48. Unexpected guest!

Author's POV

Emerald ran like a crazy woman, she was not in her senses. She didn't realise how many times she tripped and fell. Her body got so many scratches and injuries but everything got ignored. 

She was in misery, the suffocation was more painful than the injuries. She couldn't take it anymore. 

She reached the cliff and was about to jump, but she heard his footsteps behind her. She stopped to look at him one last time. 

Egon looked at her challengingly, threatening her to try it. 

He didn't ignore what she had done to her body while pulling this stunt. 

His eyes told her that he was not going to let her jump, and he got even more pissed when she stupidly put the wooden stick on her neck. It was sharp enough to kill her. 

He was furious but didn't let it out because it wouldn't end well for any of them. 

"You think death can touch you without my permission, Emerald."

He mocked. Assuming that she is smart enough to think beyond her anger. 

She should know that he won't let her die. 

Emerald begged him with her eyes. 

"Please___"

He kept glaring at her till she gave up for now and decided to go back. 

Egon didn't carry her back because he caught a glimpse of an unexpected guest around him. Someone was hiding in the woods and was watching them. 

Those curious eyes amused him, so brave to think that he won't notice who has entered his island. 

He very smartly tricked and stood behind her. The girl was processing whatever she had seen. 

She turned around and was taken aback when she saw him standing in front of her. 

"Egon!"

The girl mumbled, he was one step close to grabbing her throat, and what was terrifying was that she didn't even hear him coming behind her.

He snapped his fingers in front of her and smirked.

"Welcome to my kingdom, Arabella."

She was the same girl whom he rejected as his bodyguard and the same girl who killed Spider. 

He would have let her go, but now she is his enemy's woman, so he has to kill her. 

Arabella tried to attack him but darkness started gathering in front of her eyes, telling her that his snap had drug in it. 

She tried to handle herself, but it was too late. Darkness consumed her, and the last thing she felt was hitting the ground.

Egon threw her on his shoulder and carried her inside the castle. 

Emerald was ascending the stairs when she heard him carrying Arabella. She frowned when he placed her on the ground and stared at her face for a minute. She looked familiar to him, but he couldn't understand why. 

Emerald watched him curiously as he tied the girl in his mysterious knots and left her in the middle of the living room. 

When he was done with her, he looked at Emerald. 

"It's your turn now, run and hide if you can"

He smirked at her. 

Her face drained of colour and she started running without any thought. 

Egon caught her in no time and carried her to his room. She tried to get up from his bed but he pushed her back and yelled at her.

"Enough!"

She flinched back at the growl. 

"Enough of your foolishness... Have you seen yourself in the mirror?"

She looked at herself and saw scratches and blood everywhere. 

Egon grabbed the medical kit from the drawer and sat beside her, challenging her to struggle now. 

She sat there silently as he cleaned her injuries. 

"Who is she?"

"Why do you think that you deserve an answer?"

He mocked. 

"You never bring enemies into your house... Is she special?"

She frowned. 

"You are in my house so enemy logic doesn't apply here."

He applied ointment to her knees. 

"Then what is the logic?"

She grabbed his arm when he was about to get up. 

He turned and looked at her. 

"The logic is, she is a fighter, and what's the fun in killing a fighter without a fight. It's been a long time since I have fought with a real enemy."

She let his hand go and he grabbed something else from the drawer. 

Emerald watched him with a death stare as he tied metal cuffs around her ankles. 

"It will slow down your speed."

He smirked at her death stare. 

She rolled her eyes. 

"As if it's going to change anything."

He grabbed the back of her neck and pulled her close. 

"You pulled this stunt today, try it again I'll surely make sure that you don't step out of this room for the rest of your life."

He warned. 

"You are not dying before me!"

She watched him as he stormed out of the room and then wiped her wet eyes. 

"Bastard!"

She jumped out of bed and went out to see who the girl was. 

Egon stopped by the stairs when he noticed her coming out of the room. 

"Try to descend the stairs and I'll break your legs."

He warned while descending the stairs. 

"And stay away from her, she is assassine. You won't even get the time to feel the pain while she kills you."

She scowled, jealous that he was speaking so highly of her. 

Emerald decided to examine the girl for some time, she started stirring and opened her eyes. 

Emerald frowned because Egon was nowhere near and she was waking up. 

She thought the girl was tied in Egon's special knots of ropes, so she stood there, but soon her eyebrows furrowed when the girl set herself free from the bounds so effortlessly that it felt like she was picking up the bedsheet from her body. 

Emerald watched her as she tried to find the way out and her eyes finally met with Emerald. They both watched each other, curiously, suspiciously and helplessly. 

Suddenly the Egon entered and saw the girl awake. 

Emerald wasn't expecting her life to take this turn but what happened next was really a surprise for all of them.