I gritted my teeth as I watched the man across my desk. He knew the rules and he had still decided to break them. Now I would have to teach him a lesson.
Getting up from my chair, I moved around my desk as my first lieutenant eased over to cover the door. He hit the switch that would turn this office into a soundproof room. I sat on the front edge of my desk. "Martin, you disappoint me."
The arrogant i***t just smirked at me.
I sighed. "How long have you been in the family, Martin? Three years? Four?"
He snarled. "Five, Arturo."
My lieutenant growled low in his chest at the lowly soldier using my first name. I waved him off. We had bigger fish to fry than his utter lack of intelligence.
"And yet you still think being glib, disrespectful, and going against my wishes is the way to su
