Chapter 140 - Black Lies

Liam, Riley and Race rushed into the operating room, others were present except Iris.

"Boss" Kayla said with shaky eyes before drawing the news to the screen, it played.

"We are facing a very terrifying threat, our city is in chaos, for now we not only have the Black ghoul in our necks but Riley Leah who was presumed dead for three years but now so suddenly, alive, working in our agency, tearing us from the inside" Barbra said with a stern look.

"For now we face two enemies that has lead our city into chaos, extreme measures should be taken so that we can silence this threats once and for all" she states as an image of Steel come up at the side of the screen, in total destruction.

"Now we have hundreds of criminal ghouls running in the city, Claw walkers created by the drug king, Riley Leah herself, we must stop this chaos and I here by assure each and everyone of you, we will stop at nothing until we bring them down".

The news ends. 

"That Bitch" Riley said with fury in her eyes.

"She's fucking blaming everything on both of them, how long is she gonna keep this up" Gray said with clenched teeth.

"She called me the drug King when she's the one pulling the strings, what the hell?" Riley said pissed.

"This will turn the city upside down, both of you are now most wanted" Rory said his face red with anger.

"She's leaving no tables unturned, this is her plan, she wanna lure you guys out, boss" Kayla said certainly.

"Not just lure, destroy every evidence that might lead back to her, damn that bitch is cunning" Race said through gritted teeth.

"Everyone!" Liam hissed as their attention drift to him.

Silence filled the hall instantly.

Liam stood, his arms folded, his look icy and blank that could scare a sleeping baby awake.

Kayla gulps seeing her boss icy stare, it held a wide range of killing intent.

"For now we have one agenda, the one thing that can set Barbra off her toes" he states.

"We find the drug house, we taint her image" 

***

Section Five

Ghoul Investigators Headquarters (GIH) 

Medical Facility

Jesse groaned slowly opening her eyes meeting with white ceiling, she tried to move but her body felt numb.

"It's the pain killers" a voice came in.

She turns seeing Peter seating beside her with a smile against his lips.

"I thought I wad dead" she said in a dry voice. 

"Well you survived, just lost a lot of blood" Peter said.

Jesse just made a hmm sound staring back at the ceiling.

"Well I should be, what attacked us was inhuman" she said with shaky eyes as her memory flashed when Lor- ... No when Riley Leah attacked them, the thing that came out of her, it almost looked divine but it was chaos lying within, the white rod coming out of it's body at her command, one swing causing destruction and spread of blood, she was lucky, no... She was surprised she was still alive after that hit. 

"Jesse!"

She snaps out of her trance facing Peter.

"Jesus, Jesse where's your head at" he said in amusement.

"You heard?" she began.

"You heard about Lor- Riley" her teeth clenched.

"Riley Leah".

"Yeah I heard" Peter said with sad eyes.

"She used us, all this time Pete she has been lying to us, I thought I had a best friend" she said on the verge of tears.

Peter's fist clenched hard, he didn't know what to believe anymore but somehow Peter knew the care, the sadness, the love and smile, Lorna never faked it for once, it was all so suspicious she was a spy all of a sudden, something didn't add up and he knew it.

"They said she's the drug dealer" Peter said still finding it hard to believe, because he knew Lorna did everything in her power to find the Drug King, she risked her life, ends up in several comas, something was definitely odd.

"Do you believe that Lorna... " he sighs.

"That Riley really did all that?".

"I always felt something was odd, she never opened up, she kept things Pete" she faced him.

"I do believe"

He gulps hard at her words, looking away.

"She's the enemy and we have to bring her down".

***

Thirtieth Floor 

"So that's your game now huh?" Chase said with a stern look.

"It's a very interesting game Chase, this will make us catch them faster, the whole world against them" she shrugs.

"But we still don't know who the Drug King is" Chase reasoned.

"And to pin it on Lorna? That's going too far".

"Riley you mean" she corrected.

Chase's body tensed.

"And is this going too far" she said turning her transperant iPad to face him, a footage came up of Riley's Claw coming out of her and attacking the agents. 

"White Claw?" Chase said unable to believe his eyes, she was still a ghoul, he thought she was human now, what the fuck was going on? 

"Dr. Steve is dead, which could only mean he planned this all out before his death"

"So he was using you after all" Chase said in a slight amusement.

Barbra's looks darken.

"Good thing he's dead, I would have killed him myself" she said sternly.

***

Outskirts Of The City 

Silver-lining Manor

"The main goal, is the drug house, we should be looking for something like a factory or a big building with lots of dollars pumping in it" Race motioned with his hand. 

Kayla growled removing her headset.

"Just shut up and work dammit" she hissed putting the headset back on, facing the wide screen.

"Okay, okay" he mutters putting his headset back on.

"Gray have you seen Iris?" Rory asked.

"No, she should be around, she should be here with us" Gray said.

Rory nods in agreement, he was right, what was keeping her, he had to check on her later after they finish tracing the buildings.

The clock read 2am, but everyone was still awake.

Riley was seated, a stock pile of papers in front of her, she wrote down everything she could remember about the agency, everything she could render useful. 

But right now the pen was handing loosely on her hand, a hand against her jaw, her head nodding, her eyes shot close, her lips apart slightly, with a trail of drool at the corner of her mouth.

Liam seated in front of her, held a side smirk on his lips, watching her display her sleeping disorder and he thought she couldn't be more cute right now, his chocolate eyes held life and love just by staring at her, a beautiful picture he would imprint in his head.