Page 46 of Ruthless Riches

There was another stifled chuckle behind the mask. “I know you’re being facetious, but I suppose you’re actually somewhat right. You have the wrong blood,” said the robotic voice. “That’s all you need to know.”

I let out a sigh at the evasive answer. “What are you going to do to me?”

“I told you earlier. I want to make you forget everything you know about me. In fact, I want you to forget you were ever looking for me,” he said. “If Nate doesn’t stop looking, I’ll eventually have to take him and do the same to him.”

I lowered my eyes to the floor. Whoever this man was, he was completely deranged. He actually thought he could erase people’s memories.

“What if you can’t make us forget?” I asked.

The Butcher knelt in front of the bars so that the mask was level with my gaze. Then he typed out one more message on the text-to-speech app.

“If I can’t make you forget… I’ll have to make you disappear.”