They finally found her!

"Cassian please…”

I typed.

No reply yet.

The door opened wider and a stranger came in wearing a suit that was too clean for a friendly visit.

I gasped moving backwards.

“Miss Hartwell,” he said calmly.

“My name is Mr. Grant. We just want to talk with you”.

“I…I don't know you”. I stuttered.

“That's quite unfortunate but I'm here to take you somewhere safe”. He said with an awkward grin.

“Same from who?” I asked instinctively.

“Somewhere safe from people like me”. He answered.

I looked around with my side eyes trying to escape from the windows but he warned.

—--

Inside Blackmoor tower, Cassian kept trying to reach out to me but there was no response or even signal. He signaled the security man to track her device and he discovered that they've got Elowen.

—-

Back inside my apartment, Grant stepped forward, appearing with two other men blocking the exit.

“Get away from me”, I yelled.

Grant told me that they were following orders of someone from the past.

I hesitated and tried running. But they grabbed my arms. I kicked Grant and he stumbled in surprise. I shoved past him and dashed towards the hallway sobbing and running.

The elevator was too slow. I cursed and darted for the staircase and I screamed hearing footsteps behind me.

A hand grabbed me by the hair.

“End of game”. Grant said grinning.

I used my elbow to hit his ribs and he grunted in pain. Another man grabbed my wrist and I kept on trying to release myself.

Then a voice thundered through the staircase.

“LET HER GO”.

Grant froze. I looked up in pain, fear and amidst sobs.

He stared at the men with fury eyes and they released me instantly and disappeared.

Cassian carried me to the waiting car outside and told me that those men were his father's mistakes. I couldn't understand what he was saying but as the car drove in darkness, he made a phone call.

“ Hello. begin phase one”. He said quietly into the phone.

“They tried to take her”. He said and ended the call with a cold and furious face.

The war had begun.

He took me to his home and I was served by a maid who introduced herself as Mary.

I woke up the next morning with a nightmare. It felt too real. I sat up shivering.

The door clicked open and Cassian stood there.

He hadn't changed his clothes.

“You are shaking”, he murmured.

“Umm. I had a nightmare. I thought they were going to take me”.

“They were meant to take you and once they did, nobody would ever find you again”.

I felt sick.

“Why?”

“For the same reason my father erased your mother”.

“Huh?”. I said with raised eye brows.

“Yes, she didn't pass away by accident. Someone didn't just want you to exist”.

Tears slid down my eyes. He held me tightly to his chest then he told me that I needed a doctor.

We went to the hospital together.

Inside waited a woman in her early forties with kind eyes and calm energy.

“I'm Dr. Evelyn Wright. You are safe here”.

She assured me.

“I'll start with something simple”.The doctor said gently.

I was examined and two soft heartbeats filled the room.

“They're really alive”. I whispered.

Cassian became worried. He complained about being able to be a man but I assured him that he could do it.

Later that afternoon, I rested on a large couch near the windows. Mary brought tea while Cassian worked silently nearby.

Then his phone buzzed three times. He checked it and frowned, then stiffened. I sat up.

“What is it?” I asked worriedly.

He didn't give me an answer.

“That wasn't the only photo,” he said quietly.

“Photo of ... what?”

“Of us”. He said.

“Someone is watching”.

I wondered what he meant. They were no cameras inside the room.

“...someone breached my walls”.

“But your walls are impossible to breach”. I murmured.

“Nothing's impossible. Just expensive.”

Cassian said

He ordered his security guard to lock down the property and to restrict any access without biometrics.

My stomach tightened. I was scared.

Cassian led me to a quiet room and asked me to stay there.

That night, Cassian insisted that I stayed in a room protected with personal guards and doors. I lay there looking at the ceiling and forcing sleep to come then I got a message from an unknown number. I opened it.

And it read:

“How does it feel sleeping in the bed of a man who doesn't tell you everything?”

I became confused.

Another message followed.

“Did he tell you about Korea or about the woman he left behind?”

My heart began to pound.

Another message came in.

“You are just a replacement”.

My legs became weak and tears burned in my eyes. The last message broke me.

“The twins don't belong to you”.

A knock echoed at my door. It was a bit hard and urgent.

“Elowen!” Cassian called. “Open the door now”.

I scrambled up with trembling legs and fear choking me.

The truth was collapsing.