Chapter 30 ESCAPE PLAN
CHAPTER THIRTY | ESCAPE PLAN
LYRA
“How can we escape? If we do, where can we go? I think we can both agree that the outside world isn't friendly, and right now, this might be the only place safe for us,” I explained.
She took my hands, pulling me closer to the window and making me look down. “You see that? That is how we are going to get out of this place through this window. Also, don't bother about where we are going to stay. I have a friend that turned rogue a few years ago, we still keep in contact through letters. The last time we spoke, she told me her address. She lives somewhere that no one would be able to find her. We can go stay there until we think about the next step to take.”
Her plan sounded okay, but there were risks attached to it, so many risks that I feared the possibility of freedom wasn't worth it. A lot of things could go terribly wrong in this plan. We could fall down the ledge and die, especially since I'm pregnant and would be heavier. We could go to her friend's house and she moved, or has been killed. We could get captured even before we get there.
“I don't think that's a good idea. What if we fall to our death or get captured?”
She held me on the shoulders, shaking them violently. “Don't you want to leave here? Ain't you desperate to leave this place for good? They don't love you. They don't need you. They only want your child and what he has to offer.”
I staggered back at her words, squinting in disbelief. Something about her statement didn't sit right with me.
First of all, I never told her about what Orion said about my child and why the twins want them. Secondly, I didn't tell her the sex of my child.
Hell, I didn't even know the sex of my own child and she knows it.
“How? How do you know my child is a male? How did you know about the heir?”
She looked confused for a few seconds, which cleared any suspicion I had against her. She clearly wasn't playing games with me.
“I don't know what you're talking about, everyone knows your child is male. Orion has been screaming the news around the whole pack.”
Funny how he's been talking about my child and spreading news about his sex when he rejected us both in the first place. I'm sure he has been telling everyone the child is his heir too.
If I knew he was this horrible of a person, I would have rejected him the first day I found out he was my mate. I would have saved myself a lot of trouble.
A part of me was somehow glad that Orion wasn't the father of my child, even though I wasn't sure of the truth yet. I didn't want my baby being linked to an animal like him. Even if it meant that my child's father was Adrian, that asshole, as long as it isn't Orion, I was sure it was better.
A gasp suddenly left my lips when I realized one vital detail. Adrian was dead. He had been shot in the head by the twins. Which meant that if truly he was the one that knocked me up, I was doomed.
My heartbeat accelerated and my breathing became shallow as I thought back to the night of his death. I recalled a lot of things that night, how he insisted that I was the one he wanted despite the various women placed in front of him to choose from.
He could have chosen as many women as he wanted… women who were much more beautiful and elegant than I was, but he chose me.
And his words about the real father of my child. Could he have been hinting that he was the one with me that night? Was that the reason he kept tempting the twins even though he knew how it was going to end?
I thought that the reason for Adrian's death was the fact that he was shot, but now that I think about it, I was almost positive that the reason he died was because the Valentino twins were desperately trying to make sure the truth never came out.
I felt my heart drop, and I was so dizzy because of the discovery that I almost fainted. Anika noticed my distress and came to my rescue immediately.
She held me, fear in her voice as she spoke. “What is wrong? Is it the child? You're scaring me, Lyra.”
I closed my eyes, counting to ten in an attempt to stabilize myself. The revelation shook me to the core, and I became even more terrified of the twins than I was before.
Would they kill me too if they found out I now knew the truth about them? I had so many questions, but I needed to stay strong. This wasn't the time to make inquiries, this was the time to act, and I was going to act fast.
Mustering up all the courage I had, I rushed over to Damian's wardrobe, grateful that I had chosen to sleep in his room tonight. “When do we leave?” I asked, opening up the walk-in closet.
For a fact, I knew that the twins were way too shady and dangerous to be clean. I was sure there was a weapon in this room, and maybe a few cash too. I just needed to find them.
“We leave tonight. This might be our only chance. We have to take it.”
I took a few clothes I knew would be my size. I took the only bag I could find, and to my shock and absolute delight, there was money inside… a lot of money.
I quickly stuffed the clothes into the bag and continued my search for a weapon.
I found nothing, until a thought struck me. Without thinking too much of it, I rushed over to the pillow and raised it up. Lo and behold, there were two handguns. One was under his pillow, and the other was under his bed.
I put them both into the bag and gave them to Anika. Due to my protruding belly, carrying a heavy bag and running wouldn't be so easy. I felt bad that she would have to do all the work, but I really had no choice.
“Let's go.” She took the bag, led me to the window, and helped me climb down to the edge.
While I was trying to slowly begin climbing down, she pushed me off the window.