The smell of cigar and whiskey filled the room, Mr Cassian and Joss DelLuca sat across each other on the mahogany table. Mr Cassian just handed two brief cases of cash to Mr DelLuca in exchange for his coc.
Joss quietly swirled the drink in his glass while Mr Cassian's eyes were roaming around the room, he looked nervous and Joss could tell.
"Boss, this brief is fine–" Joss's henchman said, pushing forward the first brief "–but this is filled with counterfeit." Joss's henchman added.
Joss chuckled darkly, "You thought you could skim off the top and I wouldn't notice?" His eyes were locked on Cassian's.
"Mr DelLuca, I would never, we've been working together for years and I've never tried to double cross you. It was my henchman, he did this." Mr Cassian was fast to pass the blame.
"We've been working for years, that's true." Joss chuckled lightly.
"But-" Joss waved his finger, cutting the sweating man short.
One of his henchmen pointed his gun at Mr Cassian, it was pressing on his temple.
"Wait, I...I..." The double end doors pushed open, and gun men rushed in. Mr Cassian burst out laughing, "You think I'm stupid? To double cross you without backup?" Mr Cassian asked.
Joss looked around, 'It seems like betrayal has teeth tonight.' he thought to himself.
The first shot was fired at the crystal chandelier hanging on the ceiling, pieces fell. The henchman who was pointing his gun at Mr Cassian was shot within seconds.
Joss was quick to move, he ducked behind a leather chair, his pistol was pointed at the men firing at him and his men.
Joss fired three shots and three invaders dropped dead. Joss wasn't one to miss a shot or waste his bullets.
"Take them down now!" Joss barked out orders.
From the corner of his eyes he saw Mr Cassian running out through the doors with three brief cases in his hands, the stupid greedy fellow wanted everything.
Joss followed him, abandoning his men to fight. Mr Cassian dashed into a corner and hid himself behind a door, he pulled his pistol and fired shots at Joss.
Joss took the bullets with a smile on his face, "Pesky humans, fueled by greed. You think your bullets can stop me?" Joss asked.
"Who are you?" Mr Cassian asked, backing away, eyes almost falling from their sockets.
Joss shot his hand.
"Please, I'm sorry, I don't know what came over me." He begged.
Joss crouched to his level, "What are you going to say? Is it the work of the devil?"
"Yes, yes, it's the devil." Cassian yelled.
Joss shook his head, "I hate betrayals, I hate to be lied to. You looked me in the eyes and lied to me, are you crazy?"
"I promise I'll change, I won't do it again." He sounded like a child who was caught stealing candy.
Joss embraced him, "I understand, I forgive you, you won't do it again."
Mr Cassian was about to respond happily but he was shot in the heart countless times. Joss stood up, blood pooling around his shoes.
He walked back to the room, his men stood victorious. "Take the coc and leave the cash."
The DelLucas deal with principle, they'll never steal, they don't take what isn't theirs no matter what.
When Joss arrived at his penthouse, he went straight to his liquor storage room and pulled out a bottle of scotch. He took it to his room and sat down on the floor and operated on himself, fishing out all the bullets in his body.
He gulped down the whiskey and poured some on the wounds. Without the need for stitches, his wounds close up on their own.
He entered the shower and took a long and cold bath, his bathroom floor changed from white to red to pink and then back to white.
The next morning as early as four, Joss received a call from his big brother Luca DelLuca, the Alpha of their pack and the leader of the DelLuca clan.
"Alpha Chloe is under attack, you know other Alphas won't go to her aid because she is a female so I want you to gather our troops and help her." Luca said.
Joss shut his eyes and then opened them again, "I'm heading there right now."
Joss took the wolves he had in his team, they drove to the border that separated the human world from the supernatural world before shifting into their wolves.
The dash into the early morning, jumping over tree trunks and stepping on dried twigs. The wind brushed their furs.
Joss stopped at their pack the Silver Lake Pack, carrying more men to go help Alpha Chloe.
Alpha Chloe is a woman but she is far more capable than many male Alphas and this hurts their ego so whenever she is in danger they don't come to her aid except the DelLucas.
Alpha Chloe tore the head of the rogue that was attacking her with her bare hands, her face was unrecognizable due to the amount of blood that was on her body.
She flashed Joss a smile and dropped the body.
"Care to join Mr DelLuca?" Alpha Chloe asked.
"With pleasure." Joss is always regarded as the sanest person in his family because he was a man of very few words but the thing people didn't know is, he loves the feel of blood on his body, death makes his beast purr in delight.
Joss fought the rogues, his hand digging into the chest of a rogue, breaking through flesh and bones and bringing back his heart which was still beating.
Joss dropped it to the floor and stepped on it before going to attack the next rogue that was chasing death.
The war slowly drew to an end, a few rogues still stood, refusing to back down. Joss suddenly heard a loud scream for help, it sounded like a boy.
He ran for some reason chasing the voice, dashing from one end to another until he finally found him on the ground crawling with his back while trying to get away from the men who were staring at him like a tasty treat.
"We are about to have the best time of our lives....."