Chapter forty five

Ashlyn's POV

I saw Ripper and I immediately went to him. "What's going on?" I asked him.

"Ruthless is missing, Rage was in charge of him and now he's gone. Without Ruthless, Lucifer will not enter the horseracing contest." He said, furrowing his brows. Lucifer looked like he was going to kill someone.

"A simple task you were given, Rage and you could not executive it properly!" He yelled at Rage.

"I was with him and I just.."

He did not finish when Lucifer barked at him. "I do not want to hear it! Excuses! Excuses! It will not bring me Ruthless!" He yelled angrily. He was tensed. His forehead was dripping perspiration and his brows were soaked in the sweat.

"The race is about to commence, a Laird cannot quit." Kill said to him.

"I need Ruthless. He's my trusted horse! Find me Ruthless!" He barked out at no one in particular. I wondered where Ruthless could be. Why he would abandon his master at this point when they needed each other.

Hawking came along in his broad stallion. "I