The Delta's Daughter Chapter 321

Miko says something to the girls in a foreign language. They quickly scramble up from their positions, naked, one girl strapped with some kind of sex toy, pushing past Bram and me to leave the room.

The smell of stale cigars, alcohol, and sex permeates the air and stifles my senses. I breathe in through my mouth gasping for a breath of fresh air.

The door shuts behind me, but I refuse to show any cowardice. “Always business Swift, never any time for fun.” Miko’s words are berating and I scowl at the dark-skinned wolf. His yellow eyes scanned my body like it was his next feast. Making my stomach churn, and nausea rise.

It would be a cold day in hell before I ever let him touch me.

I pull my shoulders back and lift my chin. “You have a job you want me to do. That’s why I’m here Miko. What's the job?”

“What’s the rush beautiful?” Miko lets out that smarmy chuckle again. I swear he thinks it’s sexy and maybe some females go for that. All it does for me is make me want to puke more.

I startle when I feel the heat of Bram’s chest at my back. His large hand comes down on my shoulder, pressing heavily so I have no choice but to sit in the fabric seat across from Miko. I cringe because I can only imagine what the stains that cover the dark fabric are from.

Sex, blood, drugs. This is so gross.

“King Kellen will be holding a coronation for his Queen in four days' time. I want you to steal her crown.” Miko slides a folder across the desk in my direction. I open it and begin to study the information. “They will be hosting a ball the night before the ceremony, that’s your opportunity. You steal it then.”

I scan the documents, wondering how they managed to obtain a photo of the new Queen’s crown. My fingers run over the image of the beautiful piece. Gold and delicate with diamonds encrusted on the band. The small peaks hold an emerald each and in the center sits the most beautiful blood-red jewel I have ever laid my eyes on. “Impossible.” I shake my head.

“Not impossible. And even if it is, you will make it possible.” The demand in Miko’s voice is final.

“Miko, They have a three-tiered system vault. This crown is probably kept within the inner vault that requires a nine-digit key code. Even the best couldn’t crack that in the less than thirty seconds it will take to set off the alarms.”

“The Shadow Witch wants the crown. He tasked us with the job. Hence, it's your time for you to shine, Swift. That is if you don’t want me leaking information about your boy?”

My head snaps up to glare daggers at him.

Miko leans back in his chair, fingers stroking his chin menacingly. “You know I don’t like to threaten children, but you don’t get this job done, it’s both our necks on the line.”

“You wouldn’t.” I seethe. Yes, Miko is a sick and icky wolf, but he had one rule. Don’t hurt children. That didn’t mean he wouldn’t out my son to the realm for his own personal gain though.

“I would. You’re the best at what you do and I expect no less from you. Get me that crown and swear on the name of the gods, and I will set you and the kid, free.”

My eyes narrow with suspicion. “You said that last time. Yet here I am.”

“I meant it last time too. But I need you on this Swift. Don’t let me down.”

I was a thief, at least that’s how I started out. I dealt with antiquities, and rare objects, I brokered deals on the black market. I obtained hard-to-find items. A skill I found I had when Lizzy and I lived on the streets for the first year of our lives until Miko grabbed me one night.

I worked for him for two years, until I had my own thing going. Still not completely above board, but it was better than stealing chump change, and it put a roof over our heads.

There wasn’t a code I couldn’t crack nor a lock I couldn’t open. But the Royal vault? That was another story. An impossible feat to manage. Something like that would take months of planning. He was giving me days.

If my parents could see me now, they would hang their heads in shame. How an Alpha’s daughter could be reduced to a life of crime and shady dealings.

“Why the Crown Miko? What's so special about it? I could steal twenty times more jewels than what's on this crown.”

For the first time ever, I see a dark shadow of fear cross through Miko’s eyes, his posture changes and he shifts his position. He shakes his head from side to side, “I don’t know Swift. But he wants it. He wants it bad. He’s sending one of his men to accompany you.”

“No.” I bark out quickly. “I work alone. You know that. This job is more than likely going to go sideways as it is, I don’t need someone else to help fuck it up further.”

“You don’t have a choice!” His fist bangs on the table with force, “I don’t have a choice. I will give you more details as I get them.”

I left Miko’s, folder in hand and a bigger weight on my shoulders than when I walked in.

My job was to break into the Royal vault, steal the new Queens Crown, and get it out without being caught. Then get me, Lizzy, and my boy, as far from this life as possible.

Already my gut told me this job was a bad idea. If I bail though, Miko will spill beans, then there would be nowhere left to hide.

He would find me. Us. As long as he doesn’t know of his existence, we are safe.