BLACK GHOUL
Chapter 186: Black Alliance

Chapter 186: Black Alliance

"Why should I?" She shrugs. "You and your husband merely just defended yourself, when my son acted out on his own" she states, shaking her head and bringing the elegant wine glass she held just to her lips.

Riley scoffs at her words, she wasn’t expecting that at all! Was she really a mother? Didn’t she have any feeling of loss when she heard about her son’s death?

Linda’s lips pressed in a smirk sipping her wine. Maybe she doesn’t feel anything. Riley could still remember how it felt when she lost Ryan.

"A woman who doesn’t have the faintest affection for her son," she said with still looks. "That’s hurtful and both disturbing"

"I wouldn’t be the first," Linda states, dropping the glass on the table.

"Now... tell me why you are really here... not alone of course... you graced my party with your husband" she said in amusement.

Riley gulps hard, she must have sniffed them out way before she came here, she’s good.

"Of course, I know you didn’t come here alone" she adds smirking as her eyes went back to the congregation below, Riley followed.

Liam was seated watching the performance, his arm rested on the chair arm, his fingers lining his jaw.

"You’re lucky Mrs. O’Brien, you caught such a handsome figure" she states as her eyes darken with desire. They turned to Riley’s unreadable ones.

"Wish I was 20 years younger would have done the privilege of seducing your husband... would have been the greatest accomplishment of my youth, don’t you think"

Riley made a hmm sound, forcing a smile. "Nice try"

"What?"

"I would take that as an innocent theory" she states in an unpleasant matter.

Linda giggled. "I wouldn’t have had that chance would I?"

Riley tilts her head to the side and Linda catches that as yes, she scoffs.

"You’re confident and you trust him. Wish Wayne’s father was any of those" her eyes back to Liam. "You caught an interesting one, keep him right"

"I intend on doing so"

"Ah, Love... it does things doesn’t it?"

Riley’s eyes fell back to Liam. "I didn’t..." she began. "I didn’t believe in that before... more like I don’t know what it is," She faces Linda back. "I didn’t need it"

"And what changed?" at her words she rolled her eyes. "Right you met the Black ghoul"

"I met someone who didn’t live in the cruel world that I did... I was envious he grew up human and did not understand what it means to be hunted because you were born a ghoul, I was angry, and..." she paused with a heavy sigh. "Because he was human"

"Do you wish to have been human?"

"It wouldn’t have changed anything. Ghouls, humans? We may differ from nature, but we’re the same, he taught me that"

She cleared her throat dropping her wine glass on the table. "Now tell me why you are really here... Mrs. O’Brien, I’m curious to know’’ she said in amusement.

"You worked with Barbra Jones on dealing drugs, an amazing fact that a ghoul worked for a Jones without getting her heart ripped out," Riley said. This was clearly an applaud for this lady, she did the impossible.

"I see my reputation precedes me"

"We need someone on the inside, we believe you still have some strings attached to the agency"

"So you need that mole from me," Linda said in amusement.

"Yes," Riley said with a straight face.

***

Liam shifted uncomfortably on his seat, the performance was finally over and the bright lights came back up, the crowd giving a clap.

"Finally" Liam murmured rising to his feet, he was already sick and tired of hearing long prolonged voices and a series of melodies, it was annoying to him, he never DID like opera, fuck, he hasn’t been to such event before.

He turns, seeing his wife approaching him. Relief flushed over him.

"Riley, what happened? Did you talk to her?" He asked with anticipation.

Riley took a deep breath.

"What?" He demands.

"What’s wrong?"

"She will help us but under one condition" Riley states.

"Under what condition?" Liam said sternly.

Riley stares into his eyes.

"If the higher up ghouls have to access the homeland for their safety" she states.

Liam scoffs.

"Aren’t they already safe under their wealth?"

"It appears not... Linda doesn’t have a connection with the agency anymore, but she is willing to risk her men getting in there, to gain info for us" she said.

Liam sighed.

"Liam she’s willing to help us... even though we thought she wouldn’t, we need someone on the inside if we want to take the agency down, this is the only way" Riley reasoned.

Liam gave a deep sigh.

"Fine," he growled.

"But we are giving them a separate Hometown, I don’t want any divisions in status," Liam said.

"I’m down with that," she shrugs.

"I’m glad we get to work together black ghoul" Linda Sanford’s voice sounds as she comes behind along with two men in a suit behind her.

Liam and Riley turned in unison. The hall was empty already as everyone scattered after the show ended.

"The uniting of V-ghouls and ghouls... we are the same but also different," she said in amusement.

"We never said anything about uniting, I’m only granting them sanctuary," Liam said sternly.

"Well of course"

"You eat ghouls... I can’t take that risk" he adds.

Linda made a hmm sound.

"Then it appears we will have to turn vegans then" she states.

"Why are you so eager to form an alliance," Riley said puzzled, she knew Linda wanted to join them so badly, she even went as far as stopping their thirst for ghoul flesh... at least that’s what she said, for now, their actions will tell later.

"Because desperate times call for desperate measures," she said smirking, but then it faded.

"A hunt has been called for the termination of ghouls by a tyrant who preys on fear to get what he wants, he must be stopped, rather than sit around and await the very extinction of our kind... we get to fight back" she states sternly.

"End the Jones line once and for all"

"Are you saying you will fight with us?" Liam asked sternly.

"Yes, ghoul king!".

***

"Liam and Riley should be done by now," Sean said, checking his watch.

"Relax Sean, let’s enjoy the evening, you’re too uptight," Iris said drinking her champagne, she knew Liam and Riley had everything under control, they always do, they were the power couple after all, together they were like a tornado hitting a city, together they were able to eliminate any target, she envied the both of them but in a good way, she longed to have a relationship such as that.

"Uptight huh?" Sean said, raising an eyebrow, his eyes traveled to her body, she was stunning as always, and the gold dress she wore brought out her light skin color along with her mask.

She smirks.

"Why did you say I’m too uptight?" He asked curiously.

Iris rolled her eyes.

"Because Sean Carlos you hardly go out, always locked up in your lab, you spend months on that book trying to translate it, you hardly have time for yourself or anyone," she said. "No offense"

"Well none was taken, I get your point. I’m close to translating the other half. I just need more time... Iris I’m this close to discovering ghouls’ history, isn’t this more important than anything?" He reasons.

Iris frowned at his words.

"Yes it really is" she states looking away.

Sean was puzzled by her actions.

"Iris" he began.

"It’s very important Sean," she said in haste as she faced him with a forced smile. "Riley and Liam should understand their powers better along with their history," she said, and then she sighed, it was always about them, what about him?

"I need a minute," she said, turning to leave but Sean grabbed her arm, making her turn to face him. They stare into each other’s eyes for what seemed like forever.

"There’s something I hold in first place more than anything," he said.

Iris rolled her eyes.

"First importance... then your life’s work is second?" She said skeptically.

"You," he said bluntly.

Iris froze at his words as her smile slowly fades.

Sean smiled charmingly as his eyes landed on the dance floor that played a slow beat, the couples dancing, then drifting back to Iris.

"I believe I shall give you at least one dance... to prove to you I’m not so uptight," he said in amusement.

Iris gulps hard.

"How can I say no to that," she said as a small smile found her lips.

She never took her eyes off Sean as he led her to the dance floor.

His hands straddled on her waist, she felt her heart fluttered by his action.

Her hands fell on his shoulder as they both moved to the beat slowly, not taking their eyes off each other for a second.

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