79. The Terror!
Author's POV
Arabella entered the forest through boat on the silent side of the island. It was near the country but still secluded.
She was very careful with her steps, knowing this is not a forest but the trap of Egon. She has convinced Knight brothers with so much difficulties, they were not ready to send her there.
At the end they finally agreed but with trackers in every part of her outfit and spy camera on button of her top.
They were tracking and watching her.
The forest was dense, she sometimes had to jump over the branches of tangled trees. It smelled like danger and looked like an evil.
She finally reached the warehouse and only two guards were there. She put them into unconsciousness, Egon looked too confident to hire only two men there.
As assumed, warehouse was huge and it had material worth millions. She did her job and was on her way back but she caught glimpse of castle.
It was darker than it was in pictures and had some really scary vibes. The tree in front of it has shedded all leaves, adding to its mysterious vibes.
She was about to step closer but she felt someone running behind her back. She quickly turned around and noticed glimpse of a girl.
Arabella carefully followed her, making sure that she doesn't come to anyone's notice.
The girl was in black silk dress which was above her knees and was hugging her body like second skin due to her speed against the wind. Her long hair was open and was fighting with tree branches.
She was terrified, just like the person who is getting chased by the hungry tiger. Her fat tears were falling back like rain as she was running wherever her feet were taking her.
She was barefoot but it couldn't stop her.
Arabella was thinking what made her run like a crazy woman. The girl stumbled over fat tree roots and slapped against the ground. Her knees and elbows got scratched brutally, her ribs must have hurt too but it didn't stop her. She got up and started running again.
Arabella hid behind the tree when the girl stopped by the edge of the cliff. The forest has many rifts and cliffs, this one was the deepest one. The girl was about to jump and Arabella was about to step out to save her but stopped when she noticed why the girl didn't jump.
The footsteps got heavier as he came to the view and the girl started trembling. Arabella hid behind the tree and realised why the girl was running like this.
His grey eyes which almost looks white stared at her mischievously, raven black hair following the path of wind, sharp jaw set into thin like and skin was glowing under the sun.
His presence was enough to scare the soul out of you, he was huge and all those muscles screamed only danger.
He was Egon Bismarck, the untamed King of German Mafia.
The girl grabbed the piece of broken branch and placed on her neck. She was crying mess and the terror was visible in every inch of her body. Her emerald eyes were horrified.
"You think death can touch you without my permission, Emerald."
He wasn't asking but mocking. She flinched at his deep voice like she could see her doom.
He waited for her to drop her stupid plan and he looked confident that she will, like it has happened before. He knows her patterns. Emerald cried her lungs out.
"P_Please!"
She begged.
Arabella wasn't sure if she was begging for death or life but the girl was in misery.
Egon crossed his hands over his chest and watched her with straight face, didn't say anything. Even with straight face, he looked pure evil. His black clothes were showing the colour of his soul and the cut on his eyebrow was adding to the evil look.
He was silently challenging her to follow her stupid plan and see what happens.
Her eyes told that Egon has broken the courage within her because she gave up. The woods piece dropped from her hands as she broke down in tears and his lips curved into smirk. He won, without doing anything! Giving away the hint that he has done many things before to get these results.
Emerald walked towards him with wobbly steps like she had no life in her after running so fast. She was lost.
Egon didn't help her, he just watched her going back to the castle and followed her.
Arabella was watching everything silently, she couldn't imagine what he must be doing with the girl.
She turned around to leave but her stomach churned when she saw those grey eyes staring closely at her.
"Egon!"
She mumbled, he was one step closer to her and what was terrifying that she didn't even heard him coming behind her.
He snapped his fingers in front of her and smirked.
"Welcome to my kingdom, Arabella."
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.
Arabella opened her eyes with heavy head and suffocated body, her sight spun as drug started wearing off. She saw luxurious ceiling and chandelier hanging over her. Soon she realized that she was tied and was laying in the middle of the huge hall. The knots she was tied in were special knots from which it's next to impossible to set free, fortunately she was trained to deal with this situation.
She freed herself and looked around, the Castel was gothic and was huge.
She walked around it to look for the door but everything looked like a wall. It was still a mystery for her that why she isn't in the basement or not dead yet. Why she is in the living room of the Castel?
Her steps halted in place when she saw Emerald watching her from the first floor, her dead eyes were staring at her blankly. Arabella was still thinking what this girl must have done to deserve this hell with Egon. Emerald was beautiful with magnificent curves and pink tinted skin.
She had changed into new dress but she wasn't moving from her place.
Arabella watched her silently and carefully till Emerald decided to move and her eyes widened when she saw heavy iron anklet tied around the ankle, probably restricting her from running away. The girl struggled to walk away.
"I knew you would break through bounds."
Arabella sharply turned around when she heard Egon.
He was standing behind her with smirk, in all his glory and black suit.
"And why am I not dead?"
She asked.
Egon looked at her mischievously.
"I was waiting for you to wake up. Killing becomes fun."
She attacked him when his hand reached out for her throat but soon she was thrown on the wall and fell on floor along with shattered vase.
She quickly got up but he was quick to attack again and this time her back hit the pillar, making her immovable due to pain.
"The bombs planted in your warehouse are in control of Knights, you can't afford to kill me."
She groaned on the floor as Egon stood beside her.
"Naive of you to think that it's going to affect me at all. Haven't you done your research? Killing Spider doesn't make you smart."
He pulled out the sword which was hanging on the wall.
"You have annoyed me too much, little girl. Time for punishment."
"Do you know who am I?"
Arabella questioned, glaring confidently at his sword which was hanging over her throat.
"Puppet of Knights, do you think I care?"
He raised his sword.
"Wait!"
Emerald screamed on top of her lungs and rushed down the stairs even though her ankle had heavy metal around it.
She knelt down beside Arabella and desperately checked her neck.
"She is the one!"
Arabella frowned at her when she said that, not understanding what is going on and why Egon lowered his sword.