When we leave there are men everywhere but no one is coming here, Mikael takes us behind the cottage, and I gasp when I see a body brutally mutilated. His throat is outside, how can someone kill him like that? I look at Mikael who looks unbothered by the sight, and now I see a lot of them piled aside, those were guards looking after the girls, I look away, and resisting the edge to throw up I continue walking, taking a deep breath. When one of the dead man's radios starts to ring, Mikael gets it
“ what are you doing?” I hiss quietly, the girls are watching us scared, he signals me to keep quiet
“còmo estàn las niñas?,” he looks at me expecting me to say something, great he can’t understand Spanish, I sigh telling him ' they are asking about the girls' I whisper but he keeps looking at me.
“ todo es Bueno,” I whisper, he says that trying to change his usual accent. The girls muffle some laughs, he sounds terrible.
He starts leading us deep into the woods, we move on the back roads of the estate very fast, soon reaching the tarmac. He stops a big track
“ Go to the embassy,” he tells the girls as we help them in the truck, he even tells the driver what to do, we close the container just leaving enough air for them to breathe.
Mikael grabs my arm taking me to the passenger seat.
“ get in but don’t go with them,” he says, I look at him confused, and he sighs.
“ They will take you back to him, have you forgotten Omario is a politician now?” he says and I nod, he’s right if I reach the government, he will know about it.
“ But how about the girls?” I ask concerned about what if Tai takes them, but he shakes his head as if reading my thoughts.
“ They will take them back to their countries, Mario won’t get involved in this, he wants to be governor so bad,” he tells me opening the door,
“ And one thing, keep the bracelet safe, it’s very important to my coven,” he says whispering the word coven.
“ then why did you take it, why were you going to give them if it’s as important as you say,” I ask curious, his eyes are dark.
“ I was going to give it back to the rightful owner once I got what I wanted from them,” he says closing the door with force. He might have helped but I don’t trust him, I look at the beautiful bracelet In my bag, and I sigh leaning in the seat but when I look at Mikael to tell him something, he’s gone. The driver looks oblivious to whatever is going on here, just driving it’s as if I’m not here. Did he pay him to ignore everything?
Soon I begin to see more vehicles and noises, the driver stops his truck.
" get off,"
I do that, running, I know Mario’s people are in the city looking for me.
I’ve come this far, I won’t let them find me, the sun is coming out and I keep heading North, using the back roads and the woods.
I have been running for what feels like forever my fucking legs hurt
I reach a busy city I’m unfamiliar with, I put my hood over my head and hold my back bag tighter, looking down, there are a lot of people here, minding their business, I need a plane to Crescent stone, they won’t find me…. I hope.
After selling all my jewelry to a strange man, I managed to buy a plane ticket, I already have my passport but there a lot of people are going around some I recognize from the Cartel, showings people a picture probably mine. I sigh crouching down next to the woman at the counter, the plane does not leave in about thirty minutes.
I sigh against the counter on the floor, checking for messages from Troy but nothing yet.
What should I do when I get there, yes I have some money right now but it won’t last long, I’ll need more.
Maybe look for a job but again what I’m good at?
I check on my phone it’s ten more minutes and the plane departs, slowly standing up from my hiding spot, I come face to face with Norris, his lips form In a smirk coming my way and talking on the small radio, I get up running again, I don’t know where but I keep looking over my shoulders, when I hit into a wall but when I look up I see a pissed off face, handsome with outstanding green eyes and a well-shaped face, he looks behind me, Norris is still following now slowly, he doesn’t say a word just intensely looking at me, he’s so alluring and handsome
“ Watch where you going sweetheart, you might hurt yourself,” his voice is deep and most beautiful ever, and as if his body alone isn’t enough to make my lady parts hot, now he has a french accent!
I look at him awhile longer, he’s in jeans and a simple t-shirt, he looks so hot I can see how his muscles are, I stand up, he has sharp features.
“ I’m sorry, I wasn’t looking,” I tell him looking at my shoes, for some reason his eyes are intimidating me, I can't look at them for a long time
“ Clearly,” he responds pointing at his broken laptop, it must have fallen out of his hands when I bumped into him
" I am... sorry," I hesitate not knowing what to say, I am sure they were important things on it, he looks at his wristwatch and walks past me like I am invisible
“ Jeremy!”
I watch as he makes a left turn in a secluded area, I don’t know where Norris has gone, but I’m sure he hid or alerting the others, I look at the broken laptop next to it is a white handkerchief and a small wolf on it in the corner with symbols N.W, I pick it up bringing it to my nose, it smells so good, I smile going in that man’s direction
It’s different here, it’s nicer and doesn’t have a lot of people, I pass the small gate.
“ What are you doing here? This is a private area,” a woman asks in a rude voice looking at me from head to toe, I’m sure I look dirty I’ve been running around in jeans and this hoody. She keeps looking at me scrutinizing me in a way I don’t like, she roughly grabs my arm, and I glare yanking it from her hand. I see Norris still looking around through the glass wall but he doesn't see me
“ What’s going on?” she bows a bit as she starts to explain, what happened how I’m not supposed to be here, I keep looking at the glass, observing how the men keep running around, they can’t see me in here while but I can, I smile before looking back at the person she is talking to, a kid?
He looks young, with small blond dreadlocks falling to his side of the face. His eyes are green and he’s very handsome, with a well-defined sharp, just like the hottie I bumped into but a young version
“ Well, I was about to tell you I’m here with someone before you harshly grabbed my arm,” I can tell she doesn’t believe me, she crosses her arms, the kid is just looking at me, what is he still doing?
“ Don’t you have elsewhere to be?” I ask him but he shakes his head, pointing at the huge plane a few miles from here. “ I leave in five minutes, so I still have time right?” he asks looking at the woman who nods politely
“ Who are you with again?” the woman asks, I look around and at a distance I see that handsome man, talking on the phone, pacing looking divine and manly. I smile for the third time today and point at him
“ My husband,” I say with a smirk looking at how the woman shrunk, looking at the man, the boy looks at me confused then smirks.
“ Forgive me, Ma'am I didn’t know I was just doing my job,” she says in a gentler voice. I take this to my advantage.
“ well ask next time, or else I’ll make sure you’re fired. Now get me some water,” I order looking away from her, she bows before going in a hurry, the boy has a smirk on his face and I don’t like it one bit.
“ I didn’t know he was married,” he says looking at the man near a huge plane, the woman comes back with a bottle of water and I drink it.
“ Well yes,” I answer the kid, I figured that man is rich seeing the way the woman reacted when I said we are married.
“ leave both of you,” I say shooing them away with my hand, gosh I think I like being rich. I laugh to myself but the young man is just watching me with a smile, he takes my hand, going to the man who is still on the phone, I stop why are we going in his direction?
“ I’m taking you to your husband,” he says calmly leading but I shake my head, I need to leave, the man looks our way before I can come up with an excuse the handsome man starts to walk towards us, one hand In his pocket.
“ Nik!” the boy booms with a huge smile raising his hands to hug him but he pushes him away confused
“ Jer, the plane is ready, I’ve been waiting for you,” he says in a Stern voice not even a glance in my direction.
“ Be glad I’m late, look who I found,” he says gesturing to be, I swallow thickly but the handsome man looks more disturbed with a frown
“ Who is she?” he asks but the boy just grins.
“ I bumped into your wife, brother you didn’t tell us you’re married,” he smirks looking at me