Page 35 of Poisoned Pawns (The Gamemakers Trilogy #1)

Checkmate-The Missing

Tonight, another pawn will go missing. I was going to leave the others alone and just test Ivy more, but this new player thinks he can just take over the game and hurt the ones I’m after.

But why? Does he know what they did years ago?

What they were involved in? This goes so much deeper than just a murder.

This stems from secrets and lies that were told and devastated the parties involved.

Did they think they were going to get away with it?

Covering it all up and placing the blame on others.

I saw what they did. I was there. I felt it all.

Blood is literally all over every single one of their hands.

My phone pings as I walk down to the river's edge, listening to the water softly hitting the rocks. I look to my right, seeing the sun is just about to set in the distance as the black iron gate comes into view. She was so close the other night.

Am I pissed she killed Warren, one of my star players?

Meh. I just wanted to see how far she was willing to go, if she would’ve done everything I’d instructed.

I wanted her naked and restrained on my table while I let men who paid top dollar to slice into pretty girls and make them beg for mercy.

What I really want is for the men she keeps close to her to be the ones masked and surrounding her while they torture her body and assault every hole she has until she can’t take it anymore.

Until she’s broken with nothing left to give and then, and only then, would I allow them to take her life, but she dodged a bullet that night.

That second masked man wasn’t one of my players.

I’m not sure who he was, but he saved her, and that’s what makes me irate.

I was so close, but yet so far away. My phone pings again, taking me out of my thoughts.

Unknown:

Hello, Mr. Checkers. I’d like to introduce myself. I’m the Gamemaker. Wanna play a game?

Interesting…. I’ll bite, but the other phone vibrates in my pocket and I take it out, reading the text I’ve been waiting for.

Pawn3:

It’s done.

Me:

Bring her to 3333 Lakeside Dr. Place her on the doorstep and leave. Be sure to have the mask I left in your car in place. You'll receive your reward upon job completion

Pawn3:

Understood.

Let the games begin.