad stole from Kane. And Kane hates it when you steal his stuff. But as I heard, this thing is an ultimate weapon. Once Kane is out, and we all know he will, it will only be a matter of time before he gets what he wants. We are just helping the winning side." 

" Well, you chose the wrong one. Who else knows about her ?" I ask impatiently

" Maybe just me " he smiles with content and so do I. When he catches my expression, he realizes what he just admitted and before he can change his words I pull my gun out of my pants pointing it to his head. I smile.

" Wrong answer asshole ! " He opens his mouth to speak but shot him before he could say a word. 

I lower my gun and look at his lifelees head bowing down. I put my gun away and look at Derek who seems desperate. 

" It's going to be ok Derek ! I won't let her out without protection. Hell if I have to, I'll lock her up in her room !" 

" She shouldn't have come here ... It's all my fault ! " he says in a sad voice. 

" No it's not ! Stop feeling like this and turn your sadness into anger because tomorrow, we're going after the Sharks. We are going to make them pay for what they did tonight and eliminate them for good. " I say in a cold tone. And they all nod. 

" So should we tell Cassie ?" Chris asks

" No ! She can't know this until we figure it all out ! She'll run away and I can't protect her if she goes back to France. We can't." Derek says in an autoritative tone. I look at him and narrow my eyebrows. It might be his sister but this is my gang. He turns to me with pleading eyes and I can see that he didn't mean to say it like this. He seems so hurt. " Please Jake ! I just got her back ..." He looks down at the floor to hide himself. 

" She stays in the dark but we reinforce her protection. She'll live here with us so that we can keep an eye on her. Because if the bastard was right and she is indeed the path to an ultimate weapon of Kane, the whole town will be in danger." They all nod. 

It's now 3 am and I can see their tired looks. I tell them to go off to sleep and they leave. I pull out my phone and call some of my guys to take care of the body. During our interrogation, a team cleaned the mess that was in my house. I exit the room and see that the place is almost as good as new. I motion to the stairs and go to my floor where my room and Cassie's are. I go to her's first. 

I open the door quietly. A light is still on. I look around and I see Tyler who is fast asleep in an armchair in a corner. I move to him a disapproving look on my face and wake him up. His sleepy eyes mett mine and he mumbles a 'Sorry' before exiting the room. I shake my head at this. He might be off age but sometimes he is just a teenager again ! 

I walk towards the bed and watch at Cassie's sleeping form. Tyler was right, she does look cute when she's asleep. She's on her stomach, her arms hugging the pillow and her shirt reveals a bit of her back skin. And on that skin, is a tatto. A bird flying away. I trace my fingers onto the design and she shivers at my touch with makes me smile. She shuffles onto her back and her lips ar calling me. I really wanted to kiss her earlier but that phonecall stopped me. I put a light kiss on her cheek before getting up and g oing to my room. 

I get in and lie on my bed. The last thought invading my mind before the darkness is Cassie's smile and lips.