8 Blackie

Elaina is driving a car at the highest speed she could control, but the vehicle following her is approaching her. She reached the end of the road. There was nothing except trees and stones around her. She jumped out of the car and started running away from there.

Now, she is cursing herself for crossing the estate borders. She was excited to see the new sports car. She mutters, raising her hands to the sky, "Save me this time. I won't repeat the mistake."

She is trying her best to run away from there. Somewhere, Her luck is her car. She was far from those guys because of the sports car and its super features. She mentally thanks Austin for such a fantastic car.

According to Elaina, those men must be sent by her father or Ishan. She hates Ishan, although she was ready to marry him against her own will. It is because of her parents. She loves her mother a lot; she accepted the proposal just because of her mother.

Elaina was already in love with Aaron. It was her investigation of Aaron. When she finds Aaron before her, she grabs the opportunity and marries Aaron. She doesn't regret her decision, but now, these goons may be from Ishan. As much as she knows Ishan, he can't give up on her so easily.

She doesn't wish that Aaron's family would be in trouble because of her. Though they are powerful, she is scared of Ishan and his Mafia background. After all, she was his bride and ended up being Aaron's wife.

She cursed, “Ishan must send these men. Why this man doesn’t let me live my life?”

She was running aimlessly. She was passing the trees one by one; she didn’t know where she had reached or how far she had passed. Her legs are aching now. Breathing at its peak, she felt her heart would plop out from her lungs.

Elaina is too much tired; now her legs are answering negatively. She kneels and sighs painfully. She can hear the drumming of her heart. She feels someone is around her.

"Once more, Elaina," Encouraging herself, she gets up. She walked with heavy steps and heard someone, "Sir, these are the men from the Russian Mafia who worked under us, hiding their real identity."

"Mafia???" Elaina's eyes widen. She gasped for a breath. Her legs stop moving.

"Why this Mafia word does not stop following me?" She slowly changed her way. She muttered, "The mafia family and then fiance was the mafia, and that fiance is still behind me."

"Is there any place where Mafia doesn't exist?" Elain is still confused about her steps. She can neither move back nor go ahead. She is panting heavily when she heard a different voice. She gasped in fear, "What was that?"

"A roar?" She murmured and stepped dumbfounded toward the direction of the voice. Her mind became black with the next scream of the human. A few slow steps and the scene before her were enough to freeze her at her place.

A big black cat is tearing apart a few men. Those men screamed for a few seconds and fell on the floor lifeless. Their blood-soaked bodies are enough meals for this black cat.

Elaina's beautiful eyes widen with shock and fear. She is just a few steps away from the black cat. If it jumps, she would be crushed by it within a second. Her dumb mind asks her back, "Is it really a cat?"

The cat killed those four men within a minute. The ground was also covered with their blood. The cat bows to the boss-like person. As it says, I did as you said. Elaina's gaze follows the cat's gaze. Her voice turns mute with fear. She feels the familiar person. She feels her voice come back.

She screamed with fear as loud as possible. The crowd of men turned toward the scream. Elaina regrets covering her mouth. Her racing heart and Feared eyes are showing her weakness.

"Catch her," A roaring sound comes, and those men walk to get her. She looked at those men and then at the black cat. She knew the person but could not stop her for a second.

She tries to run back, but her shaking legs betray her; she falls on the grass. Suddenly, the black cat jumped and stood before her, blocking her way to escape. The cat's mouth was covered with fresh blood, and drops of blood were dripping one by one. Its claws are also blood-coated.

It was cruel and cold, and its emerald eyes were enough to scare anyone. It was not a cat; it is a giant black cat. Elaina crawled back to save herself. The cat jumped over her. With the last high scream, Elaina lost her senses.

*******

It has been five hours; she is still sleeping. The fear hovered over her. The man in the black suit is sitting before her, resting his one hand on the chair. And the other is busy with a glass of wine. His legs are tapping the floor constantly.

He moved his fingers over the fur of the black cat. The cat slowly growls, feeling the soft touch of his owner. It snuggled into his boss's legs. Its boss says, "Blackie, You scared her."

The black cat, aka Blackie growls back in a complaining tone. It got up and slowly jumped on the bed. It starts nuzzling Elaina's body. Elaina felt furry things near her. As she flickers her eyes, Blackie stared at her.

"Blackie, come back," The order is sent, but Blackie doesn't return.

Elaina feels a warmth near her. The hot breathing of Blackie is fanning her. She snapped open her eyes. Her eyes met with the emerald eyes of Blackie. The very moment, she screams loudly, "AAaaaahhhhhhh....."

So, Blackie jumps out of bed. It senses that she is scared of her. It didn't intend to scare her. It sets in its signature cat style and looks for its boss's order. A familiar figure appears as Blackie disappears. Elaina's gaze lands on the man.

Elaina jumped out of the bed and tangled her hands around the man. She is crying like a kid and twisting her hands behind his neck. Her legs wrapped around his waist, and her face snuggled into his neck. 

"Shut up. It is not gonna hurt you," The man said in his deep husky voice. Today, she feels him differently.

"Blackie, go out," The man orders. Blackie hopefully looks at the man and expects that he would let him stay here. But nothing happens. He has to leave the room. Elaina's head digs into his neck with fear. She couldn't even look at that cruel cat.

The man threw her into the bed. The soft mattress didn't let her feel pain. She says, shouting at the man, "What was it?"

She stammered, "I mean... is it yours?"

"Yeah, it has a name - Blackie," The man answered without looking at Elaina. He pretends that he doesn't care about her. He didn't match his gaze with Elaina yet.

"Blackie?" Elaina looks at her with a mouth-dropping expression. She asks back, "What actually it was? Is it a cat? or something else?"

"It's a Black Panther," He retorted shortly. He mocks, "Didn't you ever see any photo of Black Panther? Don't tell me you haven't seen Bagheera in the Jungle Book movie."

Soon, Elaina remembered what happened to her in the forest. Now her brain picked up the race; how could she be saved? Everything was getting clear slowly. She thought, "It's not a cat; it's a Black Panther. It is rarely seen outside, and here, it it the pet of this man."

She was scared of this cat then, so her brain didn't think more about this cat. She remembered how it attacked her. She angrily spat, "Your cat was about to kill me...”

“It's Blackie...”

“Your Blackie was about to kill me. And you...” Elaina shouts and gets up, standing on the mattress.

“Wait, who saved me?” Elaina’s mood reverses. The blood-dripping face of the giant cat flickers before her eyes. She steps back on the bed and falls on the mattress again. She feels like the cat was before her.

“Stop overreacting,” The cold voice of the man echoes in her ears.

“You belong to a cruel family; how can you be so fragile?” The man irritates. He is literally tolerating her now for his own reasons.

Elaina pulls her legs to her chest and peeks at the man. A shiver passes through her spine. Her body feels a vibration through her veins.

“You were there...” She swallows the lump that forms in her mouth.

The man narrowed his eyes and coldly stares at her. There is something different in his eyes. His dark aura is enough to fear anyone, but he worries about something today. His face becomes dim with heaviness.

“Are you... Their... Boss?” Elaina hardly stammers and asks, collecting all strength from her body.

The man becomes silent. Elaina gets courage. She swallows hard and asked directly, “You are the capo of the Mafia group. Am I right?”

Her hands start shaking with fear. She crawls back and hears her own heartbeat. The man sighs and stares at Elaina without responding to her questions. This is what he doesn't want someone knows.

“Yes,” He boldly replied and averted his gaze from her.

“It's heartbreaking,” Elaina mutters. She wishes to cry hard at this moment.

“Is it the truth? No, it can't be,” Her palms covers her face, and she shook her head.

“You can't be a mafia,” She shouts out of her lungs.

“What's wrong with you?” The man shouts at her, seeing her tantrums.

The man feels helpless at this moment. If he is irritated beyond the limit, the person can be killed brutally. He stood toward the bed. He never requests anyone, but maybe today will be something different.

"How can you be a mafia?" Elaina was still stuck at that point. She doesn't move here and there. He stands before her and wishes to say something.