Killian POV “Boss, this way”, I hear one of dad’s man shouting. I draw my gun and take small steps into the abandoned factory. Dad follows behind me with Elliot making sure no one appears behind us. I look into the room on my right and it’s clear. I keep taking small and steady steps inside. It is dark but thankfully we are all wearing night-vision goggles. O blink a couple of times as I can smell the blood spilled on the floor, the iron smell is strong and brings back memories I have tried hard to forget. We reach the main area and the guys are surrounding a woman on her knees. I smile when I see who it is. “Well done”, I let out as I approach her. “Selina”, I let out between my teeth. Her eyes lock on mine and she has no fear in them. She has no problem looking like she is about to die. “Aren’t you going to bed for your life?”, Dad asks her, and as soon as her eyes lock on his her entire face drops and she swallows dry. Her eyes dart to mine and I can’t help but smirk. She is af
Ashley POV Boat? This is not a boat, and this is a freaking yacht. I look at everything around me, and I blink a couple of times, trying to make sense of everything around me. “Second door on the right”, Theo says to a guy, and he nods his head as he walks past us. “Ash”, he says, and I turn around to look at him. I think he can see by my face that I am impressed by my surroundings, and he smiles. “Your room is on the second floor, third door on the left”, he says, giving me a small smile. I nod and look around, trying to figure out where to go. “That way”, he says, pointing at the open-plan living room, and I can see the stairs. Great. I smile, and I look around once more. I can see a swimming pool outside. Don’t get me wrong, and I know that Killian is rich, filthy rich. But I never thought he was going to be Richie Rich rich. I take a deep breath and walk towards the room that Elliot told me to, and I can feel the yacht moving. I guess we are going wherever we need to be. I o
Killian POV I am pacing around the safe house, waiting for Theo to arrive. But he hasn’t been answering his phone for the past two hours. They should be here by now, and I have a horrible feeling in the pit of my stomach that something is wrong. I don’t know what it is but something is wrong. The helicopter should be landing here by now, they got safely to the yacht. I hold on to my Cristal glass with the amber liquid. I keep calling Theo, and going straight to voicemail. “Okay”, Elliot says opening the door and walking in as he types away on his tablet. His eyes are glued to the screen, and I can see his eyes going darker and his semblant changing. He looks worried, and he starts cursing under his breath. “What? What the fuck is going on? Where the fuck are they?”, I ask walking to him and he shows me the tablet where it says that the tracking can’t be found. I look at Elliot that keeps typing away, and I throw my glass against the wall. I walk out of the room, looking for my dad.
Ashley POV I can hear someone opening the door. I flop back down pretending to be asleep. I don’t know how long I have been in here, but it stinks, days and nights have merged into one and I have no more recollection of hours passing by. I haven’t been taken to anyone yet, and I find this very frustrating, very infuriating. “Wake up, food is here”, I hear the same voice I hear every day. He is wearing a sky mask again and I can’t figure out who he is, I know his voice, but I can’t pinpoint from where, or even the accent, I can’t figure out who this voice belongs to and that is something that has been driving me insane. “The boss wants to see you today princess”, he says and I nod my head as I reach for the metal plate he places near my feet. I scramble onto the makeshift bed, bed. This is not a bed, this is a mattress that has seen better days on the floor somewhere that people shouldn’t be allowed to live, hell shouldn’t be legal to live. “Maybe he will give me better food”, I
Killian POV “What the fuck is going on?”, I ask as I walk into the surveillance room. Elliot looks at me through his lashes and then focuses back on the screens in front of him. We have been trying to find Ashley for the past six days and I am about to lose my mind. “Here”, mum says and I walk towards her and bend to look at the screen. We finally found someone that is willing to talk in exchange for money and a way to disappear. I nod my head as I straighten my back. “Make it happen”, I say through greeted teeth. I start pacing around as we wait for a reply. I can’t believe this is happening to me, to us, my girl has been taken away from me and I don’t even know who is responsible. I walk out of the room towards the small bar area of the safe house and I pour myself a glass of bourbon. I smell the amber liquid and then drink it all at once. I feel the liquid burn down my throat. I pour myself another one when I hear the door opening. “Son?”, dad says and I look back to see him
Ashley POV “You look beautiful, now come”, he says, and I don’t wait around. I follow him, and my heart sinks as soon as the double doors of the ballroom, and I see a stupid amount of people. I frown as I am escorted to the center of the room, all eyes on me, and I don’t like this. I don’t like this at all. I look around, trying to find a way to escape and then I see him. My heart beats fast, betraying me, my face goes bright red, and I want to run. Run away from here. I stand still where I am; I can’t move, my feet won’t move, and I see him walking toward me. My heart beat fast and I couldn’t believe I had liked him once. Hell, I thought I loved him. Tobias walks toward me offering g me his hand. I stand still, not taking it, and I can see the anger in his eyes. The way he is looking at me is like he could hurt me. I take his hand as we walk toward the opposite side. He guides me to a table and pulls a chair for me. I sit, and he sits next to me with his hand resting on my leg. I f
Killian POV “Hurry the fuck up”, I shout at Elliot as he walks past me into the jet. We are going to Texas to get my girl back. I am not taking no for an answer and I will bring her home. I know she is miserable and I promised her to keep her safe. That fucker Tobias is going to pay with his fucking life for taking her away from me. I sit on my seat feeling uncomfortable and anxious. Elliot sits behind me with his earphones on. Good. I can’t be fucked with small talk. The pilot greets us through the sound system and I feel the turbine start. Good. I check my belt and rest my head back as I look out of the window. “Hey”, Elliot says as he taps me on my shoulder. I look back and he passes me his tablet. I look and curse under my breath. I pass it back to him. “Why is everyone so fucking stupid?”, I ask as I undo my belt and stand up to grab my laptop from the overhead compartment. Elliot sits in front of me as the air hostess opens the table between our seats and puts a coffee and a
Killian POV “Get the fuck out”, I shout as I look at Elliot’s face, his eyes locked on mine as I breathe heavily resting my hands on my knees. Sweat dripped down my forehead as my heart is hammering on my chest. “Kill, please, be reasonable”, Elliot says and I stand upright and look at him, he is just as tall as I am and I am feeling the tingling feeling that I need to break someone’s nose. I shake my head and walk past him towards the bench where I have my t-shirt and the small towel. I bring it to my face cleaning the sweat. “Kill, you need to sort that shit out with your father, we can’t keep going like this, the leadership is split and you are not doing anything, you need to talk to him, sort it out”, he says and I know he is right, I know I need to face the old man but I can’t bring myself to do it, since I found out that Ash was lying to me, pretending to love me, pretending to care about me I have lost my will to live, I have lost my will to lead and become the deader I was