BLOODHOUNDS #1: THE ABDICATED PRINCE

Chapter 35 - WELCOME

Clyde Nielsen

They say your first kill would be the clumsiest but not mine. They say you will hate the smell of blood and be traumatized after seeing your soul leave their body, not me. Some people swear not to kill again, but for me, it's the satisfaction that drives me to do it again.

I look normal from the outside but pretty twisted on the inside.

My first kill was when I was 17 years old. I killed a man who tried to beat me in the bar. My weapon was his knife. I stabbed him right where his heart was.

So tragic.

His last words were, "You bastard."

My second kill came a week after that, and it became a part of me because the mafia caught me. My first work was as a hitman, and I had to kill three people, a couple and their mother.

Pretty easy and a clean kill too.

I worked with them for six months, and for my eighteenth birthday, I celebrated by killing two people. The two people I killed that night belong to the Russian mafia in Florida.

Christopher saw it as an opportunity to kill me by paying the Russian mafia big money. Christopher requested to crush my back, and I escaped last second. Asher and Kayden were looking for the Russian mafia because he had stolen something from Asher.

Asher tracked the hitman who was supposed to kill me and made him lead them to the mafia. I swore to serve them, but Asher saw my talent, and he wanted me on his team.

I was the fourth member of The Bloodhounds.

I didn't trust them at first, but there were a lot of death-threatening situations where they never left me. I broke my ankle once, and they carried me back. Asher treated me for it and didn't say a word.

I walked out to the field where the plane would land.

"3 minutes to landing, Mr.Nielsen," Blanc reported, and I nodded.

"Why didn't you invite me to this?" Mason asked as he walked out of the building. I turned to him and wondered why he was still here when he was supposed to be in Europe. "Why would I invite you? You still have lots of prisoners left for you to skin." I rolled my eyes, and Mason chuckled.

"Blanc, come with me," Mason asked and walked back in.

"I'll be taking over, sir." I turned to see Tim standing next to me with Blanc's tablet. Tim is Ares' assistant, and our assistants have different roles and talents, so we often switch around a lot.

"One minute to land, sir." I can see the plane going down.

"Oh! Your gloves, Mr.Nielsen." He gave my black gloves to me. I saw the plane land, and the back door opened. Rodi came outside, and he waved at me. I gave him a nod and turned to Tim.

"Being them to the dungeons."

"Yes, sir." He ran towards Rodi, and I made my way to the dungeon. It's a different building from the main headquarters because we don't want to dirt it with useless blood.

There's another small building where we put out most of our weapons. We have a jail on B2 and a big dungeon in B4 where we do our torture.

"Good afternoon, sir." Oslo joined me, and I gave him a pat on his back, "Nice to see you again, Os. It's been a while. How are you?"

"I'm great, sir. Is there anything I should know beforehand?" He asked, and I led him to the weapon room. I already put my knives in there.

"There are fifteen people. The person that I will handle is named Mara and Clement. I won't kill them, but I want to torture them until the day they die. Rodi needs a partner. Do you want to move to London?" I asked, and Oslo smirked, "Sure, why not?"

"You can bring your family there. Live a block away from Rodi." I added, "Anything for you, boss."

"Good, I want them to suffer. If they try to kill themselves, prevent and torture them."

"Yes, sir." I gave him four knives, and I brought two. I found Rodi and his men carrying everyone into the dungeon. I followed them, and when I walked in, fifteen people were sitting on the chair. Rodie tied them up, "They will wake up in 30 minutes."

I looked at Clement, Mara, and her parents.

"What do you want me to do to them?" Rodi asked as Oslo handed him two knives. "I'll let you know once they're awake," I said, and Oslo proceeded to tell Rodi my plan, to which Rodi agreed immediately. He told me that if he has work from other members, Sage will take over.

Sage is another favorite hitman of Asher, Sage is far more brutal than Rodi and Oslo combined. Asher used to train some people that he spread all around the world for his job. They're very loyal to him. I don't know how he made them so reliable.

I scanned everyone. We have psychopathic bullies here. Then we have two girls who were Mara's spies. They tortured Luna a few times. Then two more boys took spread Luna's naked photos. They even sold it online, and I already took everything down. Then we have the two principals. Roger was the main one, he knew about the torture, but his loyalty lies in the Ecclesias. Helen was the second principal when Roger had to be transferred to another state.

I asked Rodi to take Cara, Allie, Paris, Edric, and Benny. Oslo will take Cindy, Molly, Garret, Wilber, and Helen. I will take Mara, Clement, Maria, Fred, and Roger.

I gave the background of everyone to Rodi and Oslo. Oslo has a daughter, so he knows exactly what to do to them. He won't let this slide easily. As for Rodi, when we recruited him, he was one of the advocates for preventing child abuse. His brother was a victim of it because of his stepfather.

"They should be awake," Rodi said and Clement was the first one to lift his head.

"What the?" He tried to stand up but the rope was holding on his body. He looked up at us, "Where am I? Who the fuck are you?" He freaked out and his eyes landed on the knife that I was holding.

"Welcome to hell, Clement."