He walked down the halls silently laughing to himself when the people around him moved faster to get out of his sight. They feared him and that smug bastard liked it. He had tried to interrogate Max about Cami but it completely backfired. Max accused him of "seeing something that wasn't there." Eric was no fool, he was former Erudite, Camille's hands were stained with blood and he swore he could even smell the metal of it when he left her apartment.
He was about to go after anyone who was friends with her. Knowing he'd had to get something about her strange behavior. Strategists don't get their hands that dirty. He knew there was someone who cleaned up messes and bet that Cami called for their services. Hell she was probably a killer. He could take her if she came at him. He'd kill her fast.
Jace was in his sights first. He hated the man. He was three years older then him and showed his ranks. He led the head squadron and that fed his ego.
"Jace a word." Eric said and Jace knew this couldn't be good.
"Yes sir?" He asked like a good little solider.
"Your girlfriend seem off lately?" There was no point in beating around the bush. Eric was blunt and didn't care that he saw Jace swallow nervously. Jace had to know something.
"I'm afraid I'm not the best person to ask." It was an honest answer and true because he hadn't seen her in weeks since getting back.
"Oh come on. Don't give me that bullshit it's been two days you know her." Eric pressed now getting irate.
Jace was about the same height as Eric but bulkier and wondered if taking him to the ground here would be smart. Why the fuck did he want to know about his girlfriend? He clenched his fist before answering. "She seems herself." He spat now feeling defensive.
The two men stood before each other longer then need be before Eric walked past making sure to completely bump into Jace's shoulder. It took everything in Jace not to punch the asshole.
Eric wasn't satisfied with anything Jace said. Flora and Ava were sitting in The Pit. Perfect, he thought, he could kill two birds with one stone.
"Ladies," he sat in the middle of them, "let's have a word about Camille."
Ava looked more like her mother then her father. She had gained green eyes and a softer complexion. Eric thought she was pretty but never would go near her. Max would kill him. This moment was different though so he went for it.
"She's always busy with work. You know this Eric. What's your deal?" Ava spat, now she sounded like her father irritating the shit out of Eric. Why did these have to be Cami's friends?
"That's none of your business sweetheart. Answer my questions." He said smugly with a shit-eating grin.
"Answer mine Coulter." Alexi spoke behind him causing him to shudder. That woman scared him. She would murder him and he knew it. He turned to her with a softer smile and stood up and she crossed her arms over her chest.
"Alexi." He said simply like he was not caught trying to interrogate her daughter.
"Come." She spoke sternly causing the two women to laugh; they knew he was in for trouble.
Alexi made Eric come to her office then she ripped him to shreds. She was almost concerned he would start crying but the bastard didn't and she let him go.
She made her way to the restricted area letting herself in to see Cami.
She politely knocked when she saw Cami was talking to an informant who quickly staggered out at the sight of Alexi. She was tall with long black hair and those green eyes and her face was just intimidating.
Cami motioned for her to sit and she got up from her desk to join her in the other chair. As soon as Cami sat Alexi began laughing.
Cami's face furrowed.
"Oh honey. Murphy told me you assigned him to watch Eric and I happily took that from him. First he went to your Jace then to Flora and my Ava asking if you've been off. The nerve of that boy. What did you do now?" She sat waiting as Camille groaned and ran her hand through her long hair.
"Caught me literally red handed. It was stupid I should've cleaned up before getting out of this area but it was four in the morning." She spoke quickly and slumped down into her chair looking at Alexi helplessly.
"Is my husband aware?"
Cami nodded her head as the woman pierced her with a gaze.
"He likes you." She said with a chuckle.
"God no Alexi." She spoke smoothly. That idea had come to her mind too but that man was incapable of being in a relationship and that's exactly what she told Alexi.
She knew what her move was as soon as Alexi left.
Time to knock down Eric and peg or two.
She marches straight to Eric's office not one guard stopping her and she barged in with the door slamming off the wall before grabbing it and shutting it close.
There was venom in her green orbs as she stood before an amused Eric. This was what he was waiting for.
"Ask me." She stated with poison.
He smirked, "Ask you what?" He got up to stand before her to try an intimidate her.
"You're a fucking baby who's been handed everything. Don't go poking around in my life is that clear?"
He laughed and she slapped him.
"I have more authority and rank here then you ever will Coulter." She was inches away from his face.
"Okay Alford." He said mockingly.
She pressed her lips close to his ear and whispered, "Maybe I am that cold blooded killer lurking around here. Maybe that's why there was blood on my hands. But. You'll. Never. Know." She sounded sadistic as she dragged the last words out but she had to threaten him. He wouldn't stop for long. She probably fueled the fire but she needed him off her back so she could do her job properly.
She left slamming the door once again and Eric watched her walk through his office window. He couldn't help but notice how her hips swayed when she walked or that he liked how her breath tickled his skin when she whispered in his ear. She had a attractive lethal quality to her and he liked that. His curiosity now roared within over what exactly this woman was.
"Camille." Max quivered over the phone.
She knew what that tone meant, something had happened, "I'll be there."
Murphy and Evan stood waiting for her outside of Max's office as she nodded to them and went in.
She reappeared minutes later and they followed with no questions asked. They arrived outside of Harrison's door and she swore she heard a slight groan come out of Evan.
The door opened and Camille stepped in quickly with the men entering as well. Before them stood a blood covered Harrison with a man who was clearly dead on his floor with blood lacing the place.
"Explain." Cami said with her arms crossed over her chest. She surveyed the area with her eyes.
"Max should have told you..."
She looked at him with rage in her eyes, "He did Harrison, but I want to hear it from you being that this is the fourth Factionless man you've killed in three months!"
"He deserved it."
"What if I told you I can't cover this up? Hm? What would you do then?" She yelled and he said nothing.
She turned to Murphy and Evan who stood there taking in the scene as well as calculating what their boss was about to tell them to do.
"Plan A or Plan B boys?" She turned to them and asked with a much lighter tone.
"What's the difference?" Harrison asked.
"Plan A dump the body and someone will assume that Factionless killed one of their own. Plan B dispose of the body and that will be that." Murphy answered.
Cami went to the body and bent down enough to examine it closer. "It doesn't look like a Factionless murder." She turned to her men, "We are going to have to go with Plan B."
It's nearly two in the morning when they finish. Murphy and Evan pushing the giant weapons case that they use for this type of thing with Cami leading the way.
No one sees them until they're greeted by Eric's face on the other side of the elevator.
Fuck, Cami instantly thinks. At least this time she made sure there wasn't blood all over her or her men.
Eric wasn't expecting to see her at this hour as he was headed to his apartment to finally retire for the day. He smirked his signature smirk, "Well this is gold. What are the three of you doing?"
Murphy speaks out first, "Something above your ranks Coulter." He stepped out in front now. The broad man stood in front of Eric, who wasn't near Murphy's size.
"Move." Murphy said completely annoyed by the calculating man before him.
"I should alert Max." Eric says to scare them and all three of them laughing making him pissed.
"Do it Coulter. Even better have the balls to handle this yourself." Cami says annoyed as she pushes past Eric and orders her men to follow her.
He places his hand on the weapons case. Of course he's not letting them get away that easily.
"What's in here?" He questions directly to Cami.
"It's a weapons case Coulter. What do you think it contains?" Cami retorts and Eric opens it to see guns lying on top.
Satisfied, Eric lets them leave.
Max told Camille she wasn't done for the night and she literally wanted to scream.
"Gosh you're finally here!" Elena, a high leader said when Cami stormed back into her office mad of the night's events and now she had to deal with this bitch.
"I have a job where I don't sit on my ass all day. What do you need at this hour?" She didn't hide her hate for the woman either when she addressed her.
"I need you to make someone disappear!" She said exasperated.
Cami rolled her hand for her to continue.
"My husband."