hearts

chapter 21|Cas

"Okay, it's almost time are you ready?"

I felt a trickle of sweat roll down my eyebrow but that didn't stop me from nodding and flashing her a confident smirk. Truth is I'm terrified.

I'm really about to sneak into Aunt Adaora's castle.

I'd known her for years. Due to our alliance, she came over very often to have meetings with my mother that I was often not allowed into. Although terrifying as fuck she did seem to have a soft for me as she usually trained me when she had the time whilst she was in Hearts.

Other than that I knew nothing about her.

She came with little to no guards and never spoke about her personal life. Her rugged looks and large muscles intimidated everyone to the point where most shied away from a conversation with her. Not to mention she was so tall she made me look short.

Queen Adaora of Spades was a very dangerous and respected woman.

And here I was planning on sneaking into her castle to save a stranger I barely knew with a daring woman I'd met less than a two weeks ago. But something about the confident look on Hibi's face calmed me down.

Our plan was shit, the stakes were high and the chance of success was incredibly low.

Yet she knelt beside me with a mischievous smile on her face.

"Okay, when I say go we jump" She explained. My eyes widened. And I looked over the edge to gaze at the concrete pavement that glared at me. I looked back at Hibi who did not look fazed by death that was waiting for us if we even messed up our footing.

"We wha-

"GO!"

Before I had a chance to stop her Hibi was in the air, feet aimed for the ground. I looked away before I could see if she'd made it. Okay, I guess we're doing this. I took a few steps back to give myself a running start before my feet left solid ground.

I felt my heart drop into my ass.

I restrained the need to close my eyes, reminding myself that I quite liked having two legs. My legs managed to stick the landing and I rolled when I hit the metal of the bus to prevent myself from having a bruised ankle, or worse.

"Wow you made it, I was afraid you were going to chicken out on me" Hibi teased. She turned around abruptly to face me but stumbled on the words in her throat as she noticed our sudden close proximity. We were so close that if I tilted my head down we'd ki-

"O-okay so get to your job, we don't have that much time" She instructed firmly, I nodded and gave her a mock salute that she ignored. I started walking to the front of the truck when she grabbed me by the arm. I looked back to see the nervous look on her face as she bit her lip.

"Cas please don't fuck this up" She begged.

"Do you mind if I help you with that?"

The guard in the passenger seat snapped his head to look at me before a deadly look sparked in his pupil. Immediately he brought out a handgun and shot at me. I dodged it and slightly leaned against the edge of the top of the vehicle.

Another bullet came out from the top of the car, nearly hitting my chin and taking my eye out but I moved last minute making it skim the side of my nose.

Fuck that hurt.

I ignored my bleeding skin and focused on the task. I dodged the rest of the bullets and grabbed the edge of the car with my hand, trying to get a good grip. As soon as I was sure, I slipped my legs between my legs and flipped over.

My legs were now dangling off the side of the car. I then used my new found position to catapult myself through the window, smashing the glass and knocking the passenger cop out cold with a kick to the side of the head.

The other one grabbed his gun and I kicked it out of his hand, smashing his wrist with my foot. He let out a guttural growl of pain but I silenced him by grabbing the back of his head with my hands and slamming his head into the wheel, simultaneously taking him out of consciousness and breaking his nose.

I looked around frantically for any more potential signs of threats before letting out a sigh of relief. My body shifted into temporary comfort as I calmed my adrenaline rush down. I grabbed the cap of the driver and placed it on my head.

"I'll be borrowing this for a little bit."

It was finally our turn to be searched by the Castle guards as two big guys covered head to toe in armour approached the bus. One came up to my front window whilst the other went to the back to open the trunk.

"Name and tag?" The beefcake spat out maliciously.

"Einar Hansen"

I was almost embarrassed to say that stupid ass name as I handed the guard 'my' tag. He glanced over the tag, barely looking at it before his eyes snapped back to mine. "I've not seen you round here before?"

I nodded "I'm a new recruit, this is my first mission" He raised an eyebrow.

"Is that a hearts accent I here" I nodded again stiffly.

"Yes sir, born and raised. It's an honour I get to serve under the Queen of Spades now" He narrowed his eyes at me.

"And your partner?" He asked gesturing at the empty seat beside me.

I felt beads of sweat collect on my forehead. What if he saw the leg of the guards that I'd folded into the leg compartment. I'd bent their bodies in odd ways in order for them both to fit there and I'd be lying if I said it didn't look uncomfortable as fuck.

"The other guys said I didn't need one, something about initiation protocol" The guard snickered and slapped me on the shoulder.

"Okay kid, I think you're good to go" His other friend came up to the window and leaned on the truck.

There's no way he doesn't sprinkle steroids on his cereal.

"You've got a nasty one in the back, you better be careful with that one. She's a wild card" The guard I was previously speaking too raised his eyebrow.

"Who he got in there?"

"He got ole Hibiscus, wrapped up in chains and everything. She's a crazy bitch if I ever met one" He looked down "But she is indeed a fine piece of ass".

I had to dig my feet into the padded floor to stop myself from going forward and reversing on these disrespectful motherfuckers. Running them over entirely.

They spoke of her like she was a piece of meat.

"They finally caught her huh?" The other one snickered "Let's hope we get a taste of that before Adaora takes her out the Kingdoms for good" He glanced at me "You heard the guy, be careful you hear? You blink and the girl in your trunk is halfway across the kingdom".

"She's a crafty one" I internally smirked.

Oh, you have no idea.