2 - Savior

*POV=DABERE*

Suddenly, the door swung open, hard enough to break the lock and bang loudly against the wall.

Everyone froze, and even in the midst of my fear, I shifted my gaze to the doorway and saw a man, over 6ft tall, standing there, his broad shoulders so wide that they almost took up the entire space.

My breath quickened.

Ohh god, was that…..was that their boss???

“Is my shirt in here?” The man suddenly asked, his voice slicing through the silence.

“What the…who the fuck are you??” Cain asked, releasing his grip on my throat and turning to face the man.

I coughed violently, my entire body trembling as I dragged in lungful after desperate lungful of air.

“I dropped my shirt off here two days ago,” the man continued, “I asked these guys out here and their answers were not satisfactory.”

“We’re closed.” Cain said, his voice dangerously low as he reached for the gun in his jeans and pointed it at him. “Now move along, pretty boy. Before I blow your brains out.”

The man stared between Cain and the gun, then for a split second, his gaze found mine.

Amber, almost golden eyes stared into my soul and a chill crawled up my spine. My heart raced and my breath quickened, but it wasn’t because I was afraid.

No, not that.

Suddenly, the man walked past Cain’s gun like Cain might have as well been pointing a stick at his head. He stood before me in silence, then suddenly grabbed me by the arm and yanked me forward.

“What the fuck do you think you’re doing???” Cain yelled, his grip on the gun tightening as he pointed the barrel towards us.

“She’s collateral,” The man said, his grip tightening. “For my shirt.”

“You son of a bitch–” Cain cursed, and pulled the trigger.

It happened so fast that if I had blinked, I would have missed the whole thing. The man suddenly ducked, and yanked me forward at earth shattering speed, then knocked Cain out of the closet.

Cain was thrown back so hard that only the wall at the end of the large hall outside of the closet could stop him. Cain cried out and fell to the ground, leaving a small dent on the wall.

The man and I stepped out of the closet and for a second, it felt like I couldn’t breathe.

Cain stood up slowly, obviously in a lot of pain but still clutching his gun, and looked around the hall. That was when I noticed all of his other men were grunting and slowly rising to their feet as well.

Wait, this man had single handedly knocked down armed men before wandering into the closet???

“Bastard,” Cain cursed. “You’ll pay for that.” Then  he signaled to his men, who rose up on their feet and pointed their guns at us.

My heart sank.

“That didn’t even work the first time, do you think they’ll—” The man’s voice was cut off by the sound of a bullet piercing through the air.

I felt a gust of wind and suddenly, we were standing closer to the stairs that led to the top of the building. I hadn’t even had enough time to scream.

“Got in my own head there for a sec and almost forgot you were human.” The man muttered, his grip tightening around my shoulders as he grinned, but his gaze still fixed on Cain and his men.

Wait, what? 

Human? What the hell did he mean by—

My thoughts were cut off when another bullet sliced through the air and I yelped in fear.

The man grabbed my arm and we ran upstairs. I could already hear Cain and his men following after us, but I couldn’t dare to look back.

Suddenly, we were at the rooftop, and he pulled me to the edge. I turned to look down and saw we were almost five stories above the ground.

“Ahh shit, dead end.” The man muttered.

Mere seconds later, Cain and his men followed right after us, surrounding us, leaving no path for escape.

“Step away from the man, Dabere, and I’ll even consider letting you and your old man live.” Cain said as he stepped forward, the barrel pointed at us. 

My heart plummeted to the soles of my feet, the way a stone sinks to the bottom of a cold, dark river. I was trembling all over, scared out of my mind, when I suddenly felt my savior’s hands wrap around my waist, squeezing tightly.

“You scared of heights?” He whispered in my ear.

Surprise and horror spread through my bones as I lifted my gaze to meet his. “What?”

But he didn’t wait for my answer. He suddenly scooped me up bridal style, threw a wide, cocky grin at me, and jumped.