Betrayed

EVELYN’S POV

A gasp escaped my lips when a bucket of cold water landed on my face, snapping my eyes open.

“You're finally awake.” I heard the familiar voice as I looked around, desperate to think of a way to free myself.

“What's the meaning of this?” I asked with a frown, unable to understand why I was suddenly tied up by my own people.

“You never cease to amaze me, Eve,” the man spoke as he stood up from where he was seated and walked toward me. Unfortunately, I couldn't see his face; he was wearing a mask to hide his identity.

“Do you realize what you're doing?” I asked once again, while quietly working to untie the rope keeping my hands in place behind my back.

“I heard you were the best Angel in the Organization, so I expected more.” He smirked as he suddenly crouched down in front of me and grabbed hold of my chin roughly. I shrugged him off and glared daggers at him.

“Get the f*ck away from me,” I said between clenched teeth.

This made him chuckle. “Hmm, a hothead,” he said thoughtfully.

He moved away from me, and that was when I saw the chance to move.

Once I successfully loosened the rope, I sprung up. I attacked one of the guards when he least expected it, snatched his gun, and used him as a human shield in hopes of getting out of there unscratched. But I seemed to have forgotten what the Organization was capable of.

“Drop your weapons, or I'll blow his head off!” I threatened, pressing the Glock against the guard's temple.

Unfortunately, no one flinched.

“Go ahead,” the man behind the mask spoke nonchalantly, staring point-blank at me.

I knew things were going to get messy if I didn't leave. Just when I was about to move, they opened fire without hesitation, killing the guard I was holding. I managed to shove the dead body forward and dive for the exit immediately.

The facility was in the middle of nowhere, far away from civilization, but I wasn't going to let myself get caught no matter what happened. My survival instincts kicked in, and I did all I could to run, even though I had been hit in the abdomen by a stray bullet during the escape.

A groan escaped my lips as I headed for the road, though I could already hear them coming after me.

“She couldn't have gone far.”

“Bring her to me right now. If she tries to resist, kill her.”

I could hear their voices as I mustered up my strength and ran as fast as I could, ignoring the searing pain in my abdomen. I stopped for a brief moment to apply pressure on the wound, which was bleeding profusely. I was losing too much blood; I needed to get somewhere safe to be treated.

I managed to reach a waterfall. I ripped off a part of my shirt and carefully wrapped up the wound to slow the bleeding, then began moving once again.

I ended up at an expressway, but before I could go any further, they caught up with me. I knew it was the end of the road.

“There's no point running anyway.” The masked man seemed irritated as he got out of the car and walked toward me.

I took a defensive stance. “You're trying to silence me after everything I've done for the Organization? Tsk!” I barked angrily, even though I already suspected why this was happening.

“You should have stayed quiet and acted like the dummy you have always been, Eve,” he mumbled while adjusting his coat.

“I didn't do anything wrong. Fine, I went through some files in the archives, but that was it! It's not a crime to be curious about my origin,” I defended myself.

He burst out laughing. Before I could even react, he shot me multiple times.

My legs gave out, and I fell to my knees immediately. I pressed my palm against my neck as I began coughing out blood, unable to say a word as life drained out of me. I could feel my consciousness slipping away.

I fell flat on the ground, staring at him with bloodshot eyes. He moved closer and pressed the barrel of his gun against the bullet wound on my abdomen, making me cough out more blood.

“You shouldn't bite the fingers that fed you.”

I reached out with shaky hands to hold onto him while my vision slowly became blurry.

“You were a good soldier, Eve. Too bad you had to go down this way, my love,” he spoke nonchalantly while watching me struggle to breathe.

“W...why...” I struggled to speak.

With the last bit of my strength, I reached up and managed to rip the mask off his face. But unfortunately, my vision had become too blurry to make out his features clearly. My whole life flashed before my eyes.

“Shhh... stop struggling, okay? Death is coming soon.” He took his mask back from my weak grip and ran his fingers through his disheveled hair. “Since you're going to die anyway, I'm going to let you in on a secret.”

He brought his face closer to my ear.

“The Organization wanted to get rid of you the same way they got rid of your parents,” he whispered before moving away.

I felt rage course through my dying veins.

“I... I'm going to kill you all!” I choked out, but he just scoffed before walking back to his car.

“Let's go. She's going to bleed out anyway.”

They drove off, leaving me right there in my own pool of blood.

I wanted nothing but revenge on them all. I didn't want to die like this. Hot tears rolled down my cheeks as I began praying in my heart for the first time ever. I could already feel death knocking as I struggled to keep my eyes open.

I wish for a second chance. I promise to make things right and make them suffer for hurting you, Mother, Father.

Please don't let me die.

That was the last thought I had before darkness took me completely.